We’re now almost certain about regional European pricing for Huawei’s next budget smartphone, the Honor 9. Huawei launched the Honor sub-brand back in 2013, in a bid to better compete with China’s online phone brands ...
Umicore’s business unit Precious Metals Chemistry of Hanau, Germany has inaugurated its production unit for metal-organic precursor technologies used in the semiconductor and LED markets, respectively TMGa (trimethylgallium) and TEGa ...
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A Brazilian federal court has blocked meat processing giant JBS’s proposal to divest its beef operations in three South American markets. JBS’ $300m sale of the select South American beef processing operations to rival ...
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US corrugated packaging firm WestRock has agreed to acquire all the assets of New York-based Island Container and an affiliate named Combined Container Industries. Island Container and Combined Container are independent producers of ...
US-based paperboard packaging firm Zumbiel Digital has installed Kodak Prosper 6000S simplex color inkjet web press for use in packaging applications. Based in Hebron of Kentucky, Zumbiel offers a range of packaging solutions to the ...
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Indiana-based Deufol Sunman has agreed to acquire Bentley World-Packaging’s Pennsylvania and Ohio locations in the US. Under the deal, Deufol Sunman is acquiring Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Cincinnati locations from Bentley ...
Golden West Packaging has acquired four independent Northern California packaging firms and their co-owned sheet feeder plant for an undisclosed sum. The company acquired Heritage Solutions, Capital Corrugated, PackageOne, Packaging ...
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Ford said it will start importing Focus compact cars from China in the second half of 2019, cancelling earlier plans to build the small-car model in Mexico. Models will come from the company’s existing Focus plants globally. ...
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Digital print engines manufacturer Industrial Inkjet UK (IIJ) has established a US based subsidiary. The new corporation will do business as Industrial Inkjet USA and will be situated in Golden, Colorado. For several years, IIJ has ...
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Specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films manufacturer Treofan is investing around $45m in a new orientation line at its Americas facility in Zacapu, Mexico. The five-layer and 10.4m orientation line will help to enhance the ...
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Spending on RF high-power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure markets continues to flatten out in 2017, despite the fact that the overall market hit well over $1.4bn in 2016, according to ABI Research. While certain market and ...
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German industrial packaging firm Mauser Group is investing $10m in a new packaging facility in Geismar, Louisiana, US. Mauser USA will operate the 40,000ft² packaging and logistics facility, close to the company’s major clients ...
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Neogen has made available next generation sequencing services for the food industry, which will allow food companies to accurately find all bacteria in a sample in a single genomic test. Neogen's new NeoSeek genomic services utilize a ...
RPC Promens Consumer Kolding is delivering customized PET bottles for Scandic Food’s range of dressings and sauces. The RPC Group subsidiary will design and supply PET bottles for the Scandinavian food company which is part of the ...
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Plant-based frozen smoothie producer Bright Greens has raised a seed round led by Kellogg Company’s venture capital fund eighteen94 capital. Blu Venture Investors, an early stage investment group based in the Mid-Atlantic, also ...
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