Seattle-based Darigold will shut its last milk processing plant in Medford on February 28, leading to 29 jobs at risk. Handling of waste water has become a problem at the ageing plant, reports Capital Press. Seattle based Darigold noted ...
Japanese producer of apparel zippers, YKK has developed an Eco-Dye technology at its Kurobe facility in Japan facility by using super critical fluid dyeing (SFD) technology. According to YKK, this technology enables it to reduce the ...
Tags: Eco-Dye technology, Apparel
INDEVCO‘s subsidiary INDEVCO Plastics has forayed into Texas, US, with its first manufacturing plant in Longview to produce petrochemical packaging products. The investment is part of INDEVCO's strategy to meet the expected surge in ...
Tags: packaging products, Agriculture
Capital Brewery is delaying its expansion project in Sauk City, in the US state of Wisconsin for at least three to six months. This comes after Capital Brewery operations director Brian Destree has decided to step down as the person in ...
Tags: Brewery, canning line, Agriculture
Japanese auto maker Suzuki Motor laid foundation stone at its JPY60bn ($509m) vehicle manufacturing facility in Gujarat, India. The company is planning to set up three plants in the Indian state at an investment of Rs 80bn ($1.3bn). ...
Dessert brand Sara Lee has launched a new range of single serve desserts in Australia. The Sara Lee Singles range includes three varieties: New York Baked Cheesecake, Raspberry and Chocolate Fudge, and Creme Brulee. Each dessert comes in ...
Tags: family dessert, Agriculture
HanesBrands, a marketer of innerwear and basic apparel said it will expand production at its Clarksville sheer hosiery facility and reduce offshore sourcing. HanesBrands which markets brands like Hanes, L’eggs, Just My Size and ...
Tags: innerwear, basic apparel, Apparel
Food ingredients producer Chaucer has opened a new freeze dry factory in Portland, in the US state of Oregon. Spread over an area of around 100,000ft2, the facility will house four freeze dry tunnels as part of phase I and the further ...
Tags: fruits, vegetables, Agriculture
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Transphorm Inc, Transphorm Japan Inc, and Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd have announced that Fujitsu Semiconductor group's CMOS-compatible, 150mm wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, has started mass production of gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Tags: GaN Power Devices, Electrical
PPG Industries in Greece recently followed up its first customer training seminar with a second event at its facility in Acharnai, Athens. The follow-up event enabled customers from local shipping companies to learn firsthand about a number ...
Tags: Customer Event, chemical tanks, Construction
BASF’s new European competence center for flooring and waterproofing systems at Oldenburg, Germany, is now fully operational. Manufacture of the Masters Builders Solutions products has been relocated from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. ...
Hardide Coatings, Inc., a UK-based provider of advanced surface coating technology, has today announced investment in a new Virginia manufacturing plant worth approximagely $7 million. The investment will see Hardide Coatings expand ...
Tags: surface coating technology, gas, aerospace, Construction
Jeffrey Picard, batch maker at PPG Industries’ industrial coatings manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, helped obtain a PPG Industries Foundation grant for $1,000 for Irvington Grade School. School Superintendent David ...
Tags: industrial coatings, manufacturing facility, Construction
The Capita Super Corporation, the Seattle-based maker of snowboards and skateboards, announced that it is constructing The Mothership, describing it as "the most progressive snowboard production facility in the world." Located on 7 acres ...
Tags: tooling, milling, printing, pressing, Sporting Goods