Wacker Chemie AG officially opened its new company headquarters for the Greater China region (Mainland China and Taiwan) in Shanghai today. With a large number of guests drawn from industry and administrative authorities in attendance, ...
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Charles River Laboratories has inaugurated a new biomedical diagnostic testing facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US. The 60,000ft 2 new facility will provide controlled environments, building monitoring and mechanical systems ...
South African packaging company Nampak has announced that the group revenue for the year ended 30 September 2012 increased by 12% to R17.6bn ($1.9bn). Revenue from the rest of Africa rose by 55% to over R2bn ($223m) with a contribution ...
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Mr Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji chairman of Alba's Board said that Aluminium Bahrain BSC remains on target to exceed the 2011 production of 881,310 MT while at the same time focusing on future growth strategies. Mr Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji ...
Management of Dangote Cement has finalised arrangements to temporarily close down the company s four million metric tonnes-per-annum Gboko Plant, as a result of glut in the cement market. Group Head, Corporate Communication, Dangote ...
Comment – Greg Cameron The NSW government policy to have only one container terminal for all of NSW at Port Botany is disadvantaging regional economies. Although the NSW government claims that Port Botany container terminal is ...
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The Gorman-Rupp Company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,National Pump Company,has reached an agreement in principle to purchase the business of American Turbine Pump Companies("ATP"). Founded in 1975,ATP is a group of companies ...
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US egg firm Cal-Maine Foods has struck a deal to buy the commercial egg business of poultry firm Pilgrim's Pride. Cal-Maine said today (18 July) the acquisition would include two production complexes that can house 1.4m laying hens. In ...
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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Arla Foods has announced a deal to supply Chinese infant formula company Biosteme. The Nordic dairy giant will supply powder to Biosteme from a facility in Denmark for ten years. The deal could also see both companies finance upgrade work ...
Tags: baby milk, dairy giant, premium infant nutrition market
UK-based Contego Packaging, acquired by Platinum Equity in 2011, has invested in a new 6,200 sq m factory in Wolfen, Germany to replace its existing facility. The new factory enables production and warehousing to be located under one roof ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has completed the modernization project of its Hales Point grain elevator with an investment of $25m, in time for this year's harvest. Cargill AgHorizons Mid-South Farm Service Group general ...
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Carton manufacturer Contego Packaging has announced plans to invest about €1m in new die-cutting and finishing technology at its Piacenza and Cervia plants in Italy. At the Piacenza site, the company will install a paper collating ...
Honda Manufacturing of Indiana (HMIN) is planning to invest $40m to increase its capacity by 50,000 units per year to a total of 250,000 units. The investment will also lead to the addition of Civic Hybrid production in early 2013, ...
Tags: HMIN, Civic Hybrid production, Civic Sedan, Civic Natural Gas
Flexible packaging producer Colormasters is all set to open two new manufacturing facilities in Albertville, US. According to Colormasters, a new blown-film extrusion plant is under way on Smith Road, which will allow the company to ...