A new report from Smithers Pira expects the worldwide rigid plastic packaging consumption to grow during 2017–2022 at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes. Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging ...
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Wittmann has launched a new granulator G-Max 23 under its G-Max series of conventional blade granulators. The new model will complement other granulators in the G-Max series including G-Max 12, G-Max 33. The latest model is claimed to ...
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Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck which is expected to significantly boost sugar-cane harvest in Brazil. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with great precision through the ...
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RCMA Group is investing £25m to build a new rapeseed processing plant in Atherstone on Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK, creating more than 30 local jobs. The new facility will be operational in the autumn of 2017 to ...
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Pegasus Food Futures has finalized plans for a new facility in Abu Dhabi. The organisation is aimed at providing solutions to global food supply challenges through operations and innovations in livestock, feed stock and food production. ...
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Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the UK's Department of Health, has published new guidelines designed to reduce the amount of sugar in nine food product categories. The public health body is challenging manufacturers to ...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a $15m loan to Agrofusion Group, the largest tomato paste producer and exporter in Ukraine. Agrofusion, a vertically integrated and family-owned company, is planning ...
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The triple-digit million euro order includes the supply of six reactor coolant pumps - type RSR 750 - each driven by a 10 000 V high-voltage motor with a rating of 6600 kW. The maximum flow rate of each pump and motor set is around 24 500 ...
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The major problems facing China's agricultural sector are structural ones, mainly on the supply side, according to the document by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. The document calls for ...
Amid the country's effort to build a greener energy system, the country's raw coal production by its large-size coal companies continued to decline in 2016. Combined raw coal production from the country's designated large coal companies ...
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China aims to increase domestic crude oil output to 200 million tonnes by 2020, while supply capacity for natural gas should exceed 360 billion cubic meters, according to plans published Thursday. China will add 1 billion tonnes of proven ...
Global high-barrier packaging film consumption was projected at 1.86 million tonnes in 2016 and is forecast to grow during 2016–2021 at an annual rate of 4.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, according to Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira’s ...
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Phosphor export values of Changshu, a city located in Jiangsu Province in China, reportedly tumbled 55% Year-on-Year in 2016, based on data compiled by local customs agency, reported Chinese-language media China News Service. LED phosphor ...
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Iceland-based seafood company Icelandic Group has begun the process of divesting its subsidiary Gadus in Belgium. It was in 2012 that Icelandic had acquired Gadus for an undisclosed price. The decision to sell Gadus by Icelandic Group ...
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Hilton Food Group has entered into an agreement with Sonae Modelo Continente to form a 50/50 joint venture for the supply of packaged meat products to Sonae stores in Portugal. The joint venture will supply a range of packaged beef, lamb, ...
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