Japanese automaker Nissan has unveiled a longer-range version of its Leaf electric vehicle (EV). The company has so far sold more than 112,000 Leaf EVs in the US and over 283,000 globally. The new model of the electric vehicle will be ...
Bosch has revealed what it describes as a start-up powertrain for electric vehicles. It’s now common knowledge that a more powerful battery will increase an electric car’s range. But can a new powertrain have a comparable ...
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US-based private equity firm L Catterton has offered to buy 27.9% stake in Scottish craft brewery Innis & Gunn for £15m. Founded in 2003, Innis & Gunn claims to have risen to the second position for a craft brewer in the UK ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has signed an agreement with Agrifoods to acquire Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods was a 50-50 joint venture by two of Canada’s leading cooperatives; Agrifoods and Agropur. With more than 40 years of ...
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Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) is set to begin commercial operations at its new pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa from 5 September 2017. STF said that the new facility will make use of robotics and other technologies to supply a ...
Smurfit Kappa is set to exhibit its complete Bag-in-Box packaging solutions at this year’s Pack expo event in Las Vegas, US. The event will take place from 25 to 27 September at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Pack expo Las Vegas ...
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Packaging solutions provider CSP Technologies is expanding its Auburn manufacturing facility in Alabama, US for increased manufacturing and warehousing space. The manufacturing and warehousing capacity of the facility is being expanded by ...
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Parkway Products has completed the acquisition of precision plastic injection molding company LMR Plastics from Leonard Industries Manufacturing for an undisclosed price. LMR Plastics is into manufacturing and supply of custom plastic ...
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ULMA Packaging has launched the patent-pending VTI640V vertical form fill and seal system (VFFS), a new packaging solution for herbs and leaf produce. The product will be pulled to the bottom of the bag, by the solution using a device, ...
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Tank Garage Winery has launched Chrome Dreams, a 2015 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend and the world's first chromed-glass wine bottle. An ode to the classic American automobile, Chrome Dreams features a mirrored surface and ...
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Fast food restaurant chain Nathan’s Famous has introduced pre-cooked, quarter-pound steak patties for purchase at retail grocery stores across the US. The new Nathan’s Famous Steak Patties are made with fresh beef, with no ...
US-based color printing technologies provider Memjet is set to unveil DuraLink, its new inkjet technology platform, at PRINT 17 trade show. Memjet launched its first inkjet technology in 2007. The company will exhibit both the ...
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Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have used brewery waste to grow yeast required to make beer. A new process has been invented by scientists to turn spent brewery grains into a product that can ...
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Fiber-based products provider Domtar has opened its second generating unit, which has a power output of 18MW, at Windsor (Quebec) Mill, Canada. The start-up of its second generating unit, built for $36 million, will improve the energy ...
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