Never short of a wacky idea, tech mogul Elon Musk has developed a revolutionary new way of skirting traffic. Musk’s latest brainwave involves building a network of underground tunnels that could be used to reduce congestion on the ...
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Anilox rollers manufacturer Harper Corporation of America is participating as an exhibitor at the upcoming 2017 FFTA Forum and INFO*FLEX exhibition. The company will discuss its offerings and technologies ate the event. IT will be among ...
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General Motors (Gm) said it will invest $14m on a new facility in San Francisco for Cruise Automation to accelerate the development of autonomous cars. GM acquired the driverless tech startup last March. The new R&D facility, which is ...
French food manufacturer Cerelia has acquired Canada-based cookie specialist, English Bay Batter (EBB) for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is expected to accelerate Cerelia's development in North America. Headquartered in ...
Bay Cities, a direct designer and manufacturer of packaging and point-of-purchase displays, announced their installation of the high-speed Zünd D3 Cutter. This state-of-the-art, large format cutter delivers precision cutting ...
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Impossible Foods has launched its first large-scale production facility, which could allow the company to make about 1 million pounds of meat a month, directly from plants, when fully ramped up. The goal for the East Oakland site is to ...
Folding cartons, corrugated packaging producer Green Bay Packaging has purchased and installed a new Speedmaster XL 145-7+L printing unit from Heidelberg at its facility in Wisconsin, US. The very large format (VLF) printing press, ...
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You hear this tale quite regularly these days. The Fourth Street Apple store in Berkeley, California, for example, was robbed three times in nine days a few weeks ago by a group of men who walked in and grabbed whatever they could. ...
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Barry Group was ordered to pay, in St. John’s Provincial Court, a total of $200,000 in penalties for environmental violations that occurred at fish-processing facilities in Witless Bay and Port de Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
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Frozen poultry products manufacturer Maxi Canada has been acquired by Altamont Capital Partners, a San Francisco Bay Area based private investment firm, for an undisclosed price. Maxi Canada, which is based in St-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec, ...
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Shell’s Country Chairman for Japan, Chris Gunner, said “Our hearts are heavy as we reflect on the thousands of lives lost and the enormous damage due to the earthquakes and the tsunami. Shell has been part of the Japanese ...
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Packaging solutions provider Massman Automation Designs has completed the acquisition of EDL Packaging Engineers for undisclosed amount. EDL is engaged in manufacturing shrink wrappers, shrink bundlers, corrugated tray formers and ...
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US-based middle-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has acquired organic, sugar-free and traditional confection products maker Hillside Candy for undisclosed sum. Hillside’s brands include GoOrganic, GoLightly, Pick Your ...
The latest analysis “2017 Global Lighting Market Outlook” by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, finds that LED lighting market to worth US $29.6 billion in 2016 and is to rise to US $ 33.1 billion as of 2017. Meanwhile, the ...
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UK-based LED maker Plessey has announced the first standard LED module based on its Stellar beam-forming technology. The new standard module is said to open up opportunities for creativity in industrial and architectural lighting design. ...
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