WitsView, a division of the market intelligence firm TrendForce, estimates that worldwide shipments of LCD TV panels for 2017 will total 255.6 million units, down 1.8% in unit volume from 2016. This year’s increase in the average size ...
China reported growth in both import and export of toys in 2016, which fortified the country's status as a major manufacturer and consumer of toys, a report published Thursday said. Last year, China exported toys valued at 33.7 billion ...
Tags: toy, Light Industry
Dow Chemical has completed construction phase of ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, ahead of schedule. The firm is now progressing through the commissioning phase for the ethylene facility scheduled by mid-year. Dow ...
Tags: Dow Chemical, Ethylene Production
Land O'Lakes has acquired Vermont Creamery, a creamery and artisanal cheese and butter-maker in Websterville, Vermont, US. Vermont Creamery Co-Founders Bob Reese and Allison Hooper and Land O'Lakes, Inc. President and CEO Chris Policinski ...
Tags: Land O'Lakes, artisanal cheese, butter
Pac Machinery has installed new bag-making capital equipment at its Converting Technology division in Milwaukee, US. The installation is a part of the company’s effort to support growing demand for custom pre-opened bags on a roll ...
Weilburger Graphics is set to showcase a range of new and already established products at this year’s interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. At the event, the company will ...
Tags: UV LED, LED lacquers, UV range
UK Government's Department of Health has worked with the alcohol industry to bring the guidance for a labelling that states health information on bottles of alcohol. The labelling will better reflect the latest advice on alcohol published ...
Tags: Alcohol Industry, Labels
Marbach presented at the CCE International in Munich innovations from its broad product portfolio. Many interested visitors were keen to learn more about the newest Marbach innovatons by the booth team. From refinement to die-cutting with ...
Edison Solutions is exhibiting Packsize International’s EM7-35 on demand packaging system at this year’s Global Shop event in Las Vegas, US. The event is being held from 28 to 30 March. Packsize has developed the custom ...
Swiss specialty chemicals firm Clariant is strengthening its collaboration with Gettel High-Tech Materials on biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) manufacturing in China. The companies will jointly promote additives and liquid feeding ...
Tags: chemicals, High-Tech Materials
New Zealand exporters will soon be allowed to send chilled meat to China under a new agreement signed by the two countries. Significant revenues are expected to be made by the New Zealand meat sector following a Memorandum of Cooperation ...
Tags: chilled meat, frozen meat
China has strong demand for robots, but locally produced robots took up only 26.7% of its demand in 2015. Too meet the demand, China firms have geared up development of robots with government incentives in recent years and the use of robots ...
Tags: robots, robot industry
Lait Kaiser and Cult Yogourt have agreed to acquire Chagnon Dairy, an independent creamery and milk brand based in Quebec, Canada. Chagnon has been processing and selling milk, butter, ice cream and other dairy products for 62 years and ...
US chip giant Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli driverless technology company Mobileye in a deal worth about $15.3bn. Intel has agreed to pay about $63.54 per share under the deal, which is expected to close by the end of this year. ...
German chemical company BASF is building a new plastic additives plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. The development is a part of the company's €200m global investment plan to boost its plastic additives business. With an ...
Tags: Plastic Additives, BASF