Faraday Future, a start-up in the field of electric vehicles and a rival to Tesla Motors has broken ground on its $1bn manufacturing plant near in North Las Vegas, Nevada, US. The electric carmaker said the investment will not only go ...
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US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
Tags: FTC, Federal Trade Commison, Volkswagen, Illegal emission devices
Mead Johnson, the producer of high-quality milk powder for babies and infants, has made the move from a can to IML packaging. Thanks to the top-quality appearance of Metallic IML labels from Verstraete IML, the packaging now boasts a ...
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UFP Technologies, a producer of custom-engineered molded fiber (molded pulp) packaging solutions, will be exhibiting at SustPack from 11-13 April .SustPack is a leading event for the sustainable packaging industry showcasing the latest ...
Toad&Co has added Scott Whipps to its senior management team as vice president of sales, effective March 28, 2016. In his new role, Whipps will lead the strategic development, management and execution of global sales for Toad&Co. ...
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Greencroft Bottling has invested £3m in filling lines and labelers at its manufacturing facility in County Durham, UK. With the investment, the firm has increased the capacity of the wine and spirit bottling facility by 25%, ...
Design Shanghai 2016 witnessed Sweden at Work The Swedish pavilion at this year’s Design Shanghai was called “This is Sweden at work”. It offered a glance into the future of office design, showcasing inspiring spaces ...
Rigid plastics, flexibles, and board, metal and glass packaging will drive industry expansion across the next five years. In global researcher Smithers Pira's report, called The Future of Global Packaging to 2020, it states that the $839 ...
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In booth 3809 at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC 2016) in Anaheim, CA, USA (22-24 March), engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA is showcasing a broad portfolio ...
Tags: II-VI Inc, OFC, Monitoring super-channels
The Min7 portable speaker is different to most. It's made of wood, but instead of plumping for one type of wood, its makers have used wood splicing technology. This means they used some teak, oak and walnut, of the kind you'd use for ...
Tags: Min7, Wooden speaker, Furniture
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has announced its Phase Seven Reliability ...
Tags: EPC, E-mode GaN FETs, GaN-on-Si
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia has commenced production of engines at Karawang plant in West Java. Karawang plant has been built at a cost 2.3 trillion Indonesian Rupiah ($172m). The plant is expected to produce at least 216,000 ...
IFCO, the global provider of reusable packaging solutions, announced that its new Wood Grain Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) have entered the produce supply chain. The first of an anticipated 30 million Wood Grain Reusable Plastic ...
Researchers from the Stanford University in the US have developed renewable plastic from carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material, creating a green alternative to petroleum-based plastic bottles and other polyester products. ...
Tags: CO2, Renewable plastic, Plant material
FFP Packaging is raising the bar on flexible packaging printing with its Platinum Print platform, powered by Asahi. The company specializes in high quality flexographic printed flexible packaging, heat seal lidding films and films for ...