Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) have arrived. The unsurpassed visual performance and slim form factors of OLED products have been warmly welcomed by consumers. You can find glass-based AMOLED (active-matrix OLED) displays in a range ...
The NPD Group has revealed that Star Wars led the US toy market to a 6.7 per cent growth following the launch of the franchise's toys on Force Friday. Star Wars stormed to the top of the toy charts last year, having generated more than ...
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Graphic Packaging International has agreed to acquire 100% of folding carton manufacturer Walter G. Anderson (WG Anderson) for an undisclosed amount. The announcement comes on the heels of the company's agreement to purchase Australian ...
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Sonoco Consumer Products Europe is planning to close two of its tobacco production plants in Germany, resulting in the removal of 100 employees. The Bunde plant in Northwest Germany will be closed by May 2016 and Hockenheim 3 plant in ...
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Tonner will develop a line of limited edition 16-inch and 17-inch collectable dolls while Toy Vault will deliver an Outlander board game. Hit historic, time-traveling TV series Outlander has taken its first steps into the toy market with ...
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Charter NEX Films, a producer of high-performance polyethylene films, has completed the acquisition of Optimum Plastics, Inc. in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount. Charter NEX supplies flexible packaging converters with a ...
Self-adhesive and in-mold labels producer Grafpol B.M. Meszkes has procured a new digital label press from Trojanlabel, represented by HKM in Poland. The new TrojanTwo digital label press will complement Grafpol's existing flexo and ...
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Premier Li Keqiang has pledged "firmer resolve and greater efforts" to tackle the long-standing problem of industrial overcapacity as "old growth drivers" such as manufacturing and investment continue to struggle. China is experiencing a ...
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Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless ...
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Sonoco renames all facilities of the former Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG). As of January 1st 2016, former Weidenhammer plants and branches will operate under the name Sonoco Consumer Products Europe. This step completes the ...
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The latest Roy Morgan Research has confirmed that potato chips top the category of Australia’s favourite snacks, a status the humble packet chip (or ‘crisp’ as it is sometimes referred) has retained for the past five ...
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AKHAN Semiconductor Inc of Chicago, IL, USA has formally opened its new global headquarters and production facility at 940 Lakeside Drive in Gurnee, Illinois, after beginning operations there in June. The firm also says that its first ...
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SunOpta ,a leading global company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, celebrates the grand opening of its newly expanded dual purpose consumer products facility in Allentown, Penn. The company recently ...
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Graphic Packaging board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share. The dividend is payable on 5 January 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 15 December 2015. Graphic Packaging, ...
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Large players oversupply situation in the LED industry led to LED bulbs continual downward price trend, according to a report by Chinese-language Commercial Times. The Chinese lighting market is entering a low season, and with Indian LED ...
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