American auto-giant Ford and Chinese automaker Anhui Zotye Automobile have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a 50: 50 joint venture to develop, produce and market all-electric vehicles (EVs). Electric vehicles produced ...
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Extrusion technology provider KraussMaffei Berstorff says that its newly designed extruder models for pelletizing are bagging orders worldwide in both PVC and PO segments. The company claims to be registering significant growth in orders ...
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First Impression Labels (FIL), a Durban-based specialist label printing company, has purchased three-color DT-Series modular digital finishing machine from labeling machines manufacturer Rotocontrol, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMT ...
Food packing firm Hilton Food Group has signed a long term supply agreement with Tesco Central Europe to produce fresh food. This development supports Hilton’s strategy of providing key retail partners globally with a diversified ...
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Austria-based plastic packaging firm Greiner Packaging has acquired the remaining 49% stake in Turkish joint venture (JV). Greiner acquired 51% majority stake in Teknik Plastik and Teknik IML in 2015, which were merged to form Teknik ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to purchase all assets of Sacramento Container and acquire 100% membership interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets for $265m. As per the agreement, PCA will take over ...
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Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has expanded its product lineup of infrared light-emitting diode (IR-LED) chips, which are mainly used as parts of photo-couplers for gate drivers in power semiconductor modules and parts of sensors for ...
Japan-based ink manufacturer Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals has invested in KBA-Flexotecnica’s Evo XD CI flexo press to advance the development of new inks for the printing of flexible packaging. KBA has developed Evo XD for use in ...
UK-based Ultimate Packaging subsidiary Ultimate Digital has invested in HP Indigo 20000 digital press, in a bid to expand its production operations. HP Indigo 20000 digital press will enable Ultimate Digital to print around 50000 linear ...
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Volkswagen’s American subsidiary will now be mass producing its ID Buzz electric concept car, which was showcased at the North American International Auto Show, held in Detroit, Michigan earlier this year. The new ID Buzz electric ...
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MRSI Systems of North Billerica, MA, USA, which manufactures fully automated, high-precision die bonding and epoxy dispensing systems, has launched the MRSI-HVM3 high-speed die bonder to support high-volume manufacturing requirements for ...
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Pallidus Inc (a Melior Innovation company) of Houston, TX, USA has launched its proprietary M-SiC silicon carbide source material and technology platform, with the capability to deliver cost/performance parity against silicon devices in the ...
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Packaging products supplier Crown Holdings has achieved one of its sustainability goals by decreasing energy consumption by 5.3% per billion standard units. In 2016, the company announced that it will reduce energy consumption by 5% per ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will join an alliance led by BMW to develop an autonomous driving platform, which can be used by multiple automakers across the world. FCA signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW Group, Intel and ...
Mosca has launched a new cross-strapping machine targeting the corrugated cardboard industry to provide flexible and gentle strapping of complex products. Dubbed Universal Corrugated Bundler (UCB), the cross-strapping machine is manually ...
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