German chemical firm BASF has unveiled plan to EUR2m to expand the production capacity for waterborne coatings in its Demarchi Coatings Site, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The expansion, which is expected to be completed in early 2014, ...
VINCENNES, Ind. - SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation recently completed the migration of its food display refrigeration glass production capabilities to Vincennes, Ind. in order to keep pace with growing demand for its display and freezer glass ...
Tags: glass, Construction
Despite a major surplus in the light-emitting diode (LED) market, top suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production because of government incentives and in order to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business. ...
Tags: LED, light-emitting diode, Electrical, Electronics
US-based Software firm SignalDemand has announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected its EnterpriseOptimizersoftware solution to provide additional insight on ways to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and ...
Tags: Conagra Foods, Supply Optimization
Automotive parts supplier Continental will invest over $35m over the next five years to expand its manufacturing facility in Henderson, North Carolina in the US. The investment will be used for the construction of about 88,000sqft of ...
Gildan Activewear Inc. announced its results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013. Earnings were a record for a fiscal quarter, and were at the top end of the guidance range which the Company had most recently updated on May ...
Tags: Gildan Activewear, Apparel
Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The UK's Thames Water has awarded Calgon Carbon Corp's Chemviron Carbon a 10-year contract to reactivate spent activated carbon used to treat drinking water. The value of the contract depends on the amount of carbon that is reactivated ...
Tags: Carbon, Calgon Carbon
Rolled aluminum products producer Novelis has announced the commissioning of its $340m expanded aluminum rolling facility in Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The expansion, which is set to bolster the company's commitment to the ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that in third-quarter 2013 China’s largest LED maker Sanan Optoelectronics Co Ltd has placed a multi-tool order for TurboDisc MaxBright ...
Veeco announced on July 29 that Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., the biggest LED maker in China, has placed a multi-tool order for Veeco's TurboDisc MaxBright M Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems in the third quarter of ...
Cortec has invested in its Cortec Coated Products (CCP), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US facility equipment to meet the demand for larger paper widths and increase production capacity. The $750,000 investment in CCP's equipment will enable the ...
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The South Korea based Lotte Chemical is operating its Yeosu-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at reduced rates. “The MEG plant is operating at 40 percent operating rates due to weak demand and lower prices of MEG,” a ...
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The European Union (EU) and the China government have reached a consensus about minimum prices and an annual quota to be set on PV modules imported from China to resolve anti-dumping disputes, and this is expected to benefit Taiwan-based ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV Settlement
Japanese firm Ichimasa Kamaboko has established a $36m joint venture in Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND), Jiangsu province, China, for the industrial production of soilless culture organic fungus and mushrooms. The JV, which is ...
Tags: Ichimasa Kamaboko, Organic Fungus