Sysco has agreed to acquire Kent Frozen Foods, a UK-based foodservice distributor, for an undisclosed price to expand its European business. The acquisition, which is conditional upon approval from the Competition and Markets Authority, ...
Tags: Frozen Foods, Sysco
International Paper has completed the transfer of its North America Consumer Packaging business to Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging holds 79.5% stake in the combined company, while IP owns the remaining 20.5% interest. In October ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
Qualcomm Technologies Inc, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc of San Diego, CA, USA, has announced radio-frequency front-end (RFFE) design wins with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) including Google, HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony ...
Mac Papers, a merchant distributors in the Southeast US, has launched its Castle packaging brand. The initial product offering under the company’s new brand is acrylic carton sealing tape in hand and machine length rolls. Castle ...
Tags: Mac Papers, packaging
LG Electronics (LG) is collaborating with Here Technologies to provide a next-generation telematics solution for autonomous vehicles. The solution will integrate LG’s advanced telematics technology with high-precision map data and ...
Tags: LG Electronics, Autonomous Cars
Nissan said that will demonstrate its new brain-to-vehicle (B2V) technology at the upcoming CES 2018 to be held in Las Vegas, the US. The technology will allow vehicles to interpret signals from the driver’s brain and accelerate ...
Tags: Nissan, B2V technology, CES 2018
Chinese automaker GAC Motor is set to showcase its sedan and electric concept car at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The company will showcase is high-end models including GA8, GS8 and GM8 at the event, which will ...
Tags: GAC Motor, Concept Car
Swedish automaker Volvo will start its vehicle assembly operations in India from this year, as the company expands further in a fast growing premium car segment in the country. The assembly operations will be located near Bangalore in ...
Tags: Volvo, Car Assembly Operations
Nissan will start full production of the new Nissan LEAF at its Smyrna vehicle assembly plant to enhance its global leadership in zero-emission electric vehicles. The next-generation LEAF, unveiled yesterday, will feature greater range, ...
Tags: Nissan, Smyrna vehicle
PACCAR has launched the new PACCAR Automated Transmission, the lightest heavy-duty transmission for on-highway commercial vehicles. The PACCAR transmission is designed to complement the superior performance of PACCAR MX engines and PACCAR ...
Automotive drivetrain supplier Dana has inaugurated a new axle production facility in Toledo, Ohio, at the site that was initially home to Willys-Overland Motors, which had developed the original Jeep. The 300,000 sq. ft. facility was ...
Tags: Jeep Wrangler, Jeep
Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA) has inaugurated a new North American headquarters and manufacturing facility, the first such new OEM facility in Southeast Michigan in over 25 years. The expansion is part of a $230 million ...
Tags: off-highway vehicle
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) is lending its support to the first quantitative study for the reduction of plastic waste in Japan. Dow will provide financial assistance to study the impact of plastic waste and debris on the ...
Plastics Recyclers Europe has introduced an updated version of Design for Recycling Guidelines. The amended guidelines differentiate between the coloured and non-coloured polyolefin packaging. In addition, the guidelines will soon be ...
Of 3.1 million tons of PET bottles and containers placed in Europe last year, a 59.8% (1.88 million tons) of them were collected and 1.77 million tons have been recycled, according to a survey by Petcore Europe. The survey revealed that ...
Tags: PET bottles, containers