The Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) and International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed an agreement to enhance occupational safety and health (OSH) in the Bangladesh readymade garment industry (RMG). The agreement marks the ...
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Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its solar system business - including all technology assets and ...
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Clariant has created the complete toolbox for formulators to design hot melts with superior performance for any need, using sustainable processing. It features Clariant’s acclaimed Licocene metallocene-based systems and formulating ...
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German automobile major Volkswagen has started production at its new plant at Changsha in China’s Hunan Province, adding an output capacity of 300,000 cars a year. Located about 900km to the west of Shanghai, the plant will begin ...
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UK-based Industrial Washing Machines (IWM) has introduced new weigh pan washers for the food industry. Available in three models, the new weigh pan washers can be used in manufacturing plants, to sanitize pans after they have been used ...
At the Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) Europe 2015 event in Nurnberg, Germany (19-21 May), president Girvan Patterson of GaN Systems Inc in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power ...
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 ...
Lion has opened its specialty cheese manufacturing hub, named The Heritagein Burnie, Tasmania and the largest specialty cheese facility in the Southern hemisphere. The Heritage has been significantly expanded and upgraded, with over $150m ...
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Overall revenue growth of the global wide format and speciality print community from 2007 to 2015 was about 9 per cent CAGR for the overall business and 7 per cent for digital wide format. This is one among the key findings of 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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Use of textile chemicals during the manufacturing and processing of textile products enhances product quality and provides special properties to the fabric. Due to such properties, usage of these chemicals in textile manufacturing is ...
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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A giant Chinese shipping company is looking forward to the opening of Egypt's new Suez Canal waterway as it will enhance world trade. "The new canal will save both time and money," Qin Haipin, liner manager of China Shipping Container ...
"After completing the construction of 14 wind turbines this year, Haizhuang plans to build 25 to 50 turbines in the United States next year," said Yang Benxin, chairman of CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang Windpower Equipment at the WINDPOWER 2015 ...
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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 ...
Tags: Zinc Oxide, zinc oxide plant