Sustainable packaging solutions provider Ball is planning to cease production at its beverage packaging plant in Reidsville, North Carolina, US in mid-2017. Commissioned in 1978, the Reidsville plant was acquired by Ball in 1998 as part ...
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We all know the drill when it comes to smartphone launches these days: a cavalcade of leaks reveals all the details about the handset, then it gets officially introduced. But Samsung, perhaps a bit touchy following the Note 7 explosion ...
Mitsubishi Motors has admitted to improper conduct in fuel consumption testing for over 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. The applicable cars are four mini-car models, two of which are the eK Wagon and eK Space which have been manufactured ...
Herndon, Va. – Over the past several years, executives across industries have seen the impact that supply chain disruptions – from natural disasters to port strikes – can cause so it’s not surprising that 35 percent ...
The US government has finished reviewing tariff rates imposed in 2012 on PV modules imported from China and decided to reduce the anti-dumping rates to an average of 1.82% and anti-subsidization rates to an average of 15.68%. The total ...
Australia is losing another vehicle manufacturing facility — and the jobs that go along with it. Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it would stop making cars in Australia in 2017. Toyota’s withdrawal will mean about 2,500 lost ...
Tags: Halt Production, high cost of manufacturing, competition
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia continued to rise this week as suppliers lifted offer prices on deepening output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,050-2,090/mt FOB China ...
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Engineers from Bosch Rexroth said “Open Core Engineering”, a software which connects automated machinery and IT, is “generation 4.0” in food production technology. The tool, accessible from iPhones, Google Androids ...
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The spot price for South African charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed at 83-84 cents/pound CIF China Friday, down from 83-85 cents/lb CIF China assessed the previous week, amid slow demand. The spot price of Indian-origin high carbon ...
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Shell will halt production from its Auger platform in the US Gulf of Mexico while it ties in wells from the Cardamom development, the company said Wednesday. The deepwater platform is currently producing some 55,000 b/d of oil equivalent, ...
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has reported February consolidated revenues of NT$923 million (US$31 million), representing an on-month increase of 13.6% but an on-year decrease of 0.2%. The accumulated revenues ...
While orders have been increasing since the beginning of 2013, Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy is inclined to stop production during the 2013 Lunar New Year in mid-February but fellow maker Neo Solar Power ...
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As Samsung Electronics has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs and focus on LED-backlit models, market observers believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit LCD TVs will increase to 90% in 2013. ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has shuttered Sunland Inc.'s New Mexico plant after peanut butter made by the company was linked to an outbreak of Salmonella that sickened 41 people in 20 states. The FDA suspended Sunland's food ...
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Cement manufacturers have hit back at Ibeto Cement Company over its resolve to continue to import cement into Nigeria, despite the capacity of local manufacturers to meet demand. A statement by Dangote Cement s head of corporate ...
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