Automotive suppliers will quality check more than 300 million airbag-inflator systems using sophisticated helium- and hydrogen-based leak-detection technology in 2015. Frontal airbags have reduced fatalities in frontal crashes by up to 25 ...
Tags: Detection Technology, Airbag, Auto
Beijing-based Hosen Capital’s New Hope Investment Fund has acquired Chicago’s beef processor Ruprecht. Ruprecht is the oldest operating beef processor in the region and this acquisition will bring more investments and help to ...
Tags: boxed beef, boxed pork, chicken, Agriculture
Charles Ross & Son Company has introduced Ross Multi-Shaft Mixers. According to the company, these mixers are ideal for large-scale processing of pastes, gels, dispersions, suspensions and slurries from low to high viscosity. Equipped with ...
Tags: recipe systems, Construction
West Yorkshire-based thermoformed packaging specialist Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested about £530,000 in two new pieces of machinery to increase its capacity by 25%. The investment will also help in creating five new jobs in ...
Tags: packaging specialist, Agriculture
TenCate Advanced Composites North America, a global composite materials company for space and aerospace applications, has developed and provided heat resistant composites for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin ...
Tags: composite materials, titanium, Construction
Midsummer AB of Jarfalla, Sweden, a supplier of production lines for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, has halved the thickness of its CIGS layer, to 800nm (less than ...
Tags: CIGS Layer Thickness, Electrical
The rigid plastic packaging giant’s results for the six months ended 30 September 2014, shows good growth in profits, returns and dividends. The planned acquisition of Promens Group progresses the company’s Vision 2020 ...
Led by Yang Yang, the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr Professor of Engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a photodetector that ...
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
Italian state-backed private equity fund Fondo Strategico Italiano (FSI) and Qatar Holding have acquired stake in Italian meat producer Inalca for $205m. The Qatari, Italian joint venture will acquire 28.4% stake in Inalca, which is ...
X-ray and fat measurement technology manufacturer Eagle Product Inspection has launched FA3/C, a new product inspection solution which ensures enhancement of the quality and safety of products. This new technology analyzes 100% of ...
Tags: fat measurement technology, product throughput, Agriculture
UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...
UK-based packaging equipment and services provider ULMA Packaging has developed new TFS Thermoformers, which the company claims to be the most hygienic in the market. These thermoformers are designed to fit around products like their ...
Tags: TFS Thermoformers, shelf life, Agriculture
As AUSPACK begins its countdown to the March exhibition, it has already signed up 43 new exhibitors, who will bring 150 new brands, to the show. “Our new exhibitors include Daxner Soren Asia Pacific, Advanced Machine Technology, ...
Tags: AUSPACK, March exhibition, Packaging
Hydro Flask signed a non-exclusive agreement with coffee roaster Dillanos to distribute Hydro Flask’s line of stainless steel beverage containers and other products to more than 1,800 specialty coffee brands and caf throughout the ...
Tags: Hydro Flask, coffee roaster, Sporting Goods