More and more foreign luxury brands are starting to make price adjustments of their products in China to compete for market share, as the new consumption trend of buying these goods online or during oversea trips continues to grow. It ...
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Mercedes-Benz Cars is extending its capacities for electric cars in Europe with an investment of about €500m to manufacture electric compact car at Hambach plant in France. The Hambach plant in France will produce a compact electric ...
CCL Industries, a provider of specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, has reported record fourth quarter and annual financial results for 2017. ...
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Crown Holdings has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2017. Net sales in the fourth quarter increased to $2,168 million compared to $1,923 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, reflecting ...
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Packaging solutions provider Ardagh Group is planning to permanently close its glass container production facility in Milford, Massachusetts, US. The firm said that the decision to close the facility comes in response to the decrease in ...
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The M1 and M5X inline flexo presses demonstrated on the BOBST stand at Labelexpo Europe 2017, are the latest configurations of the existing presses that have been best sellers in their respective markets. The best Total Cost of Ownership ...
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Philips Lighting aims to see its smart connected LED lighting products cover three billion people around the world by 2025, according to Bill Bien, head of Strategy and Marketing for the vendor. Compared with conventional lighting, LED ...
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Bobst is set to unveil new automated print production and finishing system at this year’s Labelexpo Europe event in Belgium. The event will take place between 25 and 28 September in Brussels, At the event, the company will present ...
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WestRock has purchased Australian paperboard-packaging manufacturer Hannapack for A$75m ($59m) to expand its consumer packaging portfolio. Hannapack, which was established by Charles Hanna in 1967, provides folding cartons to a range of ...
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Scientist at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have produced a batch of single-cell protein using electricity and carbon dioxide. Protein produced in this way can be further ...
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A new generation of the Audi A8 has been formally unveiled ahead of the car’s retail launch later this year – with a dedicated self-driving mode included. Audi first unveiled the A8 series of cars back in 1994, in a bid to ...
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Vodafone is hitting some customers with a second price hike, just weeks after another rise was introduced. The news was first reported by the Financial Times, which claimed that some customers have received texts warning of an unexpected ...
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Omron is set to showcase new E5CD/E5ED temperature controllers and E52-CA xx AY S xx temperature sensors for packaging machines at 2017 International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition in Japan. The event will take place from 13 to 16 ...
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Sonoco announced it is implementing price increases for all paperboard tubes and cores in the United States and Canada by a minimum of 10 percent. The increase is effective with shipments beginning April 10, 2017. “This price ...
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Pharmaceutical packaging firm Mediseal is set to showcase its new P5000 high-speed cartoning machine at this year’s interpack and FCE Pharma events. FCE Pharma event will take place from 23to 25 May in Sao Paulo of Brazil, while ...
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