US-based industrial packaging company Grief has reported net sales of $961.8m for the third quarter ended 31 July 2017, compared to $845m in the same quarter a year ago. The firm reported a gross profit of $187.1m, compared to $176.5m in ...
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Bentley has revealed all the details of its new third-generation Continental GT car ahead of its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September this year. The Continental GT is powered by a 6 Litre twin-turbocharged W12 TSi ...
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German automaker, BMW Group has showcased a new concept Z4 at Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach in California, US. The BMW Group is using the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach to present its exciting new take on a BMW ...
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The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $30m in funding for 21 projects as part of the CIRCUITS program (‘Creating Innovative and Reliable Circuits Using Inventive Topologies ...
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CTI Industries, a manufacturer and marketer of flexible packaging and storage products, laminated films and novelty balloons, has reported net sales of $12.81m for second quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared to $14.15m for the same period ...
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German printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer has reported a 2.7% decline in its revenue to €538.9m for the first half of this year, compared to €553.9m for the same period last year. The company's EBIT stood at €16.3m ...
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A study carried out by denkstatt on behalf of Austrian converter Alpla has revealed that recycled PET (rPET) results in a much higher carbon dioxide saving than assumed earlier. The tests were undertaken using rPET from Alpla's subsidiary ...
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The report presents a detailed breakdown of the $263B industry by property type, product category and geography. LIMA has released the full findings of its annual global survey of the licensing industry. The report was commissioned by ...
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US corrugated packaging firm Westrock has reported net sales of $3.69bn for third quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared to $3.59bn for the same period last year. Net incone was $328.1m in the quarter, compared to $92.3m in the year-ago ...
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Arizona State University (ASU) in the USA claims the first demonstration of 1kV-class aluminium nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) [Houqiang Fu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 5 July 2017]. AlN has a wide bandgap of 6.2eV. ...
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American paper and pulp giant International Paper has recorded a net profit of $80m, compared to the $209m the company earnt in the first quarter of this year. Last year, during the same period, the company earned $40m. The earnings ...
Packaging firm Sonoco has reduced total water usage by about 5% in 2016, total energy usage by 0.52% and recovered the equivalent (by weight) of 57% of the product that Sonoco places into the marketplace through recycling, according to the ...
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Mattel has enjoyed a spike in net sales in its second quarter 2017 financial results. The firm reported that net sales were up by two per cent as reported and up by three per cent in constant currency, versus the prior year's second ...
Graphic Packaging has reported a 8% drop in its net sales to $1.09bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $1.10bn reported in the prior year period. Though sales had fallen by 8%, the company stated that its net tons sold increased ...
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Corrugated packaging firm Smurfit Kappa has held its eighth Innovation Event this year in Paris, France. Over 250 customers came to the “Packaging and Perspectives” event which took a look at how packaging will be affected by ...
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