The US Department of Energy has given conditional commitment loan worth $259m to Alcoa to manufacture high strength aluminum for light weight vehicles. The loan will support the aluminum makers Tennessee manufacturing facility, where the ...
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BASF will expand its capacity for the production of Paliocrom® effect pigments by more than 20 percent by 2017 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The investment will enable the company to accommodate for the growing demand of its aluminum-based ...
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Ram Truck has unveiled Texas Ranger concept truck to commemorate the company’s partnership with Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum and the law-enforcement agency. The company has given the truck a Texas Ranger badging design which ...
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SanTan Brewing Company has launched its Mr. Pineapple Wheat Ale in redesigned Rexam 12 oz. cans. The product had been originally created as a craft beer which gained a huge popularity among craft beer lovers. The brewery started ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has announced plan to invest 600m in West Midlands, UK for the creation of new products and advanced vehicle manufacturing. The company will be investing more than 400m at Castle Bromwich plant to upgrade the facility ...
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Sensorex (which manufactures sensors for water applications) has introduced the first family of ultraviolet transmittance (UVT) monitors using UVC LEDs instead of mercury-based lamps as a light source. The LEDs are supplied by Crystal IS ...
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Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, will come together as one company at the European Coatings Show 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing coatings for a full range of ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading global supplier of electronic components, announced its new high voltage ALC10 Series snap-in aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor ...
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US-based Toray Plastics has developed PWX5, a metallized Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film that can be used as a high-performance inner moisture and oxygen-barrier web in gas-flushed applications. While one side of the film ...
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Cadillac has announced that the company will use an advanced mixed-material for the development of lightweight body structure in CT6 sedan. According to Cadillac, the structure is aluminum intensive but use 13 different materials in the ...
Hefty - producer of waste bags, slider bags, foam plates and plastic cups - has introduced Hefty Ultimate Flex and Ultra Flex trash bags made with improved flex technology. These bags come with expandable strength and offer better ...
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Chevrolet has unveiled its 2015 Colorado Z71 Trail Boss edition at the Cleveland Auto Show. According to Chevrolet, the pickup truck combines the brand's Z71 off-road truck suspension package with additional appearance enhancements and ...
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Canadian automaker Magna International is planning to unveil its hybrid concept sports car dubbed MILA Plus at the Geneva Motor Show 2015. The car is powered by three-cylinder gasoline engine along with two electric motors, capable of ...
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Red Brick has partnered with Novelis to offer its beer in the latter’s evercan certified high-recycled content aluminium can sheets. The company will initially offer Laughing Skull Amber Ale in the new cans, followed by its ...
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Rexam, a global beverage can manufacturer, has secured land in Sri City, located near the southern Indian city of Chennai to develop a new beverage can plant. Scheduled to be launched by the second half of 2016, the plant in Sri City is ...
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