Shipments of coherent 100G ports for metro regional optical networks grew 145% year-on-year in 2014 and will grow another 118% in 2015, forecasts market research firm IHS. Led by massive purchases in China from China Mobile, 2014 was a ...
Automobile major Skoda will carry out optimization of its three manufacturing units in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí in the Czech Republic during a three-week break on account of factory holidays. While work for ...
American food and spice company Zatarain has opened its new manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gretna, in the US state of Louisiana. Spread over an area of around 80,000ft2, the $26m facility comprises 10 production lines and ...
Tags: food manufacture, Zatarain, plant extract, jambalaya, crab boil
Rigid box maker Pollard Boxes has expanded its manufacturing facility in Leicester, UK, with the addition of 6,000ft2 to facilitate storage and despatch. The expanded space not only provides storage facilities for goods but also a large ...
Specialty paper firm Munksj is constructing a new storage center at its facility in Rottersac, France, to enable on-site storage for facilitating logistic flows, and house a customer service wing for Europe. The center, which will be ...
Tags: Munksj, flexible packaging, cheese packaging, sweets packaging
The government of Ontario in Canada is investing around $5.2m in food projects to encourage local food production in the province. The funding is a part of the Ontario government's strategy to increase consumer awareness of and access to ...
Tags: Food Production, Food
Ulma Packaging has added to its range of flowrapping equipment, with the launch of the FM200. The new equipment from the supplier of packaging machinery and complete automated lines is for wrapping fresh food pillow pack style with ...
Tags: raw poultry, Fresh Food
U.S. Zinc has begun implementation of its project to expand production at its Changshu, China zinc oxide plant. The expansion is slated for completion by the first quarter of 2016. The full project, which includes facility additions, new ...
Tags: Zinc Oxide, zinc oxide plant
Revenues in the first fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2015 slid 12.8 per cent year over year at Checkpoint Systems, a developer of solutions for the retail industry like loss prevention, etc. According to a Checkpoint press release, its ...
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey last night handed down the government’s 2015 – 2016 budget with some surprises and minor wins for some people in the food sector. The government has stepped away from the harsher politically ...
Tags: Federal Budget, food sector
UK-based establishment McColgan's Quality Foods is planning to invest in new equipment and a packing and dispatch facility in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The £7.3m investment is expected to increase the company's export sales ...
Paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa has launched a new automatic Bag-in-Box filling machine, the BIB 700 Double Head. The machine is a continuation of its BIB 700 range and has been developed for large industrial production ...
Tags: Paper packaging, Packaging
Allied Bakeries has invested £31m in its Stevenage bakery, marking the completion of a £210m five-year programme across the Allied Bakeries portfolio. The bakery benefitted from the installation of a new bread line that is ...
Tags: Allied Bakeries, Stevenage bakery
Inkjet technology specialist Xaar has launched the Xaar 1002 GS12U printhead, its first larger drop printhead for UV applications. The new equipment extends the Xaar 1002 family of printheads, and gives the UV inkjet printing market a ...
Tags: UV applications, Printhead
The full financial year ending September 2014 saw TCL exceed the £10m sales barrier for the first time, capping off a record year with sales growth at over 10%. Sales figures have continued at this level for the first six months of ...
Tags: UK market, TCL Packaging