The European Commission has launched a probe into the proposed purchase of UK-based can manufacturer Rexam by the US firm Ball Corporation, to ascertain whether it conforms to the EU Merger Regulation. The investigation is born out of ...
Tags: beverage can, aluminum bottle
Ethylene glycol manufacturer MEGlobal has announced that its Asian Contract Price (ACP) for monoethylene glycol (MEG) will be $1,000/mt CFT Asian main ports for arrival in August 2015. The new price is $100/mt lower than July 2015 ACP ...
Malaysia's Penfabric has become the world's first integrated textile company undertaking yarn spinning, greige weaving to dyeing and finishing, to be awarded the STeP by Oeko-Tex certificate for sustainable textile production and with it, ...
Tags: integrated textile, yarn spinning
Morton Salt is launching food grade manufacturing capabilities at its salt production facilities in Grantsville, Utah and Port Canaveral, Florida with an investment of around $20m. The project will see the installation of a sea salt ...
Archer Daniels Midland Company and Quality Liquid Feeds have entered into a 50-50 joint venture for the production and sale of liquid feed supplements for livestock. The joint venture consists of four liquid feed production facilities ...
Tags: food manufacture, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Quality Liquid Feeds
Menasha Packaging is doubling the space at its preprint unit at Neenah, Wisconsin, in the US, to accommodate a new flexographic printing press for preprinted linerboard. The facility will add 45,500ft2 to its existing area of 94,000ft2. ...
Argex Titanium Inc., an emerging producer of high grade titanium dioxide (TiO2), has announced that it has completed work at its Valleyfield Technology Center confirming key hydrometallurgical process innovations for the production of ...
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MAHLE is opening two new manufacturing plants this week in Ramos Arizpe and Celaya, Mexico, to support automotive customers with assembly operations in the central and northeastern regions of the country. Grand opening ceremonies for a ...
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Metso is supplying valves for packaging company Stora Enso's Varkaus Mill fine paper machine conversion to light-weight containerboard in Finland. The company will deliver Neles ball valves, V-port segment valves and triple eccentric ...
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British alcoholic beverages company Diageo has invested $5.33m for a new canning line in Canada, which distills and bottles a variety of Diageo brands. Diageo is expanding its canning facility in Valleyfield, Quebec, with the addition of ...
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Paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa has launched a new automatic Bag-in-Box filling machine, the BIB 700 Double Head. The machine is a continuation of its BIB 700 range and has been developed for large industrial production ...
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Last week, Faerch Plast announced its arrival in Australia. This week it has announced its acquisition of Anson, a manufacturer of thermoformed packaging solutions. The acquisition takes place just a year after private equity fund EQT VI, ...
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Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
Tags: Snack Foods, Health Snack Foods
Oeko-Tex has added a new product to its service portfolio; ‘Made in Green by Oeko-Tex’, a traceable product label which allows for communication throughout the supply chain all the way to the end user. The label ensures ...
Industrial company Metso will be delivering about one thousand valves for Stora Enso's consumer board machine project in Guangxi, China. The consumer board machine is part of Stora Enso's integrated mill project in China that the company ...
Tags: Metso, Stora Enso, Valves