According to the labels manufacturer, the planned actions are estimated to result in annual cost savings of about €12m starting from the beginning of 2014. According to the firm, the labelstock factory in Martigny, Switzerland, the ...
Advanced Design Technology today announces that TURBOdesign Suite version 5.2.1 is now shipping. This version of the first commercially available 3D inverse design software system for turbomachinery products introduces a new elliptically ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, Ships
International infant formula producers in China have announced their plans to lower the prices, a move which comes after the government initiated an investigation into alleged price fixing by foreign firms. Danone said that it will lower ...
Tags: infant formula, baby formula
Using Electronic Gearing to Increase Machine ThroughputLeroy Stanford, Sales Engineer, Yaskawa America, Inc. Concept Automation, located in Carson City, NV is a design and manufacturing company specializing in a full line of labeling ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - says that its latest champion module from its flagship gigawatt-scale Kunitomi Plant in Miyazaki, Japan, has ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics, solar modules
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (ended 28 April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.4m, up 2.1% on $238.4m the prior quarter. Fiscal Q4/2012 Q1/2013 ...
Tags: fiber-optic communications, Electrical, Electronics, subsystem
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of five projects for solid-state lighting (SSL), in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000792. These two-year projects ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The programmable logic controller, also known as, PLC, consists of a central processing unit (CPU), and a few subordinate input/output (I/O) modules. The CPU unit is responsible for carrying the logic program for the machinery, receive ...
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Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has introduced the new Aqua Stick portfolio for applying labels to wine and sparkling wine bottles. Avery Dennison global wine and spirits segment director Fabien Bourgies said developed in ...
Tags: Wine Bottle Labeling, Packaging
The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has received a grant of $743,310 from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program, to develop and deliver a ...
Tags: SCLAA Education Program, Logistics
Toll Group has announced the impairment of goodwill associated with Toll Global Forwarding totalling approximately $200 million, while reconfirming previous Group operating earnings guidance for the year ending 30 June 2013. Following ...
GaN LEDs set to top 100 billion units 25 Jun 2013 Shipments of the blue-emitting chips will reach new milestone this year, reports analyst company IHS. Analysts at the market forecasting company IMS Research (part of IHS) are expecting ...
Spending on cyber defence is set to increase despite the coalition government announcing a further £11.5bn of cuts from Whitehall spending set out for 2015-2016. The Treasury announced the decision following a series of phone calls ...
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Global 2013/14 cotton imports are forecast at 38.4 million bales, down 18 percent from the previous year, as moderate import increases in Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, and Vietnam are more than offset by a large decline in China. Mexico ...
Tags: Textile, Cotton, Cotton Trade
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery (MHI-PPM) and Ryobi have entered into a shareholder agreement to set up a joint venture (JV) and integrate sheetfed press businesses. Both the Japan-based companies, MHI-PPM and ...
Tags: Mitsubishi, Ryobi, Sheetfed Press