JBT Corporation, a global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food & beverage industry, announced the completion of its previously disclosed agreement to purchase the assets of Cooling and Applied Technologies. The ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XQ-E and XP-E High Efficiency (HE) Photo Red LEDs. With up to 21% higher output than previous generations of XQ-E and XP-E Photo Red LEDs, they ...
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Berkshire Hathaway company CTB has agreed to purchase 80% stake in Danish company Cabinplant for an undisclosed sum. Based in Haarby, Cabinplant provides processing and weighing / packing solutions for the food industry. With ...
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Selected mini straddle carriers can now be fitted with VGM container weighing equipment, as a cost-effective solution to the new SOLAS weight requirements that came into effect globally on July 1st 2016. Managing director of Mobicon Mini ...
Online sales of non-food products in the UK continued to outperform the market in July, growing 11.2% YOY. This is lower than the above-trend growth of 14.7% seen in July 2015, but up from the previous month (9%) and in line with the ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology is set to unveil its new jelly lab equipment at this year’s Pack Expo International in Chicago, US, which is being held from 6 to 9 November. The company will exhibit the testing equipment for jelly ...
For second-quarter 2016, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $75.3m, down 8.6% on $78m last quarter and 42.7% on $131.4m a year ago, consistent with ...
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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. ...
An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
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Just because it has been around for 75 years, doesn’t mean Swedish camera maker Hasselblad is too old to learn new tricks. The manufacturer is celebrating its landmark anniversary by introducing the world’s first mirrorless, ...
Japanese drinks company Asahi Group has agreed to acquire SABMiller’s Peroni, Grolsch, Meantime brands for $2.9bn, clearing another hurdle for the Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller’s $108bn merger. The acquisition is ...
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A South Australian collector has donated a sizeable array of Australian packaging to the industry to preserve for posterity, and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is co-ordinating the collation of this important archive. The ...
Sony will choose from three new scripts after being "underwhelmed" with effort from Juno writer Diablo Cody. Sony is weighing up three new scripts in its ongoing development of a live action Barbie movie. Variety reports that having ...
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A shot of the hanging coffin tomb in Moping township of Zigui county of Hubei. [Photo/people.cn] A total of 131 hanging coffins were recently discovered in Moping township of Zigui county, central China's Hubei province. The coffins were ...
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Set in a turn-of-the-century Tiffany & Co. ring and flanked by European-cut diamonds, this 7.84-carat oval-cut Kashmir sapphire sold for $1.35 million Tuesday at Bonhams New York. Click through this slideshow to see the top 5 lots from ...
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