BASF is implementing its global “We create chemistry” strategy in Asia Pacific with a set of ambitious targets and a focus on sustainability. To achieve sales of €25 billion to customers in the region by 2020, BASF’s ...
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Novelis and building construction partner Koster have announced the installation of roof for the company’s $250m aluminum recycling and casting center at its Nachterstedt plant in Germany. According to the global aluminum recycler, ...
Greiner Packaging has announced that it will create 10 new jobs at its plant in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, in a £2.2m expansion The Austrian-owned plastics packaging specialist currently employs 210 staff in NI and is investing ...
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Scottish potato crisp firm Mackie's at Taypack is set to open a new manufacturing facility in Errol with support from Clydesdale Bank. The new facility, which is 60% larger than the company's current unit at Moncur, Perthshire, will ...
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Sonoco Flexible Packaging has announced an investment of $9.7m in a bid to expand its Morristown, Tennessee facility in the US. The expansion will create 26 new jobs in Hamblen County. Located at 5701 Superior Drive, the Morristown ...
Die Europäische Kommission hat heute die folgende Erklärung abgegeben: “Today the European Commission has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels, cells and wafers from China. This ...
Upholstery manufacturer United Furniture, is expanding operations at its facility here, according to a press release from local government officials. The expansion will create at least 100 new jobs and represents an investment of ...
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US-based dairy company HP Hood is set to increase ultra-high temperature production capacity at its facility in Frederick County, Virginia, with an investment of $84.6m, a move which will create 75 new jobs. According to the Governor Bob ...
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Laurent Lamothe, the Prime Minister of Haiti, has urged Brazilian companies operating in the textile and garment sector to invest in Haiti. Paying an official visit to Brazil, Prime Minister Lamothe met Mr. Paulo Skaf, president ...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently applauded Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) for introducing bipartisan legislation to encourage residential construction lending, spur job growth and keep the ...
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Speculation is rife that Ford Australia is set to announce today the closure of its Broadmeadows and Geelong production plants. The local car maker issued a statement at 9:15am today alerting the media to a press conference at 10:45am, in ...
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US-based snack food manufacturer LesserEvil Healthy Brands has opened a new production plant at Danbury, Connecticut. The new manufacturing facility will create 13 new jobs, with more openings expected in the future. Commenting on the ...
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Around 50 percent of garment production lost by Spain to other countries during the last two decades would come back to the country, Angel Asensio, president of the Spanish Apparel Federation (FEDECON) has said. Mr. Asensio said the ...
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Editor’s Note: The following column by Reed Langton, senior application engineer, Bastian Solutions, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, systems ...
Tags: Automation, Machinery
By 2025, the Moroccan textile sector is planning to create up to 250,000 jobs and export up to 85 billion dirhams (US$ 9.87 billion) of textile goods, under the “Textile Plan 2025” announced by Abdelkader Amara, the Minister of ...
Tags: Textile Plan 2025, Textile