Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to expand its facilities for producing high-quality-grade silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers for power devices - which have already been marketed under the trade name High-Grade Epi (HGE) - ...
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British multinational automotive firm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun construction of a new £1bn manufacturing plant in Nitra, Slovakia. The new plant, which will cover an area of 300,000m², is expected to be completed in ...
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Krones intends to expand its Rosenheim plant’s facility in Raubling, Germany, thus ensuring the continued viability of its second-largest production site. After expanding its factory in Rosenheim in 2013, in what was the ...
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Flexible liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box is planning to invest $4m in advanced packaging production technology at two packaging manufacturing facilities in the US. The firm will upgrade each of the two facilities located at ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its CIS modules will be installed by California-based engineering, procurement & ...
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The European Commission has approved Switzerland-based meat processor Bell Food Group‘s acquisition of Austrian poultry producer Huber Group. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition was announced on 16 ...
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The joint bid by Beijing and Zhangjiakou to stage the 2022 Olympic Winter Games is based on ideas of sustainability and frugality and places athletes center stage, according to the capital's mayor. "Holding the games in a frugal way is ...
Essentra has signed an agreement to acquire the pharmaceutical packaging assets of Kamsri Printing & Packaging for an undisclosed consideration, funded from the company’s existing facilities. Completion of the transaction is ...
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Following installation of new production lines and preparatory work for a new Research and Development lab, the Rescaldina-based company - specialized in the manufacture of predispersed pigment preparations (Chips) - decided to move its ...
Liquid packaging specialist Aran Packaging is expanding its manufacturing presence to the US with the establishment of a new facility in Greer, South Carolina. The proposed facility will see an investment of around $5.2m and it will ...
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Lifeway Foods has commenced production of probiotic fermented beverage kefir at its new plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The company acquired the former Golden Guernsey dairy plant in May 2013 to ramp up its manufacturing capacity. With ...
Cereal maker Post Holdings is planning to consolidate its ready-to-eat cereal business with MOM Brands, a move that will put around 200 jobs at risk. The new business, Post Consumer Brands, will be moved to Minnesota. The company will ...
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Frozen pastry products maker Kawan Food will commission its new factory in Pulau Indah, Malaysia by the end of this year. The new plant houses two-storey frozen food factory and a three-storey office, which will allow the company to ...
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According to the Vietnamese Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), Hong Kong has emerged as the second biggest investor in Vietnam in 2014 overtaking big investors like Japan, Singapore and Taiwan. Most of the investments from Hong Kong have ...
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