Local government delegates attending the 22nd National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra have called for politicians to support a freight productivity plan by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), which they say ...
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Industrial cooling solutions provider Aqua Cooling has developed and installed a new future-proof chiller system for Anson Packaging’s manufacturing plant near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Anson Packaging is a UK provider of ...
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Coca-Cola Sabco has launched a new bottling plant in Mozambique, boosting its operations in the Southern African country. Claimed to be the Coca-Cola Sabco's largest of its kind across its seven-country market in Southern and East Africa, ...
Organto Foods has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with a Mexico-based privately owned real estate investment management to form a new food and agricultural joint venture. The proposed joint venture will be ...
Treofan's coated BOPP films valdiates its ability to protect food products against the migration of mineral oil residue. This is proven by measurements taken by the Zürich Canton Laboratory (Kantonales Labor Zürich) in ...
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Snow Phipps Group-owned Teasdale Foods has acquired Louisville, Kentucky-based Mesa Foods for undisclosed sum. Founded in 1984, Mesa is a producer of private label tortillas, flatbreads, taco shells, taco kits and chips. The acquisition ...
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McCain Foods (Canada) announced a major investment in its Florenceville-Bristol French fry plant that will expand capability and create 40 to 50 new jobs. The company is adding a new production line to meet growing demands for hash brown ...
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American Packaging (APC), a flexible packaging converter in North America, is investing $50m in the first phase of a new satellite facility. Scheduled to be completed in 2017, Phase 1 of the gravure satellite project includes: 26.3 acres ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of nine solid-state lighting (SSL) projects to receive funding, in response to the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001364 (“Solid-State Lighting ...
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Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has opened a new consumer board mill in Beihai, China. The new mill, which is expected to reach full production within two years, has been developed with an investment of €800m. ...
The RF power semiconductor market will grow from $10.57bn in 2015 to $31.26bn in 2022, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4% between 2016 and 2022, forecasts the firm MarketsandMarkets. According to the report 'RF Power ...
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A Dubai-based investment group led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Kuwait Food Company, which is known as Americana, for nearly $2.4bn. The consortium Adeptio headed by Emaar Properties PJSC ...
Kellogg Company has set up a new venture capital fund to invest in startups that work on new ingredients, foods, packaging, and enabling technology. The venture fund named eighteen94 capital (1894) will make small investments in companies ...
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Leveraging key elements of its SC5 Technology Platform, LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has upgraded its XLamp XT-E LED family by adding a new High Efficacy (HE) option that delivers a 25% increase in ...
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Stion Energy Services - the turn-key project development arm of Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium) - recently completed the installation of the first utility projects in the State of ...