Makers of vertical form/fill/seal machines have offered automatic set-up functionality for mechanical axes of motion for some time now. So when changeover to a new bag size requires an adjustment of the vacuum belts that pull the flexible ...
Tags: mechanical axes, Mike Krummey, continuous-motion machine
UK based packaging maker RPC Group has acquired packaging firm British Polythene Industries (BPI) for about £261m ($379m). BPI is focused on manufacturing and supplying of about 275,000t of polythene films annually for markets ...
Tags: retail food, waste polythene, RPC
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its 11MWAC Rancho Seco ...
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Optima has expanded its machine range to include new entry-level solutions. These solutions currently include the flexible and completely attuned filling and closing machines OPTIMA FM1 and CM1. These new systems can also be used as ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that it has sales bookings of 121MWDC of thin-film modules which will be used in utility-based community solar installations in the USA. ...
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Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA says that its solar panels are being used in a new solar electric array that is powering the Avon Central ...
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UK-based packaging company Macfarlane Group has agreed to acquire Leicester based Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging (Nelsons) for a maximum of £6.75m. The deal, which is subject to certain trading conditions, is part of ...
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At an opening ceremony attended by representatives of Nagasaki Prefecture, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – and Chopro, a local ...
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LyondellBasell has announced its plan to move ahead with the construction of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant on the US Gulf Coast. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, the plant is expected to have an annual production capacity ...
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India based global flexible packaging firm Uflex has launched the EL-1300 extrusion lamination machine designed to efficiently laminate very thin LDPE substrates to woven polypropylene and also to paper/any packaging film. Capable of ...
High performance with competitive costs is among striking features of Taiwan-made machines. High performance, excellent energy efficiency and low requirements for manpower and space are growing trends in the global market for machinery. ...
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has received an order for a Compact 21T MBE research system for delivery in 2016 to a laboratory in ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has provided solar panels to Projecto YOSI, an organization working to keep Bolivia's Salar de ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has announced the appointment of Kathleen Bayless to its board of directors and its audit committee. From 2009 until her retirement in 2015, ...
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Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA and Silicon Ranch are celebrating the completion of Mississippi's largest commercial solar facility to date, ...
Tags: Stion CIGSSe, Solar Facility