Fonterra has officially opened its NZ$126 million UHT greenfield plant in Waitoa, New Zealand. The plant features state-of-the-art Tetra Pak processing and packaging equipment which will produce a range of products including UHT white milk ...
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Austrian steel producer voestalpine has announced that it will invest around €140 million over the next few years, constructing a new plant which will produce premium special steel products for the Chinese market. Construction is ...
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Netherlands based – Tanatex Chemicals, a producer of innovative textile processing solutions, has started production at its new plant in Thailand. Tanatex says with the opening of this new Thai plant, it will be able to better focus ...
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Mazda has commenced production of Mazda2 at Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), a new plant in Mexico. MMVO has also commenced operations at the newly constructed MMVO's engine machining plant which adopts the production ...
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Netherlands based paints maker AkzoNobel has begun operation at its vehicle refinishes plant in Changzhou, China. The new plant, AkzoNobel's 30th manufacturing facility in China, will offer approximately 25 million liters of capacity for ...
Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific is to build a multi-million dollar flexible packaging plant in the Philippines. The new plant will manufacture high performance packaging for a leading multinational consumer brand. Managing director, Ken ...
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AkzoNobel has started operations at its vehicle refinishes plant in Changzhou, China - the company's 30th manufacturing facility in the country. The new factory adds approximately 25 million liters of capacity for Sikkens, Lesonal and ...
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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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Finland-based meat specialist HKScan has announced plans to invest in new production facilities in western Finland and Rakvere, Estonia. The proposed facility in western Finland will see an investment ranging from €35-65m, while the ...
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Indian flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to build a new $325m packaging plant in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Scheduled to start production in early 2016, the new plant is part of the company's three-year investment plan to ...
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Nampak has opened its energy-efficient glass furnace in Gauteng, South Africa, with an investment of around $0.11bn (R1.2bn). The new furnace, which is the company's third, will increase the plant's capacity to 295 000 tons per annum and ...
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Bridgestone Corp. announced that its subsidiary in China, Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire Co. Ltd. (Shenyang Plant), has relocated its truck and bus radial tire plant to a new site in Shenyang City Liaoning Province, China. The company marked ...
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US-based bottling company Chicago Craft Bottling will open its first bottling facility in Indiana, creating about 35 jobs by 2017. The company will invest around $910,000 to construct the 10,000 ft2 building that will be used as a ...
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Packaging company PPi technologies has invested $5.4m on a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Sarasota. The new plant will help the company tackle the increase in demand for filling pouches. The facility demonstrates machines ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
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