Jaguar Land Rover has completed the installation of the UK's largest rooftop solar panel array at its new state-of-the art Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54 South Staffordshire. The new facility has been designed with sustainability ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar, solar panel
UK-based Southern Salads has purchased a high speed eclipse SL6 tray sealer from Packaging Automation (PA) in a bid to increase both productivity and efficiency in the packing of its salads. The machine has the capacity to seal up to ...
Reusable transport packaging systems manufacturer Rehrig Pacific has chosen iApp Platform from InSync Software to implement all RFID and GPS-enabled supply chain services for various verticals. Rehrig Pacific IT operations director Rob ...
Leading specialist carpet and floor coverings retailer Carpetright plc today announced an update on trading for the eight weeks ending 22nd March 2014, and its expectations for the full year. It announced that, while its UK like-for-like ...
Tags: carpet, floor coverings, Carpetright
The £570,000 investment was installed earlier this month, doubling the label printing capacity and is already in production alongside Springfield’s HP Indigo digital label presses. Dennis Ebeltoft, Springfield operations ...
Tags: Screen Europe, UK Printer
British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has started installing a new servo stamping line at its Halewood operations in England, with an investment of GBP45m. The new stamping line, which is 3m tall and more than 85m long, has a ...
Tags: Stamping Line, luxury car, Jaguar, Land Rover
Last week, John Lewis saw a respite from wet weather which, combined with the February half term, resulted in a solid week's sales, closing up 7.3% on the year. Sales in branches were slightly up, boosted by half term footfall, while ...
Tags: Lighting, First Trading Period, John Lewis
High-reliability connector manufacturer, Harwin, has invested £500,000 at its Portsmouth manufacturing headquarters, a move which will increase efficiency and simplify logistics on site. The investment is focussed on equipment from ...
Tags: Investment, connector manufacturer
Three employees have been presented with long service awards to mark their 25 years with Yorkshire-based manufacturer Knightsbridge Furniture. Chairman Margaret Miller made the presentations during a ceremony at the company’s ...
Tags: Knightsbridge, wood machinist, Peter Denham, Margaret Miller
Kent-based savoury ingredients manufacturer Jardox has invested in four Loma IQ3 metal detectors and two CW3 checkweighers in the last three years. Meeting retailer standards – and in particular the stringent M&S code of practice for ...
Tags: Loma, Jardox Fulfil Strict Retail Rules Project, Packaging News
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a renewed contract by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to provide Project Management Consultancy services for a portfolio of major upstream projects in ...
Tags: AMEC, renewed contract, Kuwait Oil Company
The Italian manufacturer said these include block bottom stand-up pouches, PFM’s Steelo four corner seal stand-up bags, Amcor’s Flexcan pouch design and also reclosable bags. MAP facilities can also be fitted for extended ...
Tags: Bagging Machine, Packaging
Fonterra has received approval from it board of directors to establish a NZ$235m milk powder plant at its Pahiatua site in the Manawatu, which will enable it to process an additional 2.4 million liters each day. The announcement follows ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, milk, milk powder
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide Project Engineering and Management Services for the Mina Al Ahmadi, Mina Abdullah and ...
Tags: Petrochemical News, AMEC
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a Project Management Consultancy services contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) for their Umm Lulu Phase-2 full field development ...