The global UV LED market will increase from $288m in 2017 to $526m in 2020 while it rises at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34% during 2015-2020, projects LEDinside (a division of TrendForce). UV LEDs are used particularly in ...
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Romaco, a Germany-based packing and process technology manufacturer, has demonstrated 15 of its machines at the recently held Interpack 2017. The company exhibited the machines to industry professionals and to its new owner, the Chinese ...
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General Motors has manufactured the first set of 130 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles equipped with self-driving technology at its Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. These vehicles will join a fleet of 50 self-driving Bolt EVs already ...
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 has been used in all manner of flagship devices this year, including the pre-eminent Galaxy S8 in some territories. Based on the latest 10nm process, the chip is a top-of-the-range offering, but Qualcomm is ...
Flexible packaging solutions provider Scholle IPN has opened a new manufacturing facility in Santiago, Chile. The new facility will manufacture bag-in-box style flexible packaging for institutional and retail markets. It will also ...
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Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has acquired Gehl Foods’ bottle manufacturing facility located in the US state of Wisconsin. Situated 30 miles north of Milwaukee, the West Bend standalone facility features around ...
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Precision has acquired Meyer Industries, a manufacturer of conveyor systems and equipment for the food processing industry. Meyer has earned a reputation for the ability to provide customized solutions to its customers including high ...
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Design and technology needs funding and young talent needs encouragement for the future of many of UK's industries, says toy design firm, Fuse London. The future of the toy industry may hang in the balance, depending on the ...
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Packaging solutions provider Molins has agreed to divest its instrumentation and tobacco machinery (I&TM) division to Coesia subsidiary G.D S.p.A for around £30m. The company intends to use the proceeds from the deal to invest in ...
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Balchem, a US-based firm which provides solutions and products for a range of industries globally, has acquired nutrition ingredients maker Innovative Food Processors (IFP) for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Faribault, Minnesota, ...
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Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its new ELITE enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, US. Part of the firm’s $6bn expansion on the US Gulf Coast, the 400,000 metric ton polyethylene facility is ...
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American Packaging has broken ground on a new 350,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Monroe County, New York. The company is investing around $170m to develop the facility, which will allow to create up to 260 permanent jobs, in addition to ...
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Dana has broke ground on a new 7,500m2 production and assembly facility in Chongqing, China, that will manufacture advanced driveline products for the Chinese market. Scheduled to open in late 2018, the facility will produce final drive ...
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Seren Photonics Limited, based near Cardiff, Wales, UK, a developer of semipolar gallium nitride and BluGlass Limited of Silverwater, Australia, a developer of semiconductor manufacturing process and equipment have announced the completion ...
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Envision Plastics has received a no-objection letter from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to use its EcoPrime product in packaging for fatty foods and spirits. The letter was issued under FDA’s conditions of use A through H ...
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