Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...
Jacobs Automation has announced an investment of $1.7m to expand its Kentucky, production facility, which includes a new, 13,200ft2 facility on Airport Exchange Boulevard in Erlanger. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority ...
Pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging manufacturer Chesapeake has installed a Mark Andy P7 flexo label press at its Wrexham operation in North Wales. Chesapeake Wrexham operations director Ian Bates said the new press will support the ...
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Finnish paper and pulp company Mets Board has made improvements to its folding boxboards, Avanta Prima, Simcote and Carta Elega. The latest enhancements follow technical improvements that are made at the company's mills during the ...
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Foodservice packaging company Lyons Magnus has announced an investment of $5m in a bid to expand operations in northern Kentucky. Initially, the company will purchase land to build a new facility for food processing, warehousing space and ...
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Croatian pharmaceutical packaging producer Piramida will receive a loan amounting €3.6m from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to expand its production. The company will use €2.7m for balance sheet ...
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In spite of difficult market conditions in its core fiber business, the Lenzing Group succeeded in achieving the second-best business result in its history in the 2012 financial year. This can be attributed to new record fiber sales volumes ...
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The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
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Glass packaging company Allied Glass Containers has completed an investment program at its Knottingley site in the UK, which involved the rebuild of a complete melter and forehearth. The project was initiated in January and resulted in a ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that the Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of its Russian Steel division, has commissioned its new coke oven battery No. 7 following a reconstruction project which has received investment of about RUB ...
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Boao Forum for Asia 2013 Annual Conference will be held from April 6 to 8 in Boao, Hainan Province. Recently, Boao Forum for Asia's magazine "Boao Observation" teams up new institutional economics originator Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate ...
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Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has received $1.3m in Australian government funding as part of the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment program. The funds will be used to install PET bottle self-manufacture or 'blow-fill' technology. The ...
For 2012, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported record full-year revenue of £88m, consisting of £69m (79%) from Wireless, £18m (20%) from Photonics, and £0.95m (1%) from ...
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After being re-elected president of the National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO), Alonso Ancira Elizondo, CEO of Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA), said that the steel industry and the Mexican government can no longer ignore ...
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The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
Tags: Textile machinery, Textile, raw material