Covestro, a global polymer materials supplier, has a new identity. From September 1, 2015, Bayer MaterialScience is operating under the Covestro name. The company is now legally and economically independent, but will remain a 100 percent ...
Tags: Adhesive, polymer materials
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has expanded its product range with the introduction of new Non-GMO project verified Black Angus Beef. Raised on a non-GMO diet, the new beef is said to be free of antibiotics and supplemental hormones. ...
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Coles has reported a $1.78 billion profit before interest and tax for the financial year ended 30 June 2015, up 6.6 per cent on the 2014 financial year. Turnover revenue for Coles was $38.20 billion and return on capital was 11 per ...
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Valmet will provide a complete OptiConcept M containerboard output line, to Lee & Man in Jiang Xi, China. Scheduled to come on stream between October and December 2016, the machine is designed to produce high-quality containerboard ...
Tags: board machine, winder
Axalta Coating Systems has embarked on a new partnership between its North America Powder business and National Coatings & Supplies (NCS), a nationwide distributor. NCS will now distribute Axalta’s Alesta, Abcite and RAL decorative ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, has embarked on a new partnership between its North America Powder business and National Coatings & Supplies (NCS), a nationwide distributor. NCS will now ...
Tags: Axalta Coating, Coating
The August report of USDA informs that world cotton output in 2015/16 is forecast at 109.0 million bales, 2.5 million bales below last month's projection and 10 million bales below 2014/15. The US government agriculture department ...
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Net sales at clothing retailer American Apparel tanked 17.2 per cent year over year for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. In the three months to June 30, 2015, net sales dipped 17.2 per cent to $134.4 million from $162.4 million for ...
Tags: apparel, apparel sale, apparel development
Film and sheet extrusion machinery firm Macro Engineering & Technology (Canada) has established a 1.8m wide line having nine extruders and a nine-layer die design for a European customer. The line produces various barrier structures to ...
Tags: Nine-Layer Line, bags
The Portavin Group, which bottles and packages wine, considers the entire life of its product including design, recyclability, and end-of-life management. The company is a provider and user of reusable and recyclable packaging, primarily ...
Tags: bottles, packages wine
NASA astronauts at the International Space Station became the first in the world to taste the first bite of lettuce grown in the microgravity environment of space. They cleaned the produce with citric acid-based, food safe sanitizing ...
Tags: fresh foods, tomatoes, blueberries
US-based CC Industries has purchased closure liner manufacturer Selig Sealing Products from Behrman Capital. Selig supplies highly engineered closure liners for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal care and industrial ...
Tags: food, beverage, Selig Sealing Products
FIME is the Largest International Medical Trade Fair and Congress in the United States. Registrants from around the world and from all specialties and disciplines of the total health care arena attend FIME to see the latest ...
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According to the report 'GaN and SiC for power electronics applications' from Yole Développement, in 2014 the silicon carbide (SiC) chip business was worth more than $133m, with power factor correction (PFC) and photovoltaics (PV) ...
Tags: SiC Market, power electronics
Communications and information technology company Nokia has signed a deal to sell its HERE digital mapping and location services unit to a consortium comprising Audi, BMW Group and Daimler in a deal worth €2.8bn. The transaction, ...
Tags: HERE Digital Map, Nokia