Wool Packaging Company will open its new packaging unit at Stone in Staffordshire, UK, next month. Woolcool claims to extend an eco-friendly alternative to polymers for the food and pharmaceutical industries by using wool for packaging. ...
Shanton Fashions, which operates a chain of women's clothing stores in New Zealand, has gone into liquidation that could threaten dozens of jobs, the media has reported. Although 18 stores are still trading, an initial report by ...
Lectra, a developer of integrated technology solutions for industries using soft materials like fabrics recently held a seminar for Bangladeshi suppliers of retail chain H&M in Dhaka. “The two-day event addressed today's trends and ...
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Food packaging company Sealed Air has begun the construction of its new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. The company will move to the new campus at LakePointe Corporate Center in early 2017, and is expected to employ around ...
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Exagan of Grenoble, France, a gallium nitride (GaN) technology start-up that enables smaller and more efficient electrical converters, has raised €5.7m in first-round financing that will be used to produce high-speed power switching ...
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With funding of about €3.9m from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 12 partners in the German automotive sector, its supply industry and the sciences (led by Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany) are ...
The Chinese subsidiary of Hong Kong based Li & Fung signed a strategic partnership with two of China’s largest retail groups, Shanghai Bailian Group and Beijing Wangfujing Department Store. A Li & Fung press release informed that ...
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The second round of 2015 Shenzhen Chip Optech Co., Ltd “Go across China”-Kunming station will start in 27,March. “Go across China”is a public benefit training about indoor/outdoor small pitch LED screen by ...
Tags: HD LED Screen, Outdoor LED, Chipshow
While increased offshoring of manufacturing might be hurting the packaging supply chain, there is still “enormous potential growth in the packaging sector both sides of the Tasman”. This is the view of Greg Chapman, managing ...
Recent turbulence in the raw material supply chain is forcing Europe’s leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC to increase its rigid and flexible packaging prices, but this will not impact the Australian market. The ...
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IAR Embedded Workbench and the new S32K MCUs will offer developers new possibilities to meet increasing demands for high performance and functional safety in the automotive market. IAR Systems announces extensive development tools support ...
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Fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has introduced a new packaging called McBike that could perch on the handlebars of a cycle and unfold into a tray. Made of cardboard, the box is capable of carrying burger, fries and drink. The ...
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A strain of superbug MRSA has been found in pork sold in several British supermarkets, according to a Guardian investigation. The MRSA CC398 originates in animals due to excessive use of powerful antibiotics on factory farms. As part of ...
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UK-based MightyBee has launched an organically certified, fresh frozen unpasteurised virgin coconut meat that will be available in the markets from mid-June. MightyBee's organic Virgin coconut meat is hand-scooped from young green Nam Hom ...
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As the China government continues to pour money into fostering local supply chains in terms of capacity and technology, Taiwan makers are starting to feel the heat, and as a result are calling on the Taiwan government to increase support ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Panel Industry