Nestle Japan is all set to commercialize the first ever natural pink ruby-flavored chocolate by introducing the new KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby bars in Japan and South Korea. The ruby chocolate used in the new KitKat product, dubbed ...
Flint Group has increased the prices of its packaging inks products due to incremental cost escalation forces. Further to announcements made in March 2017, it has become clear that the raw material markets for many components within Flint ...
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Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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Turkey-based Polinas Plastik Sanayii ve Ticareti has acquired flexible packaging solutions producer Propak. Polinas, which is owned by Ulker Group, has acquired Propak from Southeast Europe Equity Fund II (SEEF II) for an undisclosed sum. ...
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US-based differentiated paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock has signed agreements to acquire all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, a corrugated packaging company, for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the deal, ...
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During its 2017 Analyst Day at its Series 6 factory in Perrysburg, Ohio, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based thin-film photovoltaic modules as well as providing engineering, procurement & ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced commercial availability of the XLamp XD16 LED (claimed to be the industry’s first extreme density LED), which delivers up to 5 times higher lumen ...
Ford has outlined the next phase of its China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim ...
Austrian company Engel will showcase its inject 4.0 products and solutions for injection molders in the fields of smart machine, smart service and smart production at Plast Eurasia 2017 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from December 6 to 9. ...
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Mitsui Chemicals, along with Bilcare, has introduced new Chemipearl XSP water-based heat seal coating for pharmaceutical blister packaging in India. Mitsui developed XSP series of Chemipearl, which serve as an alternative to existing ...
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UPM Raflatac has partnered with Dutch metal packaging and closures supplier, Mus Verpakkingen, to test a biobased film solution for can labeling. The companies tested the new RafBio PE material, which is said to be more sustainable ...
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Chief executives from automotive industry are seeking urgent clarity from the UK Prime Minister Theresa may on Brexit. Executives from companies such as Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren, Bentley, Nissan, Honda, Toyota and BMW met with May to ...
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Enevate has announced HD-Energy Technology for Electric Vehicles (EVs) which features extreme fast charging in only 5 minutes with high energy density and long driving range that adds up to 240 miles (390 km)—or up to 50 miles (80 km) ...
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Sukano has introduced the latest generation of ultra-clear Masterbatch for oriented film (OPET) application. Schindellegi, Switzerland, October 10th, 2017 – Sukano, a world leader in the development and production of additive and ...
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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 made available the ...