Manufacturer of packaging systems for the liquid food industry, Ecolean, will be investing in the expansion of its factory in Sweden with the installation of a cast line for packaging films, poised to be one of Europe's biggest. ...
Dutch establishment Wessanen will divest its juice business American Beverage Corporation in the US to Brynwood Partners, in a $55m deal. American Beverage produces and markets ready to drink cocktails, non-alcoholic cocktail mixers, and ...
Tags: Wessanen, Juice Business, Beverage
Volkswagen has announced its plans to invest $1bn to expand and modernize its Puebla plant in Mexico. The German automaker is planning to manufacture Tiguan compact crossover SUV in the Mexican plant, which currently produces Golf on ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has opened a latest-generation manufacturing facility in Shanghai to produce waterborne coatings for China’s growing automobile market. The newest and one of ...
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Finland-based specialty paper producer Munksjo has extended its base papers range with two new one-sided coated papers. While Metalkote Expert has been produced for returnable beer bottles, Metalkote Classic will be used for one-way beer ...
Tags: Coated Papers, One-Sided Papers, Packaging
Embossed, plain and printed flexible films manufacturer Skymark has developed a new packaging format for its range of Andrex toilet tissue along with Kimberly-Clark. Skymark used blown extrusion and printing technologies to enhance the ...
The initiative covers three main areas – the company’s manufacturing processes, product design and facilities – and involves close working partnerships with its customers and employees. In its manufacturing operations, ...
Tags: Rieke, re-usable products
German automaker Daimler is reportedly set to build its Sprinter vans at its plant located in Ladson, near Charleston in South Carolina. With the production of the new vehicle, the company is also expected to add 1,200 new jobs to the ...
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China, the world's largest new-car market, is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest market for electric vehicles with its dramatically increased sales since the second half of 2014, according to an expert at ...
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Automotive component supplier Cooper-Standard has completed the purchase of Huayu Automotive System’s shares in Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems, the company’s Chinese joint venture. The purchase has made Cooper-Standard ...
With 'wildfire' growth over, many production lines idle Overcapacity is proving to be a headache for automakers in China as sales slow in the world's largest auto market, said analysts and industry insiders. Though 23.5 million vehicles ...
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Global dairy company Arla Foods has awarded a phase II process contract to SPX Corporation's Flow Food and Beverage business. The contract will require SPX to design and install a new processing system for Arla Foods' fresh milk dairy ...
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The global nanocoatings market revenue is expected to reach USD 8.17 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Nanocoatings are being extensively used as a substitute to conventional polymer coatings in ...
Tags: Nanocoatings, Medical application
Toyota Motor has partnered with Park24 to launch trial car sharing service using its ultra-compact three-wheeled electric vehicle, i-Road, in Tokyo from 10 April to end of September this year. During the trial, the i-Road will be ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Auto Parts
Perth Food and Drink Park, a new business park has opened for business in Scotland to strengthen the country's food and drink sector. This new business park in the country is a result of a £5m investment by Perth and Kinross Council ...
Tags: Perth Food, Drink Park, drink sector