US-based Boulevard Brewing has started construction on an expansion project in Kansas City, Missouri which will increase the company's fermentation capacity by 40%. The $12m Cellar Five project includes a fermentation facility spanning ...
Tags: Brewing Engineering, fermentation facility, Agriculture
Global barrier films supplier Toppan Printing will be constructing a new plant in Georgia which will use innovative technology to produce environment-friendly packaging. The new plant will help the company strengthen its capacity to ...
Tags: environment-friendly packaging, food packaging industry, Agriculture
Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart is planning to invest $500m in a new infant milk powder venture Hope Dairies. According to media reports, Rinehart is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Queensland Government and ...
Chinese dairy major Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial has partnered with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to establish a dairy plant in Kansas. The company owns 30% stake in the joint venture, which has a registered capital of around $100m. ...
Tags: Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, Dairy Farmers of America, Agriculture
Bolivia is planning to open a quinoa milk plant in the Andean province of Potosi which is being funded by the European Union (EU). The EU-backed plant will have a capacity to produce nearly 250 liters of quinoa milk every day and 3,500 ...
Tags: quinoa milk plant, royal quinoa, Agriculture
Volvo has announced that it is expanding production at its new facility in Daqing, China where it will produce SPA Volvo sedan. The facility is expected to produce cars based on Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), and the facility ...
Tags: SPA Volvo sedan, Auto
Bauer Hockey Corp. has agreed to stop claiming its Bauer RE-AKT hockey helmet protects players from concussions after Canada's Competition Bureau challenged the claim. Under the terms of a consent agreement reached with the Bureau, Bauer ...
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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and AKKA Technologies, a Europe-based engineering and technology consultancy group, ...
Tags: 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up, Auto
Diageo is postponing plans to expand production capacity in Scotland citing reducing demand for spirits. According to the company, the slump in demand for spirits is due to economic slowdown across the globe. Earlier in 2012, Diageo ...
US-based Figueroa Mountain Brewing is planning to build a new production facility in Germany, in a move to expand its footprint and production capacity. The company is seeking international partners to leverage investment for the ...
Tags: brewery, Santa Maria taproom, Agriculture
This 450-tonne dump truck is claimed to be the world’s largest, with a steerable axle and body components made from high-strength steel. It earned its maker Belaz a finalist place in the 2014 Swedish Steel Prize. The Swedish Steel ...
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Global large-size TFT LCD shipments are expected to only increase 0.5% in 2015 due to weak demand for monitor and notebook applications coupled with limited growth in the tablet segment, according to Digitimes Research. LCD TV demand is ...
Tags: TFT LCD, LCD Display
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
In hall A4 booth 260 at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany (11-14 November), Firecomms Ltd of Cork, Ireland and Tongxiang, China (which manufactures fiber-optic solutions and optical transceivers for communications networks) ...
Tags: fiber-optic, Electronics
The Boston Beer Company reported third quarter 2014 net revenue of $269.7m, an increase of $53.3m or 25% over the same period last year, mainly due to core shipment growth of 23%. Net income for the third quarter was $37.9 million, or ...