The UK Food Standard Agency has awarded marketing authorization to Japanese food producer Ajinomoto Company for dihydrocapsiate (DHC) as a novel food ingredient to be used in powdered drinks and dietary supplements. With the ...
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CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) - the parent company of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic module maker Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany - has celebrated the groundbreaking for one of the ...
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Osram Sylvania Inc (part of Osram Americas in Danvers, MA, USA) has expanded its manufacturing capabilities in Hillsboro, NH (where the firm's automotive lighting division has its principal North American operations, with over 600 staff) by ...
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BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have already been cooperating successfully for a quarter of a century: The two companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in autumn 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...
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AkzoNobel has opened a new production line for coil coatings at its facility in Garcia, Mexico. As well as doubling current capacity, the new line will also serve local coated steel manufacturers, including Ternium, Zincacero and Galvasid. ...
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Every fifth kilowatt hour of electricity around the world is used for artificial light. LED technology, however, is making significant savings possible. About 13 million tons of CO 2 could be saved in Germany alone, equaling the emission of ...
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Ajinomoto is investing JPY2.4bn ($20m) on a new production line for frozen rice products at the Oakland facility in the US, as part of its aim to boost production capacity. This line will become operational by 2016. The North American ...
Metal packaging products supplier Crown Holdings is to increase beverage can capacity at its Osmaniye plant, in central southern Turkey with the installation of a new production line. The expansion plans come in response to increasing ...
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The world first 35-ton dual power articulated truck rolled off the production line recently, which is jointly developed by Shandong Gold Engineering Company and University of Science and Technology Beijing. It is learnt that this is the ...
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AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest in its Performance Coatings business in Vietnam. As well as doubling capacity at its powder coatings facility in Dong Nai, the company also intends to open a new office for Performance Coatings in Ho ...
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UK-based food manufacturer Premier Foods has recalled thousands of its Bisto gravy products from supermarkets across the country over concerns that the tubs may be contaminated with metal shards. The food company has recalled 50,000 ...
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Nestle is planning to invest more than UAH100m ($4.5m) in the development of its facility in Ukraine this year. The investment will entail installation of a production line at Torchyn factory. The company recently has also installed ...
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Kruger Packaging will invest C$250m ($188.6m) to convert the newsprint machine at its Trois-Rivières mill in Canada to produce lightweight linerboard. The project is being backed by a C$190m ($143.3m) funding from the ...
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To boost its recognition in the U.S. solar market, Wuxi Suntech announced to showcase three major PV module technologies at the Solar Power International 2015 trade show in California. Upgraded SuperPoly modules which have a 100MW ...
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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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