More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
Global packaging company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of what it said is the first carton made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials. Tetra Pak said the new Tetra Rex carton will be the first in the market to have ...
UK-based mining giant Anglo American Corporation has announced that its first cargo of more than 80,000 mt of iron ore from its Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil has left the export terminal at the port of Au in Rio de Janeiro and is ...
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Tetra Pak, a Switzerland-based provider of food processing and packaging solutions, has launched a new carton that is made from 100% plant based, renewable packaging materials. The new Tetra Rex carton is said to be the first plant-based ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Plant-Based Carton
The global food processing and packaging company said the new Tetra Rex carton will be the first in the market to have bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films and bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) caps, both derived from ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Tetra Rex carton
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, will deliver technical presentations featuring the use of thermoplastic composites in semi-structural transportation applications as well as in on-board hydrogen ...
Tags: Celanese, CAMX, Accessories
Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
Tags: diamond market, Blue Nile
US-based petrochemical major, ExxonMobil Chemical said it is increasing production of its high performance hydrocarbon fluids, which are used in aromatics industry, by about 10 percent through expansion at its Singapore and Antwerp plants. ...
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US-based bottling company Chicago Craft Bottling will open its first bottling facility in Indiana, creating about 35 jobs by 2017. The company will invest around $910,000 to construct the 10,000 ft2 building that will be used as a ...
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eBay enterprise, an eBay Inc. company, which is a leading global provider of retail-optimized commerce solutions, in partnership with FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, has launched the eBay ...
Tags: eBay, Omni-Channel Marketing Suite, Textile
According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that its C2M, 1200V, 80mΩ silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs have been selected by Japan's Sanix Inc, to be designed into their new 9.9kW three-phase solar inverters for use in the construction of ...
Tags: Cree SiC MOSFET, Solar Inverters, Solar, Electrical, Electronics
Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has received the 2014 Technology Achievement Award from network provider Brocade Communications Systems Inc of San Jose, CA. The technology award ...
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Henkel has been recognized by the Hispanic Network Magazine (HNM) as a top diversity employer. Annually, HNM polls hundreds of companies for its “2014 Best of the Best” lists, including Top Diversity Employer. Henkel is ...
Tags: Henkel, Top Diversity Employer, Construction
Consumer goods suppliers continue to report growing business challenges. Yes, money is tight and market conditions are changing. But a new report from Honeywell has found that millions of dollars can be saved by evaluating and improving ...
Tags: Suppliers, Challenges, Packaging