Volvo Cars will sell its Swedish component manufacturing unit in Floby, which makes brake discs, wheel hubs and connecting rods for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, to global automotive components firm Amtek Group. With around 70% ...
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On July 6, 2015, the delivery ceremony of Sinotruk Wangpai W5 series medium and heavy trucks to Vietnam was held in the brand new factory of Wangpai factory along Qingbai River in Chengdu. Senior managements of Sinotruk, Wangpai, and ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its subsidiary Solar Frontier Europe GmbH of Munich, Germany has opened an office in London, ...
Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Turkish firm Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomotiv have flagged off output at their tire manufacturing unit, set up through joint venture in the Central Anatolian province of ankr, Turkey. Under the ...
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International cotton prices may remain stable in 2015/16, though this will depend in part on changes in world cotton stocks. “In 2014/15, world ending stocks are forecast up 9 per cent to 21.9 million tons, reflecting a stock-to-use ...
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Malaysian paper packaging company Muda Holdings' $24m glazed paper manufacturing plant is set to become operational next month. Construction of the facility was segmented into three phases. An initial RM34m ($8.9) was injected for the ...
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Paper producer Parenco has selected German engineering firm Voith Paper for renovating its manufacturing unit at Renkum, Netherlands, and converting paper machine 2 (PM2) to a packaging output line. The graphic paper maker is investing ...
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The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will allow fresh beef imports from Argentina and Brazil under certain conditions to reduce the risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The ...
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PPG Industries has announced the completion of a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in ...
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Japan-based Kyocera Corporation will come up with a new facility for industrial cutting tools in China’s Jiangxi Province to cater to the increasing demand from the automotive industry. With operations set to start in January ...
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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor is all set to come up with a new car manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, moving towards inking a state support agreement (SSA) with the government by next four weeks. The Indian ...
PPG Industries recently completed a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in annual ...
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Argex Titanium Inc., an emerging producer of high grade titanium dioxide (TiO2), has announced that it has completed work at its Valleyfield Technology Center confirming key hydrometallurgical process innovations for the production of ...
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BASF SE has entered into a technology license agreement with EM.tec design GmbH for the production of valure. The new production plant, located in Bingen, Germany, will have an annual capacity of about 1.5 million square meters of surface ...
BASF inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. These are the first plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers in South America. ...
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