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How to Survive as The Diamond Trade Shrinks

Apr 30, 2019

The diamond trade remains under pressure, and further contraction of the market is expected this year. Apart from being squeezed by high rough costs and declining polished prices, dealers lament there are too many players chasing the same ...

Tags: Diamond Trade, Diamond

Takigawa Breaks Ground on Flexible Packaging and Films Plant in Kentucky, US

Apr 24, 2018

Japan-based packaging manufacturer Takigawa has broken ground on its $46m flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the US. The new 148,000ft² facility, which is expected to create 180 jobs, ...

Tags: Takigawa, Flexible Packaging

Alpha Plastomers Launches New Flexible Packaging Materials and PET Bottles

Oct 31, 2017

India-based Alpha Plastomers has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new flexible packaging materials and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Alpha provides rigid and flexible plastic packaging solutions for the ...

Tags: Flexible Packaging, PET Bottles

Volvo to Build Next-Gen XC90 in South Carolina in 2021

Sep 27, 2017

Volvo Cars said it will build its next generation of the XC90 large premium SUV in its new manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina, US, from 2021. The move takes the company's total investment in its US manufacturing ...

Tags: Volvo, Volvo Cars

Peregrine's Patent Portfolio Surpasses 450 Issued and Pending Patents

Sep 11, 2017

Patent Portfolios--6th in the Semiconductor-Manufacturing Sector and 24th Overall Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator ...

Tags: Semiconductor, pending patents

Coca-Cola European Partners Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with UK's Plastics Recycling Facility

Jul 5, 2017

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in a pioneering initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain. The anniversary comes as CCEP passed the milestone of sourcing 50,000 tonnes of ...

Tags: Coca-Cola, Plastics Recycling

American Packaging Breaks Ground on $170m Manufacturing Facility in New York

Jun 9, 2017

American Packaging has broken ground on a new 350,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Monroe County, New York. The company is investing around $170m to develop the facility, which will allow to create up to 260 permanent jobs, in addition to ...

Tags: Packaging, packaging converter

Crown Opens Beverage Can Facility in New York, US

May 16, 2017

Packaging products supplier Crown Holdings has opened its first beverage can manufacturing facility in Nichols, New York, US. The facility will support the company in harnessing the growing demand for specialty beverage cans in the US. ...

Tags: Packaging products, Beverage

OFD Foods to Construct $25m Manufacturing Plant in New York's Monroe County

Mar 27, 2017

OFD Foods, a supplier of freeze-dried food for the US Military, will expand its operations in New York State with a new $25m manufacturing plant in Monroe County. The company has selected Henrietta in Monroe County to build a new ...

Tags: OFD Foods, freeze-dried food

China's Latest Five-Year Plan Could Be Its Last

Feb 24, 2017

The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...

Tags: five-year plan, political economy

Caixin Manufacturing PMI Drops to 51

Feb 3, 2017

China's manufacturing sector continued to slow in January 2017 because of a further improvement in the health of the sector. The Caixin General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) edged down to 51.0 last month from December's ...

Tags: manufacturing sector, PMI

Shanghai Attracts $18.5 Billion in Overseas Investment

Jan 3, 2017

Despite the global economic slowdown and tougher competition to attract capital, Shanghai attracted $18.5 billion in overseas investment in 2016, marking the 17th consecutive year of growth. According to official figures released by the ...

Tags: overseas investment, electronic equipment

TL&SC Jobs Looking up

Sep 27, 2016

The employment market continues to grow in the transport, logistics and supply chain sector, according to the Labourforce Impex September 2016 Job Index. Specialist transport, logistics and supply chain recruitment company Labourforce ...

Tags: Labourforce Job Index

Conditions Indexes Move More Firmly Into Expansionary Territory

Sep 21, 2016

In moving up to August’s current conditions reading of 58.3, NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) has been at or above 50 for six consecutive months. This suggests that conditions continue to be conducive for ...

Tags: EBCI, expasion

UK to Invest GBP35m in Whitley South Automotive Business Zone

Sep 6, 2016

The UK Government is investing £35m in an expanded automotive business zone in Whitley, near Coventry. The move is expectd to create about 3,000 engineering and advanced manufacturing jobs. The investment will also improve ...

Tags: UK Government, automotive business zone, investment

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