The Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN) has proposed to build a garment production hub in Lagos, according to a report by The Nigerian Observer. The Lagos state coordinator of the association, Mr. Kolawole Kuddus said they ...
Tags: Apparel
According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
Manufacturing is an integral part of a nation's fiscal stability and prosperity. Nurturing and growing the manufacturing infrastructure is a critical goal for building and maintaining an economically competitive edge, reducing unemployment, ...
Tags: Robots, Industrial Equipment
July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.63 million according to AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 11.5 percent from ...
Tags: Manufacturing Technology
Obaly Morava, a privately-owned corrugated board producer based in the Czech Republic, had the press installed to boost supplies of its broad range of corrugated products to the Czech Republic and surrounding markets, including up to ...
Tags: HP, Packaging, Printing, Digital Printing
Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
At this year’s Super Mobility Week conference, Fleet Freedom debuts a new fleet and mobile resource management application. This flexible application works on Android, iOS and Magellan’s RoadMate Commercial devices. Fleet ...
Recent soft economic data including falling property prices have many investors worried about a growth slowdown in China, but Platinum Asset Management sees plenty of investment opportunities. The funds manager said in a note to investors ...
Tags: China Economy
Scott Bader Asia Pacific is exhibiting advanced composites at the 20th China International Composites Industrial Technical Expo (CCE 2014), taking place from 3-5 September at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre. This ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has launched the TurboDisc EPIK700 gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which combines what are reckoned ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD GaN HB-LEDs
ExcelSoft, a Sri Lanka-based enterprise solutions software company, has recently introduced Foresight, a new performance optimized graphical production planning and scheduling tool, designed specifically to maximize the usage of available, ...
Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has announced that its Pervouralsky Novotrubny Works has upgraded its 9330 machine used for fine turning of the outer surface of 72-160 mm pipes. Most pipes treated by this machine are used for ...
Process control and yield management solutions provider KLA-Tencor Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA has introduced the WaferSight PWG patterned wafer geometry measurement system, the LMS IPRO6 reticle pattern placement metrology system, and the ...
Tags: KLA-Tencor, process control loops
Czech Republic-based Obaly Morava has installed the world’s first HP high-speed inkjet corrugated packaging solution for the digital pre-printing of high-quality corrugated liners. The press was installed in June, making Obaly the ...
Tags: Obaly Morava, Corrugated Packaging Solution, Packaging
Belgium-based Picanol Group, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in China, saw its revenue plunge 28% year-on-year in the first six months of 2014, in what it called a significant slowdown period. Picanol reported sales of Euro ...
Tags: Sales, Picanol Group, Textile