South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors is set to enter the Indian car market by investing $1.1bn to build its first factory in the country. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Government of ...
Finnish paper and pulp firm Metsa Board has invested €38m in a new extrusion coating line at its paper mill in northern Sweden. The new line at the company’s Husum mill is now producing initial orders. It has an annual capacity ...
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Sun Chemical will increase the price of all inks and coatings containing acrylic derivatives effective May 15, 2017. Disruption in the production of certain building blocks used in the making of inks and coatings, such as styrene and ...
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Esko is set to showcase a range of solutions for the packaging industry at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. Esko, along with its sister companies VideoJet, ...
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Atomic layer deposition (ALD) thin-film technology firm Picosun Oy of Espoo, Finland has launched a delivery service for ALD precursor chemicals, implemented in cooperation with several well‐known chemical manufacturers. Picosun ...
Tags: ALD Tool, Precursors
UK-based Cepac has introduced new curved corrugated product, dubbed Arcwise. Claimed to be the country’s first curved corrugated product, Arcwise incorporates quality printing with corrugated cardboard to bend in smooth and ...
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For Taiwan-based makers of servers for direct sale to clients, there has been a reshuffle of orders for servers used in cloud computing data centers from Microsoft, Facebook and Google in 2017, according to Taiwan-based server supply chain ...
Tags: servers, cloud computing, Microsoft
Color science and technology solutions provider X-Rite is set to showcase latest color management solutions for printers and packaging converters at FTA Forum & INFO*FLEX event in the US. The event will take place between 1 and 2 May in ...
Tags: Packaging Converters, Packaging
Icelandic Group has confirmed its intentions to divest its UK operations, Seachill, which supplies chilled fish to the country's retail market. The company's board has decided to start a sale process for Seachill, which had sales of ...
Tags: Icelandic Group, Seafood
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has reported financial results for its first quarter, ending 2 April 2017. First Quarter Highlights First quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53, ...
UK-based i2r Packaging Solutions is set to exhibit its packaging products at the Farm Shop & Deli Show, which will be held from 24 to 26 April. The company produces a range of tulip muffin wraps and greaseproof paper sheets, which will be ...
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A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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With LED lighting popularity rapidly climbing worldwide, the Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) continues to be held in conjunction with LED Taiwan at the same venue this year, serving as a one-stop sourcing platform for buyers ...
Tags: Lighting Industry, LED
Kush Bottles, a provider of packaging, supplies, accessories and branding solutions for the regulated cannabis industry, reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2017. Second Quarter Fiscal 2017 ...
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Naura Technology (formerly Beijing Sevenstar Electronics) has started shipping ion etch equipment for the manufacture of 14nm chips to chipmakers, while Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) is being engaged in the development of etch ...
Tags: chipmakers, Electronics, chip