India-based Jindal Poly Films (JPFL) has agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding (AFP) for around €82.3m. AFP, which is incorporated in 2014, manufactures load security films, bread and cheese ...
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Volvo has announced it will manufacture all its cars with either a hybrid or electric engine as of 2019, in a move that will likely be seen as a significant step in reducing carbon emissions. The company called the change a "historic ...
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Samsung is no stranger to overheating battery woes, but the company took numerous steps to ensure the cell in the Galaxy S8 was safe. Following last year's Note 7 global recall, the Korean firm introduced new measures, including an ...
Finnish packaging company Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire International Paper’s foodservice packaging operations in China for €15m. The acquisition will include two manufacturing units in Shanghai and Tianjin, which employ ...
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For the fifth consecutive year, EV Group of St Florian, Austria – a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for semiconductor, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology applications – has earned all ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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Valmet has secured an order to deliver a complete tissue production line to Spain-based ICT Iberica. The new Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line will be installed at the company's mill in Burgo. It is expected to start operations in the third ...
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Ecuadorian dairy firm Tonicorp has opened a new dairy production plant in Guayaquil. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, together with directors of Arca Continental and The Coca-Cola ...
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International Paper has agreed to settle the Kleen Products antitrust class action lawsuit, which was filed in 2010 against it and seven other containerboard producers. The lawsuit is pending in the US District Court for the Northern ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has announced the installation of 2848 of its solar panels (equivalent to 484.16kW in capacity) on ...
Georgia-Pacific has announced that its Palatka, Florida, mill has been selected as the location for the company's previously announced investment of more than $400m in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business. The investment ...
KHS said it will showcase the future of filling and packaging systems under the motto Technology 4.0 at the drinktec trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry in Germany. The trade fair is scheduled to take place in Munich from ...
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German automotive manufacturing firm Continental has become a development partner and system integrator of the collaboration between BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye for automated driving. It is the goal of the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye ...
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Ford said it will start importing Focus compact cars from China in the second half of 2019, cancelling earlier plans to build the small-car model in Mexico. Models will come from the company’s existing Focus plants globally. ...
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UK-based resource management firm Veolia has introduced a new coffee cup recycling solution, in a bid to reduce cup contamination and increase recycling rates. The solution has been designed based on coffee cup disposal habits and trials ...
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