Swedish auto-maker Volvo Cars has agreed to supply 24,000 autonomous cars to ride-sharing company Uber. Under the framework agreement, Volvo will provide Uber with its XC90 premium SUVs complete with autonomous driving technologies, from ...
Tags: Self-Driving Cars, Volvo, Uber
Rayonier Advanced Materials has acquired Canadian paper company Tembec for $807m to expand its business into packaging and forest products. The acquisition resulted in the creation of a global company providing high purity cellulose, ...
American meat processing company Tyson Foods has selected western Tennessee as the location of its new $300m chicken production complex. Tyson Foods had originally planned to construct the project in eastern Kansas, near Tonganoxie in ...
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA (which manufactures Solstice electroplating systems for ≤200mm wafers), has unveiled a new plating technique that is said to provide significant cost reductions for compound semiconductor ...
Tags: Compound Semiconductors
AKHAN Semiconductor Inc of Gurnee, IL, USA, which specializes in the fabrication and application of lab-grown, electronics-grade diamond, says that the Japan Patent Office has issued it patent JP6195831 (B2) covering a method for the ...
Stoli Group has designed new packaging for super-premium Stoli Gold vodka range, in a bid to enhance consumer experience. The new bottle and label has been designed for Stoli Gold which will provide it enhanced appeal at shelf in the ...
Tags: Packaging, Stoli Gold Vodka
US-based specialty packaging and dispensing products manufacturer Comar has acquired Shore Plastic Technologies to expand its design and engineering capabilities to better serve its customers. Design and engineering firm Shore Plastic ...
Zhejiang Geely, the Chinese automaker that owns Volvo, has agreed to acquire Terrafugia, a US-based startup company working on the development of a flying car. Terrafugia was founded in 2006 by five Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Paper and packaging products supplier Sappi North America has invested $5.94m to upgrade Paper Machine 12 (PM12) at Cloquet mill in Minnesota, US. The investment was used to replace the headbox on PM12. It has added an advanced and ...
Tags: Paper, packaging products
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.2m, down 5.8% on $258.1m a year ago due to softer ...
Tags: optical component, subsystem
Essentia Water has introduced new packaging and multi-pack designs, in a bid to provide advanced look for the brand. Essentia has developed new packaging and multi-pack designs, as part of its next phase in their brand evolution efforts. ...
Goya Foods, a Hispanic-owned food company in the US, has expanded its North American Processing Center in Brookshire, Texas with the addition of 324,000ft2 of production warehouse, distribution warehouse, auxiliary buildings and production ...
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Little Rapids, a US-based specialty paper manufacturer, has commissioned a new Voith Paper-built XcelLine VTM 3 tissue machine at its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. The new Voith machine been designed to replace the existing PM3 ...
Tags: PM3 machine, Tissue Machine
French automaker Groupe PSA has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with three Algerian partners to build cars in the North African country. The Algerian partners include Condor Electronics, Palpa Pro and Entreprise Nationale de ...
Tags: Algerian Market, PSA, Cars
Frutarom Industries has signed an agreement with AB Biotics of Spain for the acquisition of the activity of AB-Fortis with its patent-protected micro-encapsulation technology that facilitates delivery of iron with increased biological ...