Mazda has announced it will build a new transmission plant in Thailand, with operations set to begin between April and September 2015. At a cost of $273 million (26 billion yen) and with an annual production capacity of approximately ...
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German automaker Volkswagen will start production of the seventh-generation Golf model at its Puebla manufacturing plant in Mexico in the first quarter of 2014. The next-generation Golf models produced at the Mexican plant will be ...
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GaAs solar material maker Alta Devices boasts solar cells with an efficiency of 28.8%, but perhaps even more astonishing is the fact it can produce GaAs cells that are only 1-micron thick, which opens up the possibility of a whole new field ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI), a subsidiary of Swedo-Danish cooperative Arla Foods, is set to establish a lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark with an investment of EUR120m. The plant will be located next to Denmark Protein in Nr. ...
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For many end-of-line packaging professionals, the choice of a pallet packaging method may not immediately surface as a critical success factor when designing, upgrading or refurbishing a production line or distribution center. While pallet ...
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Two illegal workers have been jailed for documentation offences and two deported after the UK Border Agency (UKBA) arrested five immigration offenders in a raid at a Somerset egg production facility. The UK Border Agency arrested five ...
Honda has committed to achieving six million global sales by 2017, listing small cars as the key contributor to the growth. “This March [fiscal year 2012], we will finish the fiscal year with global sales of about four million ...
USA - Clear-Com is sponsoring the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus by supplying the crew with Clear-Com intercoms for its productions and workshops. Clear-Com's HME DX210 Digital Wireless Intercom enables clear communication and quick ...
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ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has announced the start-up of the new paint production facility, built for ESKARO Group AB in Odessa, Ukraine. When in operation the plant will have a capacity of 15,000 tons/year of ...
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Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is a multinational manufacturer of semiconductor materials and devices, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. Cree is noted for their improvements in light-emitting diode (LED) technologies. Cree's ...
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to invest Rs10bn ($183m) over the next three to four years. The latest investment will be used to expand the company's ...
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US-based manufacturer and marketer of plastics packaging products Berry Plastics is all set to invest about $33m in a bid to expand and equip its Evansville production facility. Berry Plastics chairman and chief executive officer Jon Rich ...
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The International Oeko-Tex Association, Switzerland, has announced it will replace the current Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000 certification system for sustainable production with Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) by Oeko-Tex. The ...
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MI Windows and Doors announces the launch of a new energy efficient window line, the HomeMaker3 Series. Available in the Western Region, HomeMaker3 windows are designed to meet the new stringent energy requirements for the proposed ENERGY ...
PepsiCo is considering replacing 87 staff with modern packaging machines at its Walkers crisps factory in Lincoln. Walkers is installing new machinery that has put 87 jobs under threat In a statement issued to FoodManufacture.co.uk, ...
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