Silgan, a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, reported third quarter 2016 net income of $69.8 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, as compared to third quarter 2015 net income of $70.3 ...
Silgan, a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, reported second quarter 2016 net income of $33.3m, or $0.55 per diluted share, as compared to second quarter 2015 net income of $42.2m, or $0.70 ...
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is adding another year to its agreement with Sands Expo in Las Vegas for the SHOT Show. Under the new terms, NSSF will put on the SHOT Show at Sands Expo through 2018. The 2014 SHOT Show, ...
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Two Utah cousins, disgusted with news reports that 1-in-6 cellphones contain fecal material, developed a charger that simultaneously sanitizes a cellphone. Dan Barnes told the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas, billed as more than an ...
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Podcasting is the term describing the creation and consumption of on-demand video and especially audio. It was the “next big thing” — about six or seven years ago. And today? Not so much. That doesn’t mean there ...
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South African-based Sasol and Switzerland-based Ineos will team up to produce high density polyethylene in the US, the companies said Wednesday, announcing plans for a joint venture which would include a 426,000 mt/year HDPE plant. "This ...
Japanese chemical products manufacturer Kuraray is all set to expand its production facilities of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Film in LaPorte, Indiana, US with an investment of $35m. The facilities expansion comes in response to the ...
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LyondellBasell is dropping plans to expand a metathesis unit to boost propylene production at its Channelview, Texas, facility, and will instead focus its efforts on debottlenecking projects at its ethylene units, company CEO Jim Gallogly ...
US-based candy manufacturer American Licorice is set to invest $10m to expand its manufacturing facility at La Porte, Indiana. The company will install a licorice production line and a rail spur to receive ingredients, as part of the ...
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The Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) laminating division was busy at work this morning when the group came together during the Annual Conference underway this week at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort. Dan Laporte of ...
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A federal judge in California has ordered Apple and Amazon.com to sit down and attempt to settle a lawsuit between them over Amazon's use of the "Appstore" name for its online application marketplace. U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth ...
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MonoSol, a manufacturer of water soluble films, plans to expand its operations in LaPorte, Indiana, US, with an investment of $39m. The company received approval for a 10-year tax abatement from the city council for $5m to build a third ...
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Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announced it has extended its supply agreement with the Boeing Co., Chicago, a deal which is expected to provide an opportunity for greater use of ATI's cast titanium products. The long-term ...
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The high purity metal-organic (HPMO) business of AkzoNobel, part of its Functional Chemicals Business Unit, will build two new production plants for trimethyl gallium (TMG) and trimethyl indium (TMI) at its existing production facility in ...
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