US-based consumer products firm Jarden is inching towards sealing a $1.35bn deal for acquiring disposable plastic cups, plates and cutlery maker Waddington Group. Jarden, which has outshone bidders in the last few days, reached an ...
Tags: consumer products, plastic cups, plastic plates, plates bags
Working in partnership with BusTech, Swinburne University of Technology has helped develop the first electric bus to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia. The first concept demonstrator bus has been unveiled at the ...
Tags: new electric bus, auto parts and accessories, vehcile technology
JMC released sales report in June, and they sold 5775 Transit light buses, up 29.2% over last year, and they sold 33415 units from Jan to June, down 0.76% over last year. And they sold 8930 light trucks in June, up 10% over last year, and ...
Tags: China trucks, JMC light truck, wehicles and transportation
US-based firm Sealed Air is launching a non-popping variant of Bubble Wrap plastic packaging material. Bubble Wrap contain pockets of trapped air for cushioning fragile items during transit. The new iBubble Wrap is being developed to ...
Tags: Bubble Wrap packaging, plastic products packaging, packaging machine
The US government has urged communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as part of a community's emerging economic action plans. Under ...
Tags: Local Foods, health foods
Ford has put forth callback of vehicles on two safety compliance fronts in North America even though there is no report of any casualty or mishap. Based on defects on instrument panel, the recall has been sounded for around 203,500, ...
Tags: Ford, vehicles, auto parts and accessories
German automobile major Daimler is expanding in Latin America with a new bus plant in Funza in vicinity of Bogotá, Colombia, having an annual installed production capacity of 4,000. Sprawled over 11,000m2, the unit is witnessing ...
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CC, a manufacturer of specialty coatings and adhesives, has announced the launch of its new revamped website. The new site is designed to provide increased functionality and a greatly enhanced user experience for Daubert's broad customer ...
Tags: Chemical, Construction, specialty coatings, adhesives
According to a recent report one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste, costing consumers globally more than £259bn per year. In addition, around 200,000 tonnes of the 15 million tonnes of food thrown away in the UK ...
Tags: Packaging
Global Closure Systems (GCS) has upgraded Jeroboam snap-hinge standard dispensing closure for French multinational retailer Carrefour’s range of coolant and windscreen washer products. According to GCS, the new design of Jeraboam ...
AlertDriving, the global leader in driver risk management, today announced that Todo Transito has joined the growing number of businesses around the world unlocking new value as Certified AlertDriving Channel Partners. Through ADvantage, ...
Tags: driver risk management, FleetDefenseSM, reaction-based metrics
We recently conducted an Event Tech Survey and exhibitors had a lot of advice and questions on the topic of renting technology vs. buying technology. Some found it more cost effective to own the technology they used in their booth while ...
JMC Auto announced their sales report recently, and they sold 5,833 Ford Transit light buses, down 17.16% over last year, and altogether 22,630 Ford Transit light buses were sold from Jan to April, down 6.94% over last year. And they sold ...
Tags: JMC Auto, light buses
Ford is planning to offer 2016 F-150 powered by clean, low-cost compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane, a move that makes Ford the only manufacturer of a CNG/propane-capable half-ton pickup. The 2016 Ford F-150 with five liter V8 ...
Tags: Ford, CNG Powered Truck, Ford Truck
Allison Transmission has unveiled a new line of buses that incorporate automatic transmissions technology, to increase fuel efficiency. Called extra fuel economy (xFE), the fully automatic bus transmissions are said to have shown ...