Global supplier of folding cartons Amcor Tobacco Packaging has completed the purchase of Souza Cruz’s internal tobacco packaging business based in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. This business is expected to achieve ...
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British recycling company Viridor has opened a new £25m glass recycling plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Spread over an area of around 70,000ft2, the plant will receive material from 17 Scottish local authorities for recycling. ...
Hector Beverages, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, plans to invest $10m to expand its facility in Mysore, India, a move that comes as it sets to launch milk-based beverages under its core brand Paper Boat by early next year. The ...
Brewing major Anheuser-Busch will invest $170m to expand its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida. The proposed expansion will ramp up Budweiser and Bud Light aluminum bottles ...
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UK-based brewing company Morrow Brothers has opened a new bottling plant in Buckshaw Village, near Chorley in Lancashire. The new plant has received a £23,750 grant from Chorley Council for the purchase of bottling equipment, ...
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened a new $37m blending and packing plant in Indonesia. Said to be Fonterra's first manufacturing facility in the country, the plant uses the company's manufacturing design standards and technology. ...
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Confectionery firm Mondelez International has opened a new $30m production line at Skarbimierz factory in Poland. Located 25 miles south east of Wroclaw, the line has been built to enhance capacity, efficiency, and flexibility through a ...
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US-based food processing company Cargill is investing $100m to double its soybean crush operation in Borg El Arab in order to meet the increasing demand in Egypt for soybean meal and oil. The company will construct 42,000 metric tonne ...
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India-based dairy startup Sahayog Dairy has raised INR110m ($1.6m) in the first round of funding from social venture capital investment firm Acumen for expansion of its processing plant. The dairy firm will use the money for expansion of ...
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Ford has started production of the right-hand-drive Mustang at the company's Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan, US. Ford said that it would be the first year for the availability of Mustang in more than 100 markets where motorists ...
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Toyota is planning to invest Rs10bn ($150m) into its Indian subsidiary Toyota Kirloskar which is expected to be used for the company’s new engine plant and new projects including production of Innova, Fortuner and a mid-size sedan. ...
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Japanese car maker Nissan has announced plan to invest £100m into its Sunderland plant to manufacture the company’s next generation Juke crossover car. The plant began operations in 1986 and since then 8 million vehicles ...
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China’s polysilicon import volume has declined month by month after the total import volume peaked in May, according to the polysilicon import data in China. As China begins to close a loophole that permits duty-free polysilicon from ...
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Mazda Motor and Russian automaker Sollers have signed a MoU with the Government of the Russian Federation to explore setting up of an engine production plant at their joint venture Mazda Sollers Manufacturing Rus (MSMR) facility. The ...
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Ford Sollers, a joint venture between US based automaker Ford and the Russian Sollers has commenced production of engines at its new engine plant, Ford Sollers Elabuga Engine Plant in Elabuga, Russia. The new Russian facility will ...
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