PPG Industries has announced the completion of a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in ...
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PPG Industries recently completed a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in annual ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has unveiled a new turbocharger manufacturing plant in the city of Franklin in Indiana, US. The move comes as the company anticipates increasing demand for turbochargers in the North American market in ...
Installed at its Pudahuel production facility, both machines are producing lightweight PCO 1881 screw caps for the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Chile, helping to cut carbon emissions across the value chain and reduce carbon footprint ...
Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will have its subsidiary maker Sunrise Global Solar Energy expand annual production capacity for PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) P-type monocrystalline ...
Toyota Motor is planning to invest around CNY150bn ($1.3bn) to set up two new car plants in Mexico and China, marking an end to the three-year freeze to expansion plan. Reuters reported citing two people familiar with plans that the ...
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Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will expand annual production capacity for solar-grade crystalline silicon ingots and wafers from 900MWp and 850MWp respectively in 2014 to 1.1GWp and 1GWp respectively in 2015, the company said at an ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been impacted by the US imposing an average 19.5% anti-dumping tariffs rate. But rooftop PV systems, especially those built with high-efficiency cells, will provide market ...
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Honda Cars India (HCIL) is planning to expand its second automobile production plant in Tapukara Industrial Area, Rajasthan. The company is planning to invest Rs3.8bn ($60.4m) to expand the capacity of the plant, which includes extension ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have lowered quotes for PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline models from US$0.49/W at the beginning of 2015 to US$0.45/W currently due to lower-than-expected demand, ...
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BASF has made progress in its plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as the potential site. It will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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BASF has selected Freeport, Texas as the potential site in its plans to build a world-scale methane to propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast. BASF in a press release said, it will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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Total global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is forecast to reach 498 gigawatts (GW) in 2019, which is 177% higher than 2014, according to IHS. While total global solar PV demand is projected to grow steadily, the large number of discrete ...
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PV modules produced by 22 China-based makers have been seized by customs authorities at several seaports in Europe in investigations of alleged violation of floor import pricing and annual import quota agreed between the EU and China, ...
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Hyundai is planning to build its second factory in Alabama, US to increase the production of SUVs in the country, reported Yonhap News Agency. The move is reportedly triggered following a drop in gas prices in the US, which has ...