Automaker Ford Motor is targeting $10bn in incremental material cost reductions and lower engineering costs by $4bn from planned levels over the next five years. Ford’s newly appointed CEO and president Jim Hackett noted that the ...
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General Motors has stated that it plans to introduce at least 20 electric vehicles by 2023, as part of its vision of world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. In the coming eighteen months, the American automaker plans ...
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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has launched its first ever zero emission plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the new Range Rover Sport. The plug-in hybrid offers a total power of 404hp (297kW). It is claimed to have a fuel economy of ...
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Bobst North America and APR (All Printing Resources) played host to the sizable group of American label and packaging converters who attended the narrow-web open house held in APR’s technical center in Glendale Heights, Illinois. ...
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Denmark-based folded cartons producer Emballage Gruppen has invested in Domino’s seven-color N610i UV ink jet hybrid solution, in a bid to improve production operations. The seven-color system features Domino N610i integration ...
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Engel is set to showcase its advanced automation solutions at this year’s Fakuma event in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The event will take place between 17 and 21 October. At the event, the company will exhibit e-pic B and e-pic Z ...
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Kombrewcha has introduced a 3.2% ABV fizzy fermented tea, intended to be a healthier alternative to high-calorie cocktails, beer and wine. Each bottle of the organic, gluten free brew comes in at under 110 calories and 9 grams of sugar. ...
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Sun-Tox, a Japanese producer of plastic films, has installed a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production line manufactured by German engineering giant Brückner. The Japanese firm is a member of Tokuyama Group, a ...
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Valmet will supply a Valmet Brown Stock quality analyzer (Valmet Kappa Q1) for CMPC Celulosa in Santa Fe, Chile for its fiber line 1 producing ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) bleached eucalyptus pulp. To be installed in the blow line of the ...
UK-based pub retailer Greene King has selected Berkshire Labels’ digital sleeves for its IPA Great Sporting Moments limited edition bottles. Berkshire Labels has provided 250,000 uniquely numbered and limited-edition sleeves for ...
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US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo said that the Cumberland County Improvement Authority (CCIA) has been awarded a $2.5m grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build a Food Industry Commercialization Center near the ...
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Automakers Toyota and Mazda and auto components supplier Denso have signed a joint technology development contract for electric vehicles. The new company has been named EV C.A. Spirit Corporation to efficiently implement joint ...
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Belgium-based label printer Femalabel has invested in two Xeikon CX3 digital label presses, in a bid to enhance its production capacity. The installation of Xeikon aka Cheetah presses will allow Femalabel to expand the production of ...
Fujifilm is all set to unveil Inca SpyderX, a UV wide format press, and other advanced inkjet innovations at the upcoming SGIA Expo 2017 to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division ...
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Speciality packaging solutions provider Parkside has deployed Hamillroad Software’s new screening technology, as part of its efforts to enhance the print quality. The company is using Hamillroad Software’s Bellissima digitally ...
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