Functional coatings and color solutions provider Ferro has acquired electronic packaging materials producer Electro-Science Laboratories (ESL). The deal included the payment of $75m excluding customary adjustments and fees for the ...
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Frutarom has agreed to acquire 75% stake in savory solutions provider Piasa Group for approximately MXN405m ($20.5m) to foray into the Mexican market. Piasa is Frutarom’s first acquisition in Mexico, while being the fifth in the ...
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Peco InspX has introduced the SHIELD Solo side-view X-Ray inspection platform at Pack Expo 2016. The SHIELD platform represents a major step forward in high reliability, high precision food and beverage inspection. Manufactured in Silicon ...
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Spotify could be significantly reducing the lifespan of your computer storage, according to a new report. It’s believed that Spotify’s music streaming app has been writing huge amounts of data to users’ machines, ...
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Catalyst Paper reported significantly improved operating results for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 despite a non-cash impairment write-down of $186.4m on fixed assets at our Powell River, Port Alberni and Crofton paper mills resulting ...
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In its war against Apple et al, Samsung is dragging the production of more and more smartphone components under its own banner. Samsung has been developing fingerprint sensor chips since last year, with a view to begin manufacturing the ...
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LCD TV panel shortages are prompting panel makers to shift their capacity and the issue has caused notebook panels to see tight supply, according to Compal Electronics president Ray Chen, while notebook panel demand will remain strong in ...
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Detroit-based auto-parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has agreed to acquire Metaldyne Performance Group (MPG) in a transaction worth about $3.3bn. MPG provides lightweight components for use in powertrain and suspension ...
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GEFCO has secured a new €8bn contract to optimize PSA Group's entire worldwide manufacturing supply chain. The agreement reaffirms that GEFCO is the PSA Group’s leading supplier in Europe, number two worldwide. The agreement ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Inbiose will jointly launch a new infant nutrition ingredients based on complex carbohydrates found in mother’s milk. DuPont has entered into a joint development and licensing agreement with ...
Axon, powered by Pro Mach, introduces three new shrink sleeve and tamper evident machines and a compact energy efficient steam tunnel at Pack Expo in Chicago, 6-9 November. Each new machine delivers performance, reliability, flexibility, ...
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The folks at iFixit have got their hands on the Google Home smart speaker, and have given it the full teardown treatment, resulting in some intriguing revelations. Firstly, the device is essentially a slightly improved Chromecast from ...
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Ubisoft has revealed every change coming to The Division in its 1.4 update, which is now available for PS4, xBox One and PC players. To put it simply, it’s an absolutely massive update. The Division’s single player components ...
In October, Jiefang medium and heavy trucks were delivered 20800 units in total, and the sales of only one enterprise-Jiefang has achieved amazing a volume of 200 thousand. In the gloomy time, the heavy trucks industry as a whole had the ...
Apple could launch an iPhone 8 with a 5-inch display next year, according to reports on Monday. Nikkei says the company will release the intermediary size to accompany the 4.7-inch iPhone 8 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 8 Plus. The move would ...
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