Magna E-Car Systems has opened a new plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, US, that will make components for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). The new 66,000sq ft plant has 95 employees who will make electric motors, inverters and ...
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Bridgestone has begun the construction on a new car tyre plant in the Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in northern Hai Phong City, Vietnam, company’s first facility in the country. The company is investing $575m in the new plant, which ...
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The technology company The Linde Group has received an order for a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant from Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., a production subsidiary of Malaysia's national oil and gas company PETRONAS. The new boil-off gas ...
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Pharmaceutical company in the US, Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) has opened a new $21m packaging facility in Pandaan, Pasuruan, Indonesia, in an effort to step up its production for the Indonesian and Asian markets. The plant, which was ...
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According to report, stainless steel maker Posco said yesterday that it sees the construction of stainless cold rolling mill built in Izmit in Turkey's Kocaeli province will be finished in April 2013 on schedule. The new plant's ...
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Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has relocated its passenger car plant at Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate to Rayong, Thailand. With the relocation to the new plant, ZF is expected to expand the production area in Thailand from ...
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Packaging firms are increasingly adopting the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP that was developed jointly by Fraunhofer FEP and Biofilm. The project partners included Applied Materials, hallow cathode ...
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Crown Holdings, a supplier of cans and other metal packaging products has announced that the company cut its direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 8% from 2007 to 2010, according to its first sustainability report. During the period, ...
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Arcadia,a food packaging firm based in Italy,plans to establish a manufacturing plant in the US to manufacture Ovtene–the company's product which is said to extend shelf life and prevent spoilage. The company plans to establish a ...
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Automotive Axles (AAL), a manufacturer of rear drive axle assemblies, is planning to build a new greenfield plant in Madhya Pradesh, India and is now in the process of finalising the location. AAL is a joint venture of auto components ...
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The Board of Directors of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has approved to expand the PET polymers production capacity in the USA by setting up a new plant with a capacity of 540,000 tonnes per year. This expansion,which is ...
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Italian tyre maker Pirelli has opened its first plant in Mexico as part of its plans $300m investment plan in the region by 2015 and an additional $100m by 2017. The new 135,000m2 plant is Pirelli's 22nd tyre plant which will produce ...
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Producer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials Walki Group will invest in a new multi-colour flexographic printing machine in Poland to improve further the printing quality of its ream wrap products offered to Central ...
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Swiss food company Nestlé plans to invest AED500m ($136.09m) to set up a manufacturing plant at Dubai World Central business park, Dubai, a move that will help the company better serve the Middle East. The plant, which will be ...
Aluminum rolling and recycling firm Novelis is planning to invest $100m to build a new automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing plant in Changzhou National Hi-Tech District, China. Scheduled to start operations in late 2014, the new plant ...
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