15.11.2012 − The Swiss veneer and sawmill operator Lanz is planning to cease sliced and stay log veneer production at the end of 2012. This will mark the closure of Switzerland's final sliced veneer production facility. Veneer trading ...
German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR50.2bn in its global automotive division and development of new technologies through 2015 in a bid to meet the challenges of the uncertain European market. Volkswagen Board of ...
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Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur has announced its plans to invest more than$100m to boost the cheese and ingredients production capacity of its facility in Luxemburg,Wisconsin. The investment will also improve the technology of the ...
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The rlc packaging has completed the expansion of its PHARMACENTER in Rüdersdorf, Germany. The new production facility with doubled machine capacity is designed to meet the growing demand for pharmaceutical packaging, according to the ...
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India-based Exemed Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of active ingredients, is planning to buy UCB's production facility in Vapi, Gujarat, India. The deal, which is in line with UCB's strategy on bringing new drugs to patients and less on ...
Mercedes Benz has unveiled an automated automotive fuel cell stack production facility in Burnaby, Canada. The new 3,300m2 facility is claimed to be the world's first automated automotive facility for the production of fuel cell stacks. ...
Sulzer has invested CHF10 million in a new wastewater pump production plant in Kunshan, China. Up to 70 employees will assemble approximately 10 000 pumps, mixers and compressors annually for the water supply and wastewater treatment ...
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has entered into an agreement to supply up to 16,000t of chocolate and compound products annually to Japanese confectionery firm Morinaga, over the next ten years. The companies will also ...
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Turkish company General Nonwovens - a producer of polyester and polypropylene based spunbond nonwovens - has invested in a new production facility in Kilis, Turkey. The new facility, which is 60 km from General Nonwovens existing location ...
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Xylem Applied Water Systems has completed a three year renovation programme at its Hungarian manufacturing plant. The 59, 200 square foot site houses a revolutionised production facility and office space for support functions, such as HR, ...
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1. Tunnel of lights Japan: Display dazzels with millions of solar powered LEDs A Tunnel of lights in Japan dazzles visitors with millions of LED lights, according to a Nov. 10 report from The Inquisitor. There are seven million LED ...
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Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania says it has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200 Edge molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) production system from Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA. The system will be installed at Brolis' ...
Philips chief executive officer, Frans van Houten, said the company was keen to expand its lighting and healthcare businesses in Malaysia and provide the best of its knowledge and capability to collaborate with the government and private ...
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Ahmedabad, India-based JH-Welltec Machines India Pvt. Ltd. is setting up its own production facility in India. Currently, the Indo-Chinese injection molding joint venture is operating from a leased site. The company expects to acquire a ...
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INVISTA's Performance Surfaces & Materials business is further optimizing its production capacity with a $20 million investment across its North American manufacturing facilities. This investment will allow the company to better focus its ...
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