As Opel continues to face losses, the European arm of General Motors has approved the closure of a German plant, at the cost of more than 3000 workers. Reuters reports Opel‘s decision to cease production at its 50-year-old Bochum ...
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The EU has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese-manufactured glass for solar panels, broadening a trade fight with Beijing over renewable energy. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, opened the probe in response ...
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SABIC is all set to add new Bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) grades to its portfolio, targeted primarily for the producers of blow molded bottles for household and industrial chemicals and for personal care. The Saudi Arabian ...
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Flexible packaging company Wipak has opened a new extrusion plant in Germany, which can be used to produce thermoforming films with better transparency. According to the company, the films produced at the plant will be marketed by it ...
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Gerresheimer Medical Plastic Systems (MPS) is expanding its plant in Dongguan, China, which will become a competency center for injection molding, printing and assembly of medical devices. The company starts producing price-sensitive ...
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The Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant as a world leader in environmentally compatible, non-halogenated flame retardants, is investing a double-digit million sum and doubling its production capacity for these products with the ...
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German scarf manufacturing specialist V Fraas has installed a Montex 6500 stenter at its Zhangjiagang factory to allow the production of cashmere and woollen scarves. The China division of German scarf manufacturing specialist V Fraas has ...
German plant and machinery orders declined for a fourth month in February, driven by a drop in foreign demand, the VDMA machine-makers'association said. Orders, adjusted for inflation, fell 16 percent from a year earlier after declining an ...
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German plant and machinery orders dropped in December on weaker foreign demand, reflecting a slowdown of the global economy, the VDMA machine makers’ association said. Orders, adjusted for inflation, fell 10 percent from a year ...
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