The Lubrizol Corporation's Performance Coatings business has completed a significant project to expand capacity and increase manufacturing efficiencies at its solvent acrylics production facility in Sant Cugat (Barcelona), Spain. Solvent ...
Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
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SPC Ardmona, an Australian fruit packing company owned by Coca-Cola Amatil, has opened the phase I of the $100m modernisation and renewal project at its fruit processing plant in Shepparton, Australia. The new SPC snack line at the ...
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Japanese automobile technology firm FOMM is scouting for a local partner to set up an electric vehicle plant in Thailand, picturing the country as a hub for European exports. The unit, estimated to entail an investment of $10m, would ...
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Cone Denim of the US, a global leader in denim authenticity and innovation has announced that its Cone Denim Jiaxing (CDJ) facility has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification on selected denim products. Located in China’s ...
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China has lifted a three-year old ban on Brazilian beef imports, paving way for new sales that could generate around $50m. Earlier in 2012, China suspended beef imports from Brazil over a mad cow disease scare. Brazil President Dilma ...
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ConAgra Grocery Products will pay $11.2m in fine for shipping contaminated peanut butter that caused salmonella poisoning across the nation from 2006 through 2007. This comes after a lawsuit was filed against ConAgra Grocery Products ...
Australian establishment Lion has opened its expanded and upgraded specialty cheese manufacturing facility - The Heritage - in Burnie, Tasmania, which is said to be the largest in the Southern hemisphere. The specialty cheese facility ...
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Scottish craft brewery, BrewDog, has released Born to Die, 8.5% ABV Imperial IPA. Featuring a best before date of 4th July 2015, Born to Die is a self-styled, "terminally hoppy IPA", deliberately brewed to be consumed within a very ...
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Automotive emissions control systems manufacturer Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT) is planning to establish a new production facility in Columbus, Indiana. The proposed 400,000ft2 facility will see around $61m in investment, ...
U.S. Zinc has begun implementation of its project to expand production at its Changshu, China zinc oxide plant. The expansion is slated for completion by the first quarter of 2016. The full project, which includes facility additions, new ...
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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 ...
ConAgra Foods is planning to cease operations at its cookie manufacturing facility in Ripon, in the US state of Wisconsin. The move will put close to 300 jobs at risk, with the job cuts to be completed by December this year, FOX 11 ...
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UK-based luxury sports carmaker Aston Martin has the US on its radar when it comes to going ahead with its second production unit by this year-end. Alabama stands as the "obvious choice" for the new plant to make the DBX crossover, ...
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South Korean automobile major Hyundai is considering a third factory in India, highlighting the growing importance accorded to the Indian market. Hyundai Motor Group's chairman Mong-Koo Chung who recently met Indian prime minister ...
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