Argex Titanium Inc., a producer of high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as white pigment in paint, plastic, paper, cosmetics and other applications, has won the ICIS 2014 Award for Best Innovation by a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise ...
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BASF has launched the first designfabrik outside Europe in Tokyo, Japan. The second designfabrik worldwide will strengthen BASF’s capabilities as a provider for comprehensive solutions supporting customers from various industries not ...
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Bloomer Plastics, which is owned by private equity firm Huron Capital Partners, has acquired Ohio-based high barrier coextruded blown films manufacturer, Optimum Plastics The company said that the acquisition was directly aligned with its ...
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US-based precision injection molds manufacturer Industrial Molds will invest around $1.7m in purchasing new machinery to accommodate growth The company is also carrying out renovation of its 43,000 ft2 facility which will see additional ...
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Pexco Medical, a division of Pexco LLC, has purchased through its Spectrum Plastics operation a new 55-ton Roboshot injection molding machine for the purpose of developing new medical tools and advancing its biomaterial processing ...
According to Experian, which conducted its research on behalf of law firm Irwin Mitchell, UK manufacturers were the target of 236 deals in the third quarter of 2014. The total number of deals in 2014 now stands at 619, 28% more than the ...
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Girls, do you worry about someone following when you go home at night time? With the following protective alarm, you will be not afraid of! It is made of solid aluminum and engineering plastics. It is very convenient to hung on the bag ...
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Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group which primarily manufactures products like smartphones, tablets and gadgets will be expanding its business to sell injecting moldings machine. The company announced its decision at the Taipei Plas ...
The plastic milk bottles producer’s Infini bottle has been recognised as an innovative and efficient product, winning the “Judges’ Award for Packaging Innovation”. Nampak claims the bottle is the world’s ...
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Clariant has announced the inauguration of its new Malaysian laboratories for Oil Services and Pigments businesses. The new lab facilities are located in Shah Alam, Malaysia and the opening of the lab facilities signifies Clariant's ...
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After failing to get South Korean LG Chemicals on board as a technology partner for its Kochi-based petrochemical project, Indian public sector refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said it will buy outright, the critical ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has announced new psychophysical research proving that whiteness and color ...
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PET to PET recycling Austria has invested about 2.3m on the upgrade of its Austrian plant based in Müllendorf to meet the increasing processing demand. A bottle-to-bottle PET recycling operation, the company is backed by Coca-Cola ...
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Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has supplied 21.3MW of modules for one of the largest megasolar ...
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While plastics and bioplastics continue slogging it out to develop the most sustainable plastic options, one company has developed a packaging form that makes plastic redundant. Material science company, Ecovative, has created a new class ...
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