One of the biggest global PTA producers, BP said it plans to invest over $200 million to upgrade its PTA plants at Cooper River, South Carolina and Geel, Belgium. “Once completed, the investments will position these assets amongst ...
Despite a 16.26 percent revenue hike in the second quarter of fiscal 2014-15, impacted by higher depreciation and amortisation costs, net profit at Vardhman Textiles Ltd sank 48.4 percent, year-on-year. The vertically integrated Indian ...
Tags: cotton prices, yarn prices, Textile
Singapore TAL Apparel Limited has received green signal for setting up a US$ 50 million project to manufacture textiles, fabrics and garments in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc, according to Vietnam Investment Review. The ...
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Aston Martin unveiled the newest member of its Lagonda super saloon named Lagonda Taraf in Dubai. The car is based on the company's VH architecture, and is inspired by Lagonda of 1976 and it features carbon fiber body panels. Aston ...
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Flexible packaging supplier Bemis Company has announced the sale of its global pressure sensitive materials business, MACtac to Platinum Equity for $170m. Bemis, that specialises in producing pressure sensitive materials for food, ...
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Honda’s Canadian unit is planning to invest $857m into three of its Alliston, Ontario manufacturing facilities to prepare for manufacturing of its flagship Honda Civic compact car. The company's Alliston facility, which is located ...
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Goodyear's Akron, Ohio, headquarters, which is attached to the company's Innovation Center, has won a LEED Gold rating for its design The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. global headquarters building in Akron, Ohio, has earned a Leadership in ...
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Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), the single largest producer of Caustic Soda in India, has planned to invest Rs 3500 crores for expansion and new projects on caustic soda. The expansion projects involve augmenting the ...
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Fitness model and UK body building champion, Carly Thornton, has become the latest sportsperson to join Mammoth’s professional endorsements. Thanks to the health benefits of Mammoth mattresses, Carly, alongside many other athletes, ...
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Consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble (P&G) has expanded its sustainability goals to conserve resources, protect environment and improve social conditions. As a part of its efforts towards sustaining environment, it will also try to ...
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Global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations added during the fourth quarter of 2014 are forecast to exceed 19.5GW, pushing global cumulative PV deployment toward the 200GW mark. The amount of solar PV deployed in the fourth quarter is ...
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Technovaa Packaging Industries, the industrial arm of Darvesh and a major paper products/plastic film producers in the regional packaging industry, has broken ground for a manufacturing facility at Kizad, according to the Abu Dhabi Ports ...
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Trident Limited, the flagship company of US$ 1 billion Indian business conglomerate—The Trident Group, has inaugurated the world’s largest terry towel plant and also laid the foundation stone of its Composite Textile project in ...
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Axalta Coating Systems received Qualicoat Class 2 certification for production of Alesta Super Durable (SD) powder coating in China. Alesta SD is manufactured in Dongguan, the location of one of six powder coating manufacturing plants ...
Tags: Axalta Coating Systems, Qualicoat Class 2 certification, Decoration
Rigid packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings has acquired all the assets of US-based metal container manufacturers Van Can Company for about $40m. The transaction included the sale of two metal container manufacturing facilities. While ...