Ireland-based nutrition company Glanbia and its joint venture partners in Southwest Cheese are planning a $140m expansion of cheese production plant in Clovis, New Mexico. The expansion is intended to increase milk processing capacity by ...
An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a new record high of €7.9 billion in 2012. Measured in euros the market grew 9 % over 2011, while measured in US-dollars the market grew only by 1 %. These observations ...
The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire
The Center for Disease Prevention (CDC), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued a warning to food companies to be more proactive in preventing food-borne diseases after a new data shows ...
Tags: Food-Borne Diseases, Food Industry
A combination of existing commercial applications and new consumer applications will drive the market for uncooled infra-red imaging technologies, according to Yole Développement, the French market consultancy. The company’s ...
Inovir, the international leader in promotional and specialty packaging, has launched a new division, which is created to design and manufacture quality tote bags priced to allow brands worldwide to effectively deliver their messaging to ...
When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
Tags: blue LED, zinc selenide, semiconductor material, LED lighting
BASF has closed the previously announced transaction to divest its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a producer of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. Under a tolling agreement of ...
Tags: BASF, kaolin products, paper hydrous kaolin
Green packaging maker Cascades is to invest in the expansion of two of its packaging plants in Quebec, Canada. The company plans to invest around $4.5m in its Plastiques Cascades plant in Kingsey Falls and its Cascades Inopak plant in ...
Tags: Green packaging, Food Packaging, fresh food
Fuwei Films, a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films in China, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films Shandong has passed the audit assessment of Amcor again and continues to be one of the stable ...
The 15th China Public Security (CPSE) will be hold at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition center, during 29th Oct. to 1st Nov. The Gold Tripod Award Ceremony, the Global Security Grand Ceremony and the 13th China Public Security ...
Tags: Footprints
RPC Promens Consumer Corby, a producer of extrusion blow moulded barrier bottles and wide-necked jars, along with oil and gas company Total has launched a new multilayer jar for long-term and high barrier food storage applications. The ...
Tags: Multilayer Jar, Food Storage
Tesla Motors is currently in talks with the Chinese government over the domestic production of its car in the country, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. According to Musk, the domestic production of the vehicles has the potential to reduce the ...
Tags: Domestic Production, Tesla
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
Tags: Wilkins Group, LEED certification