The Chinese government will allow prices of several agricultural goods to float freely in the market in an "historic adjustment," state media reported Tuesday, as high domestic prices struggle to cope with a downtrend in the global ...
Vietnam’s textile and garment sector continues to be a magnet for FDI. While FDI in Vietnam has fallen significantly in the first six months of 2015, it rose sharply in the textile and garment sector, according to the country’s ...
Tags: textile industry, FDI, garment
As a brewer of Belgian-style beers, New Belgium Brewing has always had an affinity for Farmhouse Ales and now it’s brewing its own – Long Table Farmhouse Ale. This seasonal release pays homage to the rich heritage of this ...
Tags: beverage, beer, Belgian-style beers
Virginia Tech is set to launch a new $14m Dairy Science Complex located at Kentland Farm in Montgomery County, Virginia, US. The new facility has been designed to further Virginia Tech's dairy science program. Featuring latest ...
Pabst Brewing is to open a new batteriesin Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a move that ramps up the company's beer production capacity. The company will sign a multi-year lease on a building within the Pabst brewery complex by partnering with local ...
Tags: agricultural products, fruits, brewery
Cartridges and vials maker Vetter has launched Vetter-Ject, a closure system for prefilled syringes for use in highly-sensitive compounds such as biologics. The closure is expected to cater to the pharmaceutical and biotech companies that ...
Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, shale oil
Japanese automotive test systems firm Horiba has acquired the vehicle engineering, research and product testing business of UK-based Mira, extending its portfolio to next generation mobility. The new entity, henceforth known as Horiba ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, auto parts, auto accessories, Horiba
US-based labeling and packaging firm Avery Dennison has introduced Select Solutions Portfolio in Europe, for label converters to avail of application-specific and custom-engineered systems. The portfolio provides a range of options, such ...
Tags: packaging machine, adhesives, liners, facestocks, label converters
JDA Software has unveiled a new version, 9.0 of supply chain management solution. By enabling a seamless supply chain that spans the end-to-end customer journey ranging from suppliers to end consumers, the release supports profitable ...
Tags: JDA Software, supply chain management solution, Textile
Equipment manufacturer NJM Packaging has revamped its Beltorque capper, to be launched at Pack Expo/Pharma Expo in Las Vegas, US, in September. Capable of capping up to 300 bottles a minute, the capper has a new servo-driven, ...
Tags: NJM Packaging, new Beltorque Capper, patent-pending cap, elevator-feeder
Baler and recycling engineering firm Middleton Engineering has installed a new swan neck conveyor at Biffa Polymers’ Wilton International Petrochemical Complex in Redcar, UK. Biffa is an integrated waste management business that is ...
Just as the plastics industry gave birth to one of the pioneering industrial giants in Taiwan, the sector is proving to be a driving force in China, with advanced plastic technologies and machinery displayed at the ChinaPlas 2015 (29th ...
Tags: plastics manufacture, Plastic-Processing Technologies, plastic machine
X-FAB Silicon Foundries AG of Erfurt, Germany - an analog/mixed-signal and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry - has announced what it claims is the first cost-efficient 180nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for automotive ...
Tags: X-FAB, SOI, electrical components
XSpark, BASF’s Coatings division has developed a color effect that has now been honored in one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions: the Red Dot Award: Product Design. For the first time in the 60-year history ...
Tags: XSpark, Coatings, automotive industry