Osram has unveiled plans for nearly 8,000 more job losses. The announcement comes as the German lighting giant's Push programme, which launched in 2012, comes to a close. "We will successfully complete the first stage of Osram Push ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Electrical, Electronics, Osram
BA Glass Group is all set to upgrade and expand two container glass production facilities in western Poland upon receiving a €16.5m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Said to be the first part of the total approved ...
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Showa Denko Packaging, a subsidiary of Japan-based Showa Denko, has expanded the production of aluminum-laminated films at its Hikone plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The aluminum laminated films are used for packaging lithium ion ...
South African paper and packaging firm Mondi has completed the previously announced acquisition of bags and kraft paper business from Graphic Packaging's subsidiary Graphic Packaging International for around $105m. As part of the deal, ...
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Brenton Engineering, a US-based developer of packaging equipment and part of Pro Mach, is set to expand its Center of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence facility in Alexandria, Minnesota. As of the expansion plan, the company ...
The FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil is expected to boost sales of aluminum beverage cans by 35% to cross two billion mark, as compared to last year’s figures, according to rolled aluminum and beverage can recycler Novelis. The ...
Tags: Brazil, beverage cans, Packaging
US-based Stony Creek Brewery has broken ground for the construction of a new craft brewery in Branford, Connecticut. The proposed brewery will be spread over an area of about 30,000ft2 and it will house two outdoor decks, a tasting room ...
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US-based Printpack is all set to open its new manufacturing facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US on 11 August 2014. As part of the reinvestment strategy, the company said it has built the new facility in a bid to expand the ...
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Tate & Lyle, a British food and beverage firm, is planning to invest around $90m in its production plants in Lafayette, Indiana over the next three years. The investment will be used in the three-phased expansion of Tate & Lyle's ...
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Continental Mills, a Washington-based privately held manufacturer and marketer of food products, has completed the revamping of its recently purchased manufacturing facility in Effingham, Illinois. The company made upgrades on its ...
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While China-based panel makers have been expanding production capacities to increase global market share, China-based glass substrate makers, mainly the Tunghsu Group, Irico Display Device and China National Building Materials, are still ...
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Following cylindrical cells price and volume usage declines, supply and demand for the technology is expected to remain flat in the second quarter of 2014, due to lowered supply coupled with slight demand increases. Additionally, ...
Tags: cylindrical cells, Lithium cell, battery
Nissan has opened its second manufacturing facility in Thailand, which will produce the NP300 Navara, a new generation pickup truck. The 580,000m2 plant was built with an investment of THB3.7bn ($114.3m), and will support the region with ...
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Epistar Corp (Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) is to issue 174.612 million new shares (worth NT$10 each, totalling NT$1746.12m) to acquire fellow Taiwanese LED epiwafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc ...
Tags: LED epiwafers, LED chips
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a 150-ton, twin RH vacuum degassing plant for the Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA). The new plant will be installed at AHMSA's ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy