Global specialty chemical company Eastman Chemical has announced plans to expand Tritan capacity from 60 thousand metric tons to 76 thousand metric tons at its Kingsport facility in Tennessee, US by mid-2014. The new-generation ...
Canadian food manufacturer Leclerc Foods plans to invest $15.7m to expand its facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, a move which is expected to create 40 new jobs. The investment will be used to expand one of the facility's existing lines and ...
Portola Packaging, a US-based manufacturer and marketer of tamper-evident plastic closures and bottles, is set to invest $12m in its Kingsport, Tennessee Tolleson, Arizona facilities. The investment will be used to boost its dairy ...
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Portola Packaging has announced an investment of $12m in its Kingsport, Tennessee and Tolleson, Arizona facilities in the US to accommodate increasing market demand for its hot-fill and aseptic beverage closures. The latest investment, ...
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Portola Packaging has announced plans to invest $12m in its facilities in Kingsport, Tennessee, and Tolleson, Arizona, in order to address the growing demand for its dairy containers as well as hot-fill and aseptic beverage closures. The ...
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AGC Flat Glass North America,Alpharetta,Ga.,and Asahi Glass,Tokyo,have been assigned a patent(8,273,595)developed by Christopher R.Cording,Kingsport,Tenn.,Matthew Spencer,Gray,Tenn.,and Kunio Masumo,Zama,Japan,for a"silicon thin film ...
Global specialty chemicals company Eastman Chemical has been assigned a patent number 8,287,970 for ‘plastic baby bottles, other blow molded articles, and processes for their manufacture.’ The patent has been developed by ...
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AGC Glass Company North America announced it will cease production of photovoltaic cover glass in the North American market and indefinitely close its Kingsport, Tenn., manufacturing facility, effective November 7. AGNA cited the sluggish ...
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The American Coatings Association (ACA) has announced that Dr. Dean Webster, chair of the Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its CoatingsTech ...
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic (PV) cover ...
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A lack of solar glass demand led AGC Glass North America to close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport, Tenn., affecting an estimated 70 jobs. Company spokesman Chris Correnti says AGC is hoping to transition a few of the plant's employees to ...
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StoreForce, a leading provider of Performance Management, Workforce Management and Business Intelligence designed specifically for the Specialty Retail Marketplace, announced the addition of Grafton Fraser Inc. to their list of clients. ...
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Asahi Glass Co.(5201.TO,ASGLY)has halted production at a solar-cell glass plant in Tennessee to prevent the build-up of excess inventory,the Nikkei reports in its Oct.8 edition. The plant,in the city of Kingsport,has seen inventory swell ...
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Eastman Chemical Co. sees big opportunities in China for its bisphenol A-free Tritan copolyester materials, as Beijing follows Canada and the European Union to ban BPA in baby bottles, and Chinese parents scramble to find safer ...
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