Lightweight metals manufacturer Alcoa has developed a new Micromill technology that will enable the production of lighter but stronger aluminum automotive parts. According to Alcoa, the aluminum alloy produced from Micromill has 40% ...
Tags: Aluminum Sheets, Auto
Hamilton Caster is well known for making heavy duty industrial casters – and now, one of the biggest. Hamilton recently designed and built the Colossus: four 100,000-pound capacity casters requested by a federal contractor. Fully ...
Tags: industrial casters, crane, Auto
Private equity firm American Capital has invested $31.5m to support the acquisition deal of Teasdale Foods by Snow Phipps Group that happened in October this year. Teasdale Foods offers private label and branded bean and hominy products ...
Several Asian markets have decided to restrict the import of Canadian poultry following the detection of avian influenza on two farms in British Columbia. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of H5 avian ...
Tags: H5 avian influenza, Agriculture
Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a plant genetics and breeding technology company, and Kunshan Keteng Biological Science and Technology, an agricultural research company, have signed an agreement to commercialize new corn varieties for the Chinese ...
New Zealand’s Blue Sky Meats has acquired Gore-based Clover Export in a bid to offer better services to its customers. With this acquisition, Blue Sky Meats can offer processing capacity in beef and venison. It will also help the ...
Tags: Blue Sky Meats, Agriculture
Zambian agri-business company Zambeef is in talks with a third party to divest edible oil and soya meal producers Zamanita Limited. The move follows the publication of a cautionary announcement regarding the transaction on the Lusaka ...
Tags: edible oil, soya meal, Agriculture
US-based agribusiness company Alico has acquired three citrus producers in Florida, for an accumulated value of around $363m. Of the total investment, around $274m was paid to acquire Orange-Co and $72m for Silver Nip Citrus, while Gator ...
Tags: Citrus Producers, Agriculture
TRW Automotive has demonstrated a combination of advanced restraint systems that can protect rear seat occupants in case of frontal accident. The advanced rear seat technologies showcased by TRW at the Airbag 2014 Symposium, included ...
Tags: Airbag, Safety Technologiesc, Auto
Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
Opel has unveiled its entry-level five seater car named Karl featuring advance safety, comfort and infotainment technologies. The car is powered by one-liter, three-cylinder gasoline 1.0 ECOTEC (EcoTec turbo banger) engine, capable of ...
The company demonstrated the successes of its Cut/4 CArboN program at this year’s BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany, in an unusual way: its progress is seen through the eyes of “Carla” (pic), a fictional Ball employee who ...
Tags: Carbon Footprint, Microsite
Macro Engineering and Technology, suppliers of film and sheet extrusion systems, has developed a universal winder which can wind either wide sheeting or narrow films on center. This configuration makes it the best choice for winding ...
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American confectionery producer Hershey is planning to replace high-fructose corn syrup with sugar in certain products. As reported by the Associated Press, the move comes in response to the decreasing demand for the syrup and growing ...
Tags: confectionery, Sugar
Del Monte Pacific will form a joint venture with Spanish fruit processor Nice Fruit and British investment firm Ferville to set up a food processing facility in the Philippines and market frozen fruits across the globe. The joint ...
Tags: Food Processing, Fruit