LyondellBasell has announced its plan to move ahead with the construction of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant on the US Gulf Coast. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, the plant is expected to have an annual production capacity ...
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In the new consumer packaging plant that DS Smith is currently building in Erlensee (close to Frankfurt), the first machines are currently being installed, one after the other. One of them is the new machine for the creation of compressed ...
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Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), a leading provider of flexible packaging solutions, recently announced the opening of its new 20,000ft2 facility for non-food contract packaging. Expected to be operational in ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has acquired United Paint’s automotive interior rigid thermoplastics coatings business for undisclosed sum. Following the deal, production will temporarily remain at ...
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u-blox has expanded its product offering with automotive qualified product variants added to their range of positioning and cellular wireless connectivity modules. The additions comprise the NEO-M8Q-01A and NEO-M8L-01A, and respectively ...
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The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling, based on the EOS technology, is GF Machining Solutions’ first 3D printing solution fully aligned with the mission of resolving manufacturers’ real-life application and business challenges ...
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Workshops for repair specialists at Automechanika Frankfurt are a long-standing tradition and, this year, trade visitors can choose between twelve different professional-development courses – free of charge and in German or English. ...
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The high-barrier films coatings market environment is currently complex and in a state of flux as it undergoes some significant transitions driven by evolution of the technologies involved and end-user product demands according to the ...
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For second-quarter 2016, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA – which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – has reported revenue of $20.5m, down slightly on $21m a year ...
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By optimizing the material growth and manufacturing process, researchers at the China Academy of Engineering Physics' Research Center of Laser Fusion and the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing have nearly ...
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Domino continues to innovate and provide label printers even more in the world of digital printing with the announcement of a hybrid solution the MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino. The EF SYMJET is a symbiotic combination of a flexo press ...
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SEAT and Conector have joined forces to launch a specialised startup accelerator in the automotive industry and mobility. SEAT Accelerator by Conector will promote five startups in its initial acceleration programme, with offices in the ...
Due to falling prices and the commercial availability of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor power devices from multiple sources, the adoption of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power devices in power supplies for computers, ...
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Health and hygiene company RayVio Corp of Haywood, CA, USA, which is commercializing deep-ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and consumer disinfection solutions, is expanding a research program with Boston University to develop new treatments for ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the HXB Series LED high-bay luminaire, which is claimed to be the first of its kind to operate in extreme ambient temperatures spanning -40F to +149F and ...