During an automated packaging process, materials can shift and become unstable causing components to move during transport. An international manufacturer of solar cells turned to Glue Dots Intl. to resolve this very issue. The problem: ...
Tags: Adhesive, Cables, Automated Packaging
Hooker Furniture said sales rose 9.7% in the fourth quarter, as the company finished its fiscal year with solid performances by its case goods and upholstery segments. Profits also jumped to $3.7 million, or 34 cents per share, in the ...
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It’s reported that the ASEAN countries’ steel consumption is expected to rise healthily in the new few years, according reported of the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI). It’s known that the steel ...
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THE Australian share market is trading higher, boosted by a solid performance from US markets and expectations interest rates may fall following disappointing local jobs figures. The local bourse was buoyed by stronger markets on Wall ...
"MOVE along now, nothing to see." Constable Plod's old refrain looks an apt way to sum up Criterion's performance in the March quarter, with his "buy" calls rising an average 1 per cent in a quarter in which the broader market surged 5 per ...
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The Australian dollar opened higher as a fresh bout of US dollar weakness and firmer commodities prices pushed the local currency towards 105 US cents. At 7am AEST the dollar was at 104.90 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close ...
The sharemarket has closed slightly weaker as investors sold off defensive and high-yielding financial stocks after a couple of days of gains. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 8.8 points, or 0.18 per cent, at ...
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In Q4 2012, activity in the Eurozone contracted by 0.6% (-0.1% in the previous quarter). The decrease in exports put a drag on GDP growth while domestic demand remained on a negative trend. However, in the first quarter of 2013, the ...
The multinational has agreed to sell the Van der Windt Group, which has operations in Netherlands, Belgium, England and Ireland, to Dutch distribution business the Paardekooper Group for €68.5m. In North American, meanwhile, ...
Tags: Clondalkin, Fortune Plastics
Truck Industry Council (TIC) statistics show that the truck market continues the recent trend of growth compared to the same period in the previous year. The March 2013 truck sales of 2,564 units were the best post-GFC for any March, with a ...
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ODVA has launched an "initiative for process automation" in cooperation with major suppliers to the process industry, including Cisco Systems, Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric to further accelerate adoption of ...
The revolutionary and low-cost ($4.99 apiece) Stop Drop G-force sensor device informs users if the package has exceeded its permissible G force rating and records the time and date this occurred. It: Detects if and when fragile or ...
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The relaunch in March was timed to coincide with St Patrick?s Day and marked the culmination of a nine-month project for Bulletproof, which was appointed to the project in June 2012. The new design responds to a brief, Bulletproof said, ...
The jobs will go over the next two years in a plan that will see BCM, the contract manufacturing arm of Alliance Boots, pull out of what it called "unprofitable areas of third-party manufacturing" and focus on Boots' own skincare and beauty ...
Tags: Packing Business, Packing
Net sales were at €11.16bn, which is a 4.3% rise on 2011. The company's Packaging Solutions businesses achieved net sales of €9.87bn for the year, 4.2%higher than in 2011. Tetra Pak added that sales from the Processing ...
Tags: Packaging Solutions, Packaging