Pan-European investment firm Aurelius Group has purchased UK-based compounder and recycler of post-use rigid plastics Regain Polymers Holdings. Previously owned by Chamonix Private Equity, Regain provides plastic recycling services to ...
Japanese automotive giant Honda Motor has initiated the output of its Accord sedan in the African nation Nigeria, the country on which the company is betting big for the expansion of automobile market in future. Honda's Nigerian unit ...
UK-based Jiffy Packaging is investing in new extrusion technology to produce polyethylene foam of varied thicknesses. Acquired by Airpack in 2014, the firm aims to make mass market penetration with the new expansion. The firm will make ...
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Deccan Auto has set up its first integrated bus manufacturing unit in Hyderabad, India, entailing an investment of $39m. The plant, with an annual installed capacity of 3,000 units a year, is sprawled over 18 acres with a covered area of ...
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Net revenues slipped 6 per cent year over year on a reported basis at denim jeans marketer Levi Strauss & Co. for the second quarter ended May 31, 2015. Net revenues declined six per cent to $1.01 billion on a reported basis in the second ...
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McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
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The commerce and industry ministry has launched the facility for online payment of application fees through credit or debit cards and other electronic fund transfers, according to a government statement. The facility of online payment was ...
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New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has inaugurated its new facility at Heerenveen in Netherlands, which is its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe. The firm has formed a partnership with Dutch cheese ...
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Denmark-based injection moulded plastic packaging firm RPC Superfos has begun production at its new manufacturing facility in Winchester, Virginia. The plant began with the production of UniPak for pastry company Poppies Intl. Equipped ...
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Canadian dairy firm Agropur Cooperative is to cease fluid milk processing operations at its facility in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec. This forms a part of the company's strategy to review and optimize its processing activities, in a ...
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Rigid box maker Pollard Boxes has expanded its manufacturing facility in Leicester, UK, with the addition of 6,000ft2 to facilitate storage and despatch. The expanded space not only provides storage facilities for goods but also a large ...
Label and packaging firm CCL Industries has partnered with Turkey-based in-mould-labels (IML) producer Korsini, to set up a manufacturing facility for IML in Memphis, Tennessee, in the US. The two companies will form a new entity with a ...
Givaudan, the worlds’ leading flavour and fragrance company, has opened a new technical centre along with offices in downtown Tokyo. Designed to deliver a superior level of creative flavour and taste solutions, the CHF 12 million ...
German automobile major Opel will arm its passenger cars from next month with Opel OnStar, a personal connectivity and service assistant touted to offer a safer and comfortable driving. The application will be donned by the next ...
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German automotive major BMW Group, which had joined forces with Scherm group, has pressed 100% electric trucks into service in Munich, Germany. With this, the carmaker has earned the distinction of being the maiden automaker in Europe to ...
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