ESCATEC, one of Europe's leading providers of contract and manufacturing services, has nearly doubled the size of its ISO Class 7 cleanroom to meet the increasing need for miniaturized, multi-function components and 'smart ...
Ferro Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy-based Private Equity Funds' Management Company Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and two minority owners and founders Gianfranco Padovani and Sergio Zannoni to acquire Casola ...
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Europe has started the research project “EMC2”, which is intended to increase the performance and efficiency of embedded systems for the automotive and manufacturing industries, the Internet of Things, healthcare and aerospace. ...
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Axalta Coating Systems received Qualicoat Class 2 certification for production of Alesta Super Durable (SD) powder coating in China. Alesta SD is manufactured in Dongguan, the location of one of six powder coating manufacturing plants ...
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DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers has announced plans to increase production capacity of its ethylene copolymers assets at its Texas manufacturing facilities to meet growing market demand. Plans include a series of investments ...
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New orders to U.S. production plants soared a record 10.5 percent in July on a 74 percent bookings spike in the volatile transportation sector. The somewhat misleading double-digit gain was propelled by an eye-popping 317.3 percent surge in ...
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Epiluvac AB of Lund, Sweden says that it is now offering silicon carbide (SiC) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy reactors in various configurations. As one of the most interesting semiconductor materials in electrical power ...
Iconic US apparel brand Gap is partnering with Arvind Lifestyle, a subsidiary of Arvind Limited, one of India’s largest textile companies. The first stores are expected to open in India’s two largest cities, Mumbai and Delhi, ...
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AkzoNobel broke ground on its new Decorative Paints site in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province, China. The facility is part of an investment in excess of €50 million to build manufacturing facilities for both Powder Coatings and ...
Molex Registration ensures quality, safety of integrated solutions for disposable medical sensors LISLE, IL – August 19, 2014 – Molex Incorporated, a global manufacturer of electronic solutions, announced today that the Molex ...
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Georgia-Pacific, an American manufacturer of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals, has completed the acquisition of paper packaging company SPG Holdings for an undisclosed amount. The deal covers SPG's ...
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Sensata Technologies B.V. has reached an agreement to buy tire pressure monitoring systems manufacturer Schrader International Inc. from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1 billion. Sensata Technologies B.V. is a ...
Trico Products Corp. has signed a definitive agreement under which Crowne Group LLC will acquire the company from funds managed by Kohlberg & Co. L.L.C. Trico will maintain its headquarters in Rochester Hills, Mich., and the current ...
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Rigid film solutions manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast Group has strengthened its production capacity in Europe and South America as part of its €45.6m investment program. The firm invested €6m at Newport/Crumlin facility ...
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OLEAN — Industrial contamination from decades ago has been found in a small section of east Olean once thought to have been sufficiently cleansed of hazardous, cancer-causing substances. Late Wednesday afternoon, officials with the ...
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