Academic research and high-end product novelties Already today there are specific fields where China can pride itself of being in the top league of the world’s innovators. The quality and activity of Chinese academic and industrial ...
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China looks back on nearly 5000 years of continued history tremendously rich on innovation and scientific achievements. For centuries the Chinese had been at the forefront of humanity's intellectual and technological progress and often far ...
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When I first heard about paper batteries, I was skeptical. I have worked with companies that had batteries on mylar and similar materials, but paper? I was intrigued, so I agreed to speak to Shreefal Mehta, CEO, and Dave Rich, Senior ...
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Finland-based Valmet will supply two pulp drying lines to Klabin's new plant in Ortigueira in Paraná, Brazil, as part of a supply contract. According to Valmet, the pulp dryer investment is part of Klabin's Puma project, and a ...
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Foodservice packaging products manufacturer Lollicup USA has commenced the production of disposable plastic cups at its facility in Chino, California. Following this, the company will begin distributing Karat line of 'Made-in-USA' cups ...
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With a variety of automated Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS) to help track and report environmental, health and safetyClass X capacitors are used in “across-the-line” applications where their failure would not ...
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The business consists of Clondalkin Group facilities in Northampton, Great Harwood, Hull and Kimbolton. It forms part of the Group's Specialist Packaging Division. White (left) has been with the company for a number of years and held ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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The balance-month Med/NWE gasoline spread swap -- the differential between the balance-month Mediterranean cargoes swap and the equivalent Eurobob gasoline barge swap -- narrowed Wednesday, due to a weaker Northwest paper European market, ...
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GIA announced the release of a comprehensive global report on Defoamers markets. Global market for Defoamers is forecast to reach $3.9 billion by 2020, driven by resurgence in demand from end-use markets, and stringent environmental ...
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A majority of U.S. manufacturing executives expect their sales will grow a little more than 9 percent for the rest of 2014, according to the Institute of Supply Management’s semi-annual survey of purchasing and supply managers. Of ...
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The US methanol spot assessment reached its lowest level in more than 14 months Monday, assessed at $1.30/gal ($432.90/mt) FOB US Gulf as buying interest was thin due to well-stocked inventories, sources said. Monday's assessment was down ...
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Sappi Fine Paper Europe has expanded its weight range in its Algro Sol portfolio of release liners following the successful €60m transformation of Alfeld Mill’s PM2 in Germany. The development of the effective lightweight ...
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SARL News report that scientists at George Washington University have devised a new technique to manufacture super-capacitors at a fraction of the current cost. The research team made the new ultracapacitor out of grapheneGraphene is an ...
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In the quarter under review, the group reported an improved year-on-year EBITDA margin of 13.9% and an increasingly strong Return on Capital Employed of 13.8% further underlining SKG’s progress on achieving optimal returns through ...
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