Thailand-based industrial conglomerate Siam Cement hopes to jack up 5-10% sales out of its paper and packaging this year, banking on demand from Southeast Asian countries. Domestic growth, however, is expected to be around 1-2%. Siam ...
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Henkel Adhesive Technologies India, an arm of German consumer giant Henkel, will pump in €30m ($34m) into a new adhesives unit in the state of Maharashtra. Expected to be operational by early 2017, the new manufacturing unit will be ...
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Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has launched a new extrusion line for the production of ice cream sticks and sandwiches. The new line is capable of producing close to 43,200 pieces per hour at lowest operational ...
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Canadian agribusiness Richardson International has acquired Margarine Golden Gate – Michca for an undisclosed amount, in a move to increase food manufacturing capabilities. With this investment, Richardson has secured Golden Gate's ...
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Tesla Motors is planning to modify its electric cars to meet China’s charging standards, in order to boost sales in the country by eliminating concerns over its technology incompatibility. A national charging standard is being ...
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German automobile major Mercedes-Benz has expanded its global output network, kicking off the production of GLA compact SUV at its Pune manufacturing facility in India. In what becomes an addition to such network having Thailand, Vietnam, ...
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Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
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Solid waste management company Renew Bahamas has set up the first-of-its-kind materials recycling facility (MRF) in the Bahamas, to process residential and commercial waste. The unit, commissioned by Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie, ...
A new fund that focuses on developing China's next generation of industry - so-called Industry 4.0 - through investment in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will soon have its initial $1 billion raised, its founder says. ...
Agricultural processing firm Sunwin Stevia International has completed construction on a new manufacturing plant in China which will increase the company's stevia production capacity. The new facility is equipped with advanced production ...
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Japanese food producer Ajinomoto will enter the Indonesian bread market to ramp up expansion of its consumer foods business in the country as well as build a frozen noodle production plant in the US. The company will establish Ajinomoto ...
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German automobile major BMW will launch its new luxury vehicle X1, which claims to offer more space for passengers and luggage, in October. While the height of the new variant has been increased by 53mm from its predecessor, the seating ...
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In addition to its current extensive portfolio of inorganic pigment products, specialty chemicals company LANXESS will promote its line of new red shades at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey from June 1 – 4. ...
The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has hailed announcement of the Tamil Nadu government to lift 20 per cent power cut and also remove 90 per cent evening peak hour restrictions. In a statement, SIMA chairman T Rajkumar thanked ...
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BASF is participating in the 10th CESIO World Surfactant Congress at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 1 to 3, 2015. In keeping with the theme "Surfactants in a Globalizing World — Creating New ...