US-based PPG has opened a nearly $3m expansion for packaging coatings manufacturing at its Oak Creek facility in Wisconsin. As part of the expansion project, the firm added a new 3,300ft² facility to produce food-can coatings to help ...
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Daimler and Bosch are partnering to speed up the development of self-driving cars. The two companies have signed a development agreement to bring fully automated (SAE Level 4) and driverless (SAE Level 5) driving to urban roads by the ...
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The UK Government has launched the first competition to access funding from its £100 investment program supporting the creation of test facilities for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). According to the Business, Energy and ...
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Last year, following a ton of speculation, it emerged Apple may have scaled back its self-driving car ambitions, after many expected it to announce its own autonomous vehicle. A Bloomberg report from October claimed the iPhone maker had ...
Pretium Packaging has acquired Patrick Products, a supplier of packaging and container for the janitorial, automotive, and household chemical market sectors. US-based Patrick is engaged in the manufacturing of rigid blow-molded plastic ...
Everlight Electronics has disclosed it will expand its annual LED packaging capacity from 4.5 billion chips currently to 5.5 billion, with most of the additional capacity to be used for fine pixel pitch displays and automotive lighting. ...
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The Packaging Systems Division of SSI Schaefer Systems International, a leader in reusable packaging systems, has expanded production capabilities with a new manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico. SSI Schaefer Packaging, ...
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Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) have agreed to collaborate on ICT platform R&D for connected cars. The collaboration will combine the automotive vehicle-related technologies of Toyota with the information and ...
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US chip giant Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli driverless technology company Mobileye in a deal worth about $15.3bn. Intel has agreed to pay about $63.54 per share under the deal, which is expected to close by the end of this year. ...
German chemical company BASF is building a new plastic additives plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. The development is a part of the company's €200m global investment plan to boost its plastic additives business. With an ...
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DS Smith has developed packaging system for Valeo, which allows to package the components in time and cost-efficiently. Optimal protection for overseas shipment of steering wheel switches – this solution is winner of the Deutscher ...
UK’s Goplasticpallets has invested in a thermal printing machine to meet the increasing demand for branded totes and trays. The company plans to produce boxes with printed identification markings in smaller quantities. While, ...
Sun Chemical is set to exhibit a range of advanced inks and ink chemistry platforms at FESPA 2017 event in Hamburg, Germany. At the event, which will take place from 8 to 12 May, the company will showcase inks and innovative ink chemistry ...
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UPM Raflatac is presenting the latest self-adhesive labelling solutions at the Xeikon Café exhibition and conference in Antwerp, Belgium on 28-31 March. The company’s experts will be focusing on Xeikon-compatible print media ...
The UK government has announced a £23m funding for hydrogen vehicles infrastructure to speed up adoption. Hydrogen fuel providers will be able to bid for funding in partnership with organisations that produce hydrogen vehicles to ...