German robot manufacturer Kuka AG is looking to Asia for its future. The 1.5 billion euro ($1.9 billion) company laid the foundation for a new assembly plant in Shanghai earlier this month with plans to start production in late 2013. The ...
Taipei, Oct.30, 2012 (CENS)--Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp., a major synthetic fiber manufacturer in Taiwan, will invest NT$12 billion (US$400 million) within three years to build a plant in CTSP (Central Taiwan Science Park), which will ...
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Clariant Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited have signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines and selected amines derivatives. The joint venture will be headquartered in ...
Tags: Clariant, Wilmar, palm oils, lauric oils, ICS, specialty chemicals
Crown said it had indefinitely postponed the plans to build new two new sites in Nanning and Xinxiang, China "consistent with our prudent approach in investing capital". The beverage can giant only announced plans to build a new plant ...
Tags: beverage, can, china, Crown, aluminium beverage cans
The Algerian government is negotiating with Egypt s ASEC Cement to acquire a minority stake in its Algeria-based operations, the firm s main stakeholder told the stock exchange on Wednesday. Algeria aims to acquire 49 per cent of ASEC ...
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Built on a green field site adjacent to its existing paper mill, the new paper mill, based in Rosslyn, is one of Nampak's largest capital projects to date, according to the firm. According to the firm, the objective of the expansion is to ...
Tags: paper mill, Nampak Group, recycling, packaging, corrugated boxes
Colfax Fluid Handling will deliver 36 units of Allweiler s new All-Optiflow series of pumps for the large Ambarli sewage plant near Istanbul. These progressing cavity pumps move sludge and exhibit very high energy efficiency.Their ...
Fresh off its acquisition by a French industrial giant, Sage Electrochromics has finished building a $150 million factory in Faribault, Minn., and is poised to ramp up sales of its variable-tint glass. And reap its first profits. The ...
Tags: plant positions Sage, smart glass, Van Dine, construction
Broad-based Chinese plastics firm Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd. has closed an appliance and electronics molding factory in Wuxi, China, as tougher economic conditions sharply cut sales and pushed the company into a small loss in the ...
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In 2011, the global machine tool industry continued to grow, with the total industrial output value increased by 34.7% year-on-year, the sales surged by 34.5% year-on-year and the import value up by 37.3% year-on-year. In particular, China ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
German producer of plastic packaging Jokey Plastik plans to invest up to €20m in building a plant in the Russian Ulyanovsk region. The agreement on the building project was signed with the government and the regional development ...
Tags: plastic packaging, invest, automotive, computer equipment
PM Group is providing engineering design, procurement and construction management services to Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) for a new automotive glass manufacturing facility in Poland. PGW, a world leading supplier of automotive glass and ...
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KALAMA,Wash.—It was hotter inside the Bennu Glass factory than outside last week,but the workers here aren't complaining. The Port of Kalama facility made its first production-quality wine bottles last Wednesday,ushering in a new ...
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Morrisons has opened a new seafood processing plant in Grimsby,UK,a move that will allow the company to supply fresh and frozen seafood more quickly to its stores. The construction of the plant is a part of the company's strategy to ...
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Quanex Building Products held an event at its plant in Cambridge,Ohio,recently,to celebrate the fact that it has brought all of its business units under one brand name. The company celebrated its branding effort by gathering employees at ...
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