The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
Plastic packaging solutions provider Graham Packaging is planning to invest $6.7m to expand its plastics manufacturing operation in Campbell County, Virginia, US. The new investment is expected to create eight new jobs while training 37 ...
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Xpeng Motors has showcased its EV-G3 at the International CES 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US with four attributes to usher in a new era of autonomous driving experience. It is also the first mass production version of the intelligent car ...
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European packaging firm DS Smith has opened a new specialty packaging plant in Kielce, Poland. The new 5,000m² facility has been developed to produce advanced corrugated cardboard packaging for the automotive industry. DS ...
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Covestro is committed to continually improving the performance and safety of its products and setting new standards in industrial hygiene. Responsible handling of chemical substances has always been necessary for avoiding health risks. ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced commercial availability of the XLamp XD16 LED (claimed to be the industry’s first extreme density LED), which delivers up to 5 times higher lumen ...
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is planning to revise its ColorForward trend-watching platform, designed to help forecast colors for use in plastics products and packaging. In collaboration with its Masterbatches business unit, ...
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) and Ford Motor have partnered for the UK's largest connected and autonomous vehicle project in Coventry. The trials are being undertaken as part of the UK Autodrive ...
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ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA (which manufactures Solstice electroplating systems for ≤200mm wafers), has unveiled a new plating technique that is said to provide significant cost reductions for compound semiconductor ...
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Coca-Cola Company, along with Coca-Cola European Partners, has launched its first joint sustainability action plan for Western Europe. The action plan iincludes new commitments on drinks, packaging and society in the region. The ...
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This weekend Stevenage played host to the Rubik’s Speedcubing UK Championship, housing over 240 competitors, each hopeful of making the cubing hall of fame. Competitors took part in the Championship across a number of disciplines ...
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Stratasys, a provider of applied additive technology solutions, announced that GKN Driveline Florence, a plant of leading global engineering company, GKN, is expanding the deployment of Stratasys 3D printing across the manufacturing floor ...
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DS Smith’s business unit Worldwide Dispensers Europe has developed a new screw cap adapter for bag-in-box packaging with an external tamper evident ring. The new screw cap adapter has been developed to replace previous system with ...
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CapitalG, a growth investment fund under Alphabet has led $1bn round of investment in ride-hailing company Lyft. With this investment, Lyft’s valuation has gone up to $11bn. CapitalG’s partner David Lawee will be joining ...
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United Caps, a Luxembourg-based high performance cap and closure systems manufacturer, is set to acquire the plastic closures division of Closures4you. The acquired assets include 28mm caps for re-usable glass bottles as well as for ...
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