Food ingredients producer Chaucer has opened a new freeze dry factory in Portland, in the US state of Oregon. Spread over an area of around 100,000ft2, the facility will house four freeze dry tunnels as part of phase I and the further ...
Tags: fruits, vegetables, Agriculture
Chongqing Qingling Auto told our journalist that Isuzu new heavy trucks VC46 was launched recently, and this is the only Isuzu vehicle model that is produced in Chongqing and only produced in Chongqing, the trucks will be sold to global ...
Tags: heavy trucks, Transportation
Faisalabad-based textile exporters were invited to participate in an upcoming international event of Turkey-World Trade Bridge-2015 being held in March 17-18, 2015 at Istanbul, Turkey. The trade show is expected to offer Pakistani ...
Tags: ready-made garments, textiles, home textiles, Textile
The manmade fibre (MMF) segment needs to grow substantially if the Indian textile industry has to achieve a turnover of US$ 350 billion by 2025, according to Prem Malik, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). ...
Tags: textile machinery, cotton prices, Textile
December is normally associated with celebrating achievements and chalking out action plans for the year ahead. But for Andrew Mackenzie, the chief executive officer of mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd, December was the culmination of an ...
Tags: BHP Billiton, Miner
In what may mark an end of high-quality extra long staple cotton, the Egyptian Government has decided to stop paying subsidy of 350 Egyptian pounds per qintar (160 kg) of cotton to producers, from the next agricultural season. Last ...
Tags: Cotton Production, raw materials, Textile
India-based Amul is planning to invest around INR50bn ($786.8m) in a move to ramp up its production capabilities. The proposed investment is anticipated to increase the company's capabilities by more than a third over the next three ...
Tags: milk, Agriculture
A Batik Fun Walk was organised in Kuala Lumpur last month, in which 2,700 people of all ages took part in the walk. The yearly event, organised by Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (Penyayang) is to create more interest in batik and take ...
Tags: bags, shoes, gift wrappers, Textile
Finland-based consumer and specialty packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has completed the sale of its film unit to DBAG Fund VI, a fund advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs for around €141m. With the sale of the unit, Huhtamaki will be ...
Global Factories is a worldwide provider of medicine verification techniques. The company develops unique products to make personalised medicine distribution available for everyone. Its newest development is a multi-dose blister card that ...
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that total global production of the Mazda6 (known as Mazda Atenza in Japan) reached three million units*1 at the end of November 2014. The milestone figure was reached in approximately 12 years and nine ...
Tags: Mazda model, safety technologies, Auto
On a global scale, Southeast Asia represents the fourth largest market for synthetic latex polymers, accounting for 8% of the global consumption, according to the recently published Synthetic Latex Polymers: Southeast Asia Market Analysis ...
Tags: synthetic latex, polymers
Key priorities for further development of the Indian textile industry were identified at a three-day Uster ‘Quality University’ event held in Goa recently. Delegates at the summit explored the challenges and opportunities ...
Tags: textile industry, Textile
Carl England will be responsible for extending Propel into markets outside of North America. Propel RC has appointed Carl England as its international general manager. England's role will be to extend the Propel brand and product range ...
Tags: global markets, Propel RC, Toys
Stora Enso’s Tainionkoski unit in Imatra Mills in Finland will get a new winder and auxiliaries for its BM5 board machine from Valmet. The new equipments will help in increasing the winding capacity of the unit and upgrade the ...