Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 12:25:50 AM By Kara McCartney, strategy and insight director, Landor Associates Has this happened to you? You are experiencing sluggish wireless ...
German producer of rigid films Kl ckner Pentaplast Group is all set to add to its global production capacity in Asia, the US and Europe with an investment of $51.8m. The expansion includes facilities in Suzhou, China; Cotia, Brazil; and ...
Tags: Film Capacity, shrink-label films, packaging applications
Reuters reported that Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro hopes to pay an unchanged dividend on 2012 earnings as the global market continues to recover from a slump. The market outside China could grow 2% to 4% next year after this ...
Tags: Norsk Hydro, metal, aluminium
Molded pulp products manufacturer EnviroPAK is set to increase capacity at one of its Earth City, Missouri manufacturing plants, with new investments. By the end of 2012, the new capacity is expected to come into operation. EnviroPAK ...
The peculiar economics of China's aluminium industry and its effect on the global cost curve were highlights of the morning session of the final day of Arab International Aluminium Conference ARABAL 2012. On the other hand, the discussions ...
Tags: Aluminium, China's aluminium industry, energy resources
Bioplastics maker NatureWorks announced that Sulzer, a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, has shipped its proprietary production equipment to NatureWorks’ Blair, Nebraska facility that will enable the company to ...
Suremerica Surety Underwriting Services has signed an agreement with a global underwriter to offer new surety capacity for all major brokers and professional surety agents. Using its proven underwriting team and a global network, the ...
Tags: Suremerica, underwriter, surety capacity, surety agents, insurance
ROCHESTER, N.H. - November 21, 2012 - Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) announced today that its subsidiary, Albany International France S.A.S., has initiated discussions with the employee Works Council regarding a proposal to ...
Tags: Clothing production facilities, Clothing market, Clothing Machine
Production equipment order cancellations and push-outs by solar manufacturers during 2012 exceeded US$3 billion by the end of third-quarter 2012, according to NPD Solarbuzz. This has resulted in a significant reduction in order backlogs ...
Tags: PV solar equipment, Production equipment order, solar equipment
With the increasing use of aluminium in automotive industry over 16 MT of new aluminium capacity is expected to hit the market by 2015. And after China, the Middle East will be the leading supplier for the growing world metal needs. ...
Tags: Top Aluminium Supplier, Middle East, automotive industry
The Finnish firm said that the global economic slowdown had made its food industry customers cautious. The news comes as the firm announced its Q3 results. Sales for Q3 were €532m compared to €616m the year before. Its results ...
Tags: folding boxboard, paper production, profitable consumer packaging
Albany International Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Albany International France S.A.S., has initiated discussions with the employee Works Council regarding a proposal to restructure operations at the Company’s Machine Clothing ...
III. Bringing the Market to the Product At the same time the CFL was being developed into a marketable product, the energy efficiency industry was developing into a formidable market force. Many states had adopted legislative and ...
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(China Glass Network) With dropping demand and increasing output of soda ash industry, upstream inventory of glass industry stays in high level. Although price of glass products keep rising this week, the profit is still limited. Market ...
Tags: co-ordination, soda ash industry, profit, inventory
The 55th biennial Chem Show is making some major moves next year as it moves its 2013 dates from November to December and moves back upstairs to the 3rd level of the Jacob K.Javits Convention Center. The 2013 Chem Show will celebrate ...
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