K&M Tire Inc. has purchased Area Wholesale Tire Co.'s assets in Texas. This includes the Louisiana company's warehouse operations in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The purchase, effective Sept. 15, 2014, includes tire inventory, assets ...
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Stennis Space Center, MS – The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that the Florida Aquarium will receive over $161,000 cooperative agreement for the project “Watershed Investigations: Engaging Underserved Youth in ...
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The Labelexpo Americas trade show ran from 9-11 September in Illinois. And rather than show off just what it can do, EFI held a competition in which EFI Jetrion inkjet narrow web press users showed off what they can do. The competition ...
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Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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BASF, Cargill and Novozymes today announced the achievement of another milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. The team has demonstrated the successful conversion of ...
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Soups producer Vanee Foods has announced a new high-speed hot fill bottling line at its Broadview manufacturing facility in the US state of Illinois. The company has invested around $8m in the new bottling line, which has the capacity to ...
Arla Foods is making a non-binding bid for a majority stake in Arab Dairy Products Company, a listed company based in Cairo, Egypt. The bid of 65 Egyptian pounds per share is dependent on a satisfactory due diligence of the dairy company ...
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US-based food products manufacturer Vanee Foods Company will invest close to $8m in a high-speed hot fill bottling line. Based at the company's Broadview manufacturing facility, the new facility will fill bottles ranging in size from 8 fl ...
"Retailers concerned by the lack of a West Coast longshoremen's contract will continue to bring merchandise into the country at above-average levels in September, but volume will drop from the record set in August, says a new report ...
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The plants in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan convert (sheet and rewind) bleached paperboard, and also feature finishing departments and distribution centres. After the purchase, Atlantic will employ over 900 people and will be ...
The digital colour press targets the label market and Xeikon claimed that the press is 60% faster than any other model in its current press portfolio. The five-colour machine can print at speeds of 30m per minute and can handle substrates ...
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BASF will expand the manufacturing plant for its LIX® product range at its Cork site, Ireland. An investment is underway with production scheduled by end of 1Q, 2015. The LIX product range of Solvent Extractants is used for ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, one of the global automotive coatings leaders, has announced that Fiat Group Automobiles Mopar Parts & Service and Customer Care division has approved Axalta's three global refinish brands – Cromax, Spies ...
HP has extended its labels and packaging digital printing solutions with the launch of HP Indigo WS6800 and 20000 digital presses for the first time in the US market. The WS6800 digital press is the third-generation of HP Indigo WS6000 ...
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Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, was once again included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), one of the most renowned sustainability indices globally. The listing names Clariant within the European DJSI (DJSI ...