Groupe PSA is investing in Luton facility in the UK to manufacture a new Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro by 2019. The company said the success of its light commercial vehicle strategy needs further manufacturing capacity and the investment in Luton ...
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Automotive parts supplier Magna International formed a joint venture (JV) in China to make composite liftgates for a global automaker’s crossover vehicle commencing in late 2018. The JV with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) ...
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A US federal court has barred Vulto Creamery from manufacturing and selling its cheese products after the company was found to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that sickened eight people and killed two. As per the order of the US ...
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Peruvian company Industrias San Miguel (ISM) has commissioned Sidel Matrix Combi bottling technology at its facility in Dominica. Industrias San Miguel is engaged in production of soft drinks, fruit nectars and still water and in ...
Haigh's Chocolates has opened its new multimillion dollar chocolate processing plant in Adelaide, South Australia. The state-of-the-art chocolate processing plant located in the suburb of Mile End will have the capacity to produce up to ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has agreed to acquire US-based Highland Packaging Solutions for about $150m in cash. Based in Plant City of Florida, Highland Packaging manufactures thermoformed plastic packaging solutions for fresh produce and ...
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ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Cargill has commenced the official production of its EverSweet sweetener, which is claimed to offer a new choice for reduced and zero-calorie food and beverages. The sweetener is produced via a fermentation process that extracts stevia ...
Japanese brewing and distilling company Suntory has developed FtoP Direct Recycle Technology for use in soft drink PET bottle preform production. The technology has been developed in collaboration with Japanese recycled materials ...
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General Motors (GM) said that it will build production versions of its Cruise AV fully-autonomous vehicle at its Orion Township assembly facility in Michigan, US, The company will assemble roof modules for its self-driving vehicles at its ...
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UK-based packaging and paper company DS Smith has called for far better recycling collection infrastructure to address the issue of coffee cup recycling. After months of in-depth research, the company said its paper mill in Kent could ...
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French automaker Groupe PSA will build Peugeot and Opel vehicles in Walvis Bay, Namibia, in 2018. Groupe PSA and Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) have signed a joint-venture agreement to start the assembly plant. The vehicle ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical has started operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, US. The unit will manufacture 1.5 million metric tons/3.3 billion lbs. a year at peak production. Last September, ...
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Automakers Mazda and Toyota have established a new joint venture company to oversee the construction of a $1.6bn auto manufacturing plant in Alabama, US. The new JV firm, dubbed Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A. (MTMUS), will shortly ...
Klingele Group has invested in the new high board line rotary die cutter, CorruCUT, from Koenig & Bauer. Klingele has placed an order for six-colour press with a working width of 2,800 mm for its Delmenhorst box facility. This press is ...
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