Home24, Europe’s largest online furniture shop, has received €15.9m in its latest financing round. The investments by existing as well as new shareholders were effected via a capital increase and purchase of existing treasury ...
Eastman Chemical Company has announced a planned increase in its Eastman Texanol ester alcohol manufacturing capacity in Longview, Texas. The plant expansion is expected to be complete in the second half of 2016 and will increase capacity ...
Tags: ester alcohols, esters, glycol, Construction
Carpetright plc has announced its interim results for the 26-week trading period ending 25th October 2014. In the UK, the group saw like-for-like revenues increase by 6.5%. The retailer's estate of stores was reduced by a net of nine ...
Tags: trading period, Furniture
Emcore Corp, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has named Jeffrey Rittichier as CEO. He succeeds Dr Hong Hou, who has served as president & CEO since March 2008. Rittichier has ...
Tags: fiber-optics, market, Electrical
Volvo has revealed its plug-in hybrid variant of XC90 named XC90 T8 which is designed to provide a performance of a luxury SUV while keeping emission level of a small hybrid car. The 7-seater SUV is powered by 2-litre, 4-cylinder ...
Tags: Plug-in Hybrid, XC90 T8, Auto
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings celebrates AMS 3095A qualification of new, 100 percent chrome-free paint systems for commercial fleet maintenance. The new systems provide customers with increased flexibility and choice, including multiple ...
Tags: chrome-free paint systems, fleet maintenance, Construction
Children’s multi-brand fashion e-tailer Melijoe.com said it has raised €9 million in fresh capital funding, led by Gimv, one of Europe’s largest investment companies. One of its early investors and a historical ...
VoiceID has teamed up with Staff Australia to provide pre-employment training for prospective warehouse employees on Honeywell’s Vocollect voice technology. This will speed up their productivity and efficiency once they get on the ...
Tags: Voice Technology, Service
Diageo pursues tequila, drops whiskey Global alcoholic beverages giant Diageo has announced an agreement with distiller Casa Cuervo to acquire full global ownership and control of tequila brand Tequila Don Julio. In return, Diageo has ...
Tags: Tequila, Whiskey, Agriculture
Global demand for decorative laminates is expected to rise 5.6 percent per year to 10.7 billion square meters in 2018, valued at $40.8 billion. Demand will benefit from expected increases in the manufacture of products such as cabinets, ...
Tags: Decorative Laminates, coating
Perstorp is increasing its investment in the bioplastics market by establishing a new pilot plant, extra technical resources and a new laboratory at Perstorp, Sweden. The company spends more than 85% of its R&D resources on finding ...
Tags: Bioplastics Market, e-polycaprolactones technology, Agriculture
Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for AU$443 million, in cash. [The final consideration is ...
Sika has announced that half of all the cars produced worldwide - approximately 40 million vehicles per year - contain one of its products. One in four car windshields is adhesively bonded using Sika products. These “invisible” ...
Tags: Sika Products, vehicles
Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
Tags: diamond market, Blue Nile
The company has raised more than $110 million since it was founded in 2008. Kateeva makes the YIELDjet™ platform – a precision deposition platform that leverages inkjet printing to mass produce flexible and large-size OLED ...
Tags: Kateeva, $110 Million, Lighting