Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to purchase all assets of Sacramento Container and acquire 100% membership interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets for $265m. As per the agreement, PCA will take over ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA- which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has completed the sale of the 280MWAC ...
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Indian auto-maker Tata Motors and Volkswagen’s Czech Republic subsidiary Skoda have ended their talks on the development of a new car for the emerging markets. Volkswagen and Tata Motors signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in ...
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CTI Industries, a manufacturer and marketer of flexible packaging and storage products, laminated films and novelty balloons, has reported net sales of $12.81m for second quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared to $14.15m for the same period ...
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Canadian packaging company Intertape Polymer has reported a 4.3% increase in its revenue to $210.2m for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $201m for the same period last year. The company's gross profit fell from 25.7% to 22.5% from ...
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For second-quarter 2017, POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical ...
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Guardian Industries is investing in a new float and coated glass manufacturing facility in Czestochowa, Poland. The new plant will meet the increasing demand for float, coated and fabricated glass products across Europe. Located next to ...
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Huawei is likely to outpace Apple to become the second largest smartphone vendor globally in the third quarter of 2017 as sales of China-based vendor's high-end P- and M-series as well as the more affordable Honor-branded models have ...
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For second-quarter 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $115.1m, up 22% on $94.4m last quarter and up 53% on $75.3m a year ago. However, this includes ...
Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio company Novel Ingredients to specialty ingredients provider Innophos Holdings. Novel Ingredients, which was acquired by GenNx360 in March 2014, is ...
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Sappi has reported a net profit of $58m for this financial year’s third quarter, compared to $32m for the same period last year. For Q3, its earnings per share stood at $0.11, excluding special items. Sappi had also reduced its debt ...
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp of Melville, NY, USA says that during fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 its subsidiary Comtech Xicom Technology Inc of Santa Clara, CA – a part of Comtech′s Commercial Solutions segment that makes ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended 1 July), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $149.4m (split about 50:50 between client-side/datacoms ...
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (ended 1 July 2017), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $639.9m, down slightly on ...
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US corrugated packaging firm Westrock has reported net sales of $3.69bn for third quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared to $3.59bn for the same period last year. Net incone was $328.1m in the quarter, compared to $92.3m in the year-ago ...
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