PPG Industries has completed a $3.8 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Laguna de Duero, Valladolid, Spain. The investment provides new, state-of-the-art, mixing and blending equipment at the facility that will ...
Tags: PPG, coatings, automotive parts
Portland State University has appointed Jennifer Nolfi as the new director of Portland State University’s Athletic and Outdoor Industry Program. Nolfi, whose business experience has spanned the public and private sectors over the last ...
IPak Machinery, a manufacturer of automatic tray formers powered by Pro Mach, has expanded its product range with the introduction of new TF-100 tray former. Designed for 4-corner trays where no rollover or 1-piece lidding is required, ...
Tags: IPak Machinery, Tray Former, 4-Corner Trays
Liquid packaging specialist Aran Packaging is expanding its manufacturing presence to the US with the establishment of a new facility in Greer, South Carolina. The proposed facility will see an investment of around $5.2m and it will ...
Tags: Aran Packaging, Packaging
British recycling company Viridor has opened a new £25m glass recycling plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Spread over an area of around 70,000ft2, the plant will receive material from 17 Scottish local authorities for recycling. ...
Ishida Europe has introduced a new high speed leak detector, which will identify leaks in packaging to minimize spoilage in pre-packed retail food products. The new Ishida AirScan rectifies leaks at speeds of up to 180 packs per minute, ...
Tags: Leak Detector, Food Packs
Japanese car maker Nissan has announced plan to invest £100m into its Sunderland plant to manufacture the company’s next generation Juke crossover car. The plant began operations in 1986 and since then 8 million vehicles ...
Tags: Crossover Car, Nissan
PPG Industries has announced that it has completed its acquisition of IVC Industrial Coatings, Inc., a U.S.-based specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer with 2014 sales of more than $100 million. Financial terms were not ...
DHL Express has opened its new Melbourne gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia. The new facility took a total investment of AUD 20 million, the largest infrastructure amount invested by DHL ...
Tags: service, gateway facility, DHL Express
Konica Minolta, Inc. will launch a new textile digital printing model at the end of 2015, which it will also showcase to a global audience at ITMA 2015. According to a Konica press release, the Nassenger SP-1 is a high-productivity, ...
Tags: textile digital printing, printing
AquiSense Technologies of Florence, KY, USA (which works with UV-C LED makers to evaluate their devices and then design efficient UV disinfection products) has launched PearlBeam, a compact collimated beam device that employs UV-LEDs ...
Tags: UV LEDs, mercury-lamp
In view of rising imports of batik textiles, Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring all importers of batik-patterned fabrics to register with the ministry and seek special permit for import. Addressing a press ...
Tags: Textile Imports, batik textiles
Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions to industries worldwide, has expanded its Southeast Asia presence into Myanmar with the launch of its garment inspection services in the country, the company said in a statement. ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative will build a $62m turkey processing facility in Hinton, a move that creates new jobs. The expansion will increase the company's poultry production by over 45% to cater to the increasing consumer demand ...
Tags: animal husbandry, turkey processing, poultry production
US-based flexible packaging products maker Bemis Company has inked a pact for the acquisition of South American rigid plastic packaging business of Brazilian firm Emplal Participa. The transaction, contingent upon customary closing ...