Like most nascent technologies, digital print is a hotbed of innovation, with countless R&D hours being poured into developing higher speed, wider web presses, achieving single pass production and improving colour consistency. But how ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, digital printing
In its 15th annual monitoring report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted that further economic reforms are required if future benefits of continuing industry reforms and increasing competition in the ...
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Arla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods, has introduced new dry blend lactose, which will help infant formula manufacturers to boost output and lower costs. The new lactose can be introduced to the ...
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The trend in lowered prices in the LED market has not changed. With LED chip prices expected to drop substantially in the next few years, packaging is also facing pressure to lower costs. According to current LED component costs, package ...
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Bend Research, part of Capsugel’s Dosage Form Solutions business unit, announced the addition of Capsugel’s Xcelodose precision powder-filling technology to its drug development process. This patented micro-dosing technology ...
The Switch introduces new game-changing drive train technology to the shipbuilding sector. The Switch, a Finnish manufacturer of permanent magnet motors, generators and converters, announced today the launch of its next-generation drive ...
Tags: Transportation, Shipbuilding, logistics
The supervision of cocoa businesses will be increased amid health concerns relating to the use of powdered shells instead of cocoa powder in food products. Supervision over the use of imported cocoa shells as well as manufacturers of ...
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With big smartphone manufacturers such as Apple and LG introducing sapphire substrate into smartphone camera lens protector caps and home buttons, the market predicts that in 2014 sapphire substrate will also be used to replace glass in ...
Tags: Smartphone Displays, Smartphone
BASF SE, the world's largest chemical company by sales, reported a sharp increase in profits in the third quarter on Friday, but warned that exchange-rate fluctuations will dent earnings growth in the fourth quarter. The Ludwigshafen, ...
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With the unchanging trend of falling LED prices, chip manufacturers are constantly improving LED chip production process and technologies to lower costs. Semiconductor equipment company GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has developed Hydride ...
Two months before the expected third round of bidding for shale gas exploration rights, a Chinese firm on Friday successfully tested extraction equipment. The equipment will operate in complex geographic conditions, according to the ...
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Several printing systems and products from Agfa Pitman are making their first North America appearance at SGIA: Jeti TitanX FTR - A 122"-wide, high resolution, production-class UV-four- or six-color plus white inkjet printing system ...
Akzo Nobel N.V. reported third quarter revenues of €3,778 million, 5 percent lower compared with the same period last year. The decrease was a consequence of adverse currency effects and divestments. Lower restructuring costs and ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is in talks to divest stake to Chinese partner Dongfeng and the French state, in order to raise as much as EUR3bn in a capital increase. The company plans to conclude a draft agreement with state-owned ...
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PPG enjoyed record third-quarter results, and the company has improved glass segment sales to thank in some small part for it. The company’s glass segment netted $278 million for the quarter, an increase of $16 million year over ...
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