Vicknair Printing, a family owned business in Plaquemine, Louisiana, recently upgraded their prepress department with the Suprasetter A75 Gen III CtP and Saphira Chemfree plates from Heidelberg. Lower Costs, Faster Production. The new ...
The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has told the US Commerce Department that aluminum can sheets and aluminum ingot, which are used to make beverage cans, are not a security risk that requires intervention in the form of tariffs or trade ...
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Volvo has said that its Polestar performance division is set to become a standalone high-performance electric car brand. Volvo acquired 100% stake in Polestar Performance in July 2015 and both the companies have been working together in ...
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Mercedes-Benz, a division of German firm Daimler, is commencing construction work for a new passenger car plant in Russia. “Establishing a passenger car production in Russia is a strategic investment in an important sales market for ...
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Brandtjen & Kluge and Kurz Transfer Products have partnered co-market the Kurz Digital Metal technology in the US and Canada. The partnership will combine Kurz's knowledge in the development and manufacturing of foil for the packaging and ...
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Nestlé USA has entered into a partnership with Rabobank and RocketSpace to support startups for the Terra Food + Ag Tech Accelerator program. Nestlé will collaborate with Terra and other corporate collaborators to select and ...
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KHS said it will showcase the future of filling and packaging systems under the motto Technology 4.0 at the drinktec trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry in Germany. The trade fair is scheduled to take place in Munich from ...
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The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has launched a new series of true green LEDs in a compact surface-mount 0603 ChipLED package. Measuring 1.6mm by 0.8mm with an ultra-thin 0.55mm profile, the ...
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Evrything, the Internet of Things (IOT) Smart Products Platform for consumer products, has announced industry-first connection of GS1 identifiers with the IOT industrial scale. With this integration, consumer goods brands can use billions ...
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Quality OLED televisions are still priced prohibitively highly, setting UK customers back thousands of pounds per set – but is that about to change? When it comes to television panels, the industry gold standard is OLED, or organic ...
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Golden West Packaging has acquired four independent Northern California packaging firms and their co-owned sheet feeder plant for an undisclosed sum. The company acquired Heritage Solutions, Capital Corrugated, PackageOne, Packaging ...
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German automotive manufacturing firm Continental has become a development partner and system integrator of the collaboration between BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye for automated driving. It is the goal of the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye ...
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Starting in summer 2017, BMW's new 530e plug-in hybrid will be produced at Magna's contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria. As a contract manufacturing partner for two premium electrified vehicles – the BMW 530e and the ...
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Specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films manufacturer Treofan is investing around $45m in a new orientation line at its Americas facility in Zacapu, Mexico. The five-layer and 10.4m orientation line will help to enhance the ...
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In hall B2, booth 350 at the Laser World of Photonics 2017 trade show in Munich, Germany (26–29 June), Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Hochstfrequenztechnik (FBH) – which offers the full value ...
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