The HB-LED Standards Committee of industry association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved its first standard ‘SEMI HB1: Specifications for Sapphire Wafers Intended for Use for Manufacturing High ...
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Japanese carmaker Honda is planning to invest$23m to expand its Ohio auto manufacturing plant in the US,to add the production of the new 2014 Accord Hybrid sedan. The investment will be aimed at expanding the facility by 95,000sft to ...
MAS Holdings was lauded at the recently concluded National Green Awards for four manufacturing facilities that promoted a 'cleaner and greener Sri Lanka'. Organized by the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka for the second year ...
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The biggest global fashion brand based in Asia, Uniqlo, and its parent company Fast Retailing Group, committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire global supply chain and products by 2020, in response to ...
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New York City-based private equity firm SK Capital Partners, in partnership with global investment firm First Reserve Corp., has acquired TPC Group Inc. — a Houston-based producer of value-added products derived from niche ...
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Canada-based 3A Throwing, a provider of twisting, doubling, cabling, winding and autoclaving services, has acquired Lowell, Mass.-based Ames Textile Corp.'s Synthetic Yarns Division in Christiansburg, Va. The acquisition includes a ...
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Montreal-based branded basic apparel manufacturer Gildan Activewear Inc. has finalized the acquisition of CanAm Yarns LLC (CanAm) — its 50-percent-owned yarn-spinning joint venture (JV) with Frontier Spinning Mills Inc., Sanford, N.C. ...
EMD Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA has introduced the Mobius FlexRead solution, which boasts Smart Flexware Asemblies for tangential flow filtration. The system gives specialists the ability to switch from TFF to ...
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North American printing and label converting company,WS Packaging Group has announced the acquisition of New York-based full-service printer Label World for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1985,Label World develops pressure-sensitive ...
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PTI reported that Mr Cyrus Mistry, the new chairman of the TATA Group, will formally take charge of his office on December 31st Monday. Mr Mistry, who was appointed chairman to succeed Mr Ratan Tata, is the sixth chairman of the TATA ...
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US-based Hormel Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Skippy peanut butter business from Unilever United States for $700m, as part of its strategy to expand lunchtime offerings in the US and accelerate growth in China. The ...
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Members of the Kent team were over the moon last night as MD,Ann O'Brien gratefully picked up 2 of these prestigious awards.The awards which were hosted by The Irish Exporters Association took place at University College Dublin where,Shane ...
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Hormel Foods will acquire the Skippy peanut butter brand from Unilever for a consideration of around US$700m, it emerged today (3 January). Unilever, which announced it was "considering options" for Skippy in October, announced this ...
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Insteel Industries Inc announced the launch of new corporate logos for the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary,Insteel Wire Products Company. It said"Insteel's business has grown and evolved over the years as it has narrowed its ...
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Sun European Partners’ affiliate has acquired a majority stake in Paragon Print and Packaging, the UK-based packaging and outsourced services provider, to the private label fresh and chilled food market. Terms of the deal were not ...
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