A long-running battle in the global photovoltaic (PV) market between the US and China over anti-dumping and subsidy charges could expand into higher solar costs, with wide-ranging ramifications for the US if punitive tariffs are levied on ...
British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is reportedly planning to commence operations at a local car assembly plant in China by the end of 2014. The move would allow the car maker to evade 25% import tariff levied by China and ...
Sonoco is planning to invest $20m to construct a new high-speed composite can production facility in near Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, to produce packaging for snacks. The company is set to add three high-speed composite can production lines, ...
Tags: Sonoco, Snack Packaging
France-based automobile maker Renault has announced its plans to invest R$500m ($223.44m) during 2014-2019 to expand its Curitiba Ayrton manufacturing facility in Brazil . Under the five-year plan, the company will invest the amount to ...
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US-based PVC and caustic soda producer Shintech wants to site its new 500,000 mt/year ethylene plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana, according to a state Department of Environmental Quality air permit application made available to Platts on ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have received a significant increase in orders from first-tier China-based PV module makers and consequently ordered volumes have exceeded available production capacity by 50%, according to ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV Module, silicon solar cell
Global packaging firm Sonoco has announced plans to invest about $20m in the establishment of a composite can production plant for snacks packaging in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company will also add three additional high-speed composite ...
Burton's Biscuit, a UK-based biscuit manufacturer, is strengthening its manufacturing operations in the UK, with an investment of £14.75m. The investment will be made at the company's facilities in Llantarnam, Blackpool and ...
China’s decelerating economy is weighing on the country’s small businesses, which account for 60% of its gross domestic product. According to a survey by China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, 60% of ...
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the third quarter ending March 31 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 31.5 million mt, increasing by 56 percent and indicating a rise of 13 ...
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Some Taiwan-based solar firms - a first-tier and three second-tier cell makers, and a material supplier - originally planned to form a joint-venture to manufacture PV modules to tap the international market, but they have suspended the plan ...
The Tetra Pak A3/ Speed filling machine for Tetra Prisma Aseptic portion packs was deployed at the dairy producer after following a successful field test in 2012. Running at a speed of 24,000 packs per hour, or approximately seven packs ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Filling Machine, Dairy Packaging, carton packages
Viewing that polysilicon spot market prices in the China market rose to US$25/kg in the first quarter of 2014, some China-based makers are preparing to expand production capacities. Also, some companies that stopped production during the ...
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Sidel claims the aseptic and environmentally-friendly technology removes the need for any bottle rinsing, and has enabled lightweighting of the company's 1.5 litre bottles, with material savings of 20%. The aseptic PET Combi achieved 95% ...
In March this year, Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 97,310 units, down 2.5 percent year on year, according to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD). In the given month, Turkey's ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, passenger car