Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), which was purchased by China-based Wanxiang last year following its bankruptcy, will come up with a manufacturing unit in California, US, to revive its Karma hybrid electric car. The new ...
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Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
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In addition to its current extensive portfolio of inorganic pigment products, specialty chemicals company LANXESS will promote its line of new red shades at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey from June 1 – 4. ...
Plastic packaging and coatings company Coveris Holdings has acquired Elldex Packaging Solutions, a division of Hellaby Holdings, with packaging businesses in New Zealand and Australia. Elldex manufactures and imports HDPE and LDPE ...
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Jowat Adhesives has inaugurated a new production site near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, to expand its production capacities and distribution activities in the region. The new Jowat site located in the Industrial Park Bandar Enstek ...
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German automobile major Volkswagen has started production at its new plant at Changsha in China’s Hunan Province, adding an output capacity of 300,000 cars a year. Located about 900km to the west of Shanghai, the plant will begin ...
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UK-based luxury sports carmaker Aston Martin has the US on its radar when it comes to going ahead with its second production unit by this year-end. Alabama stands as the "obvious choice" for the new plant to make the DBX crossover, ...
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Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods have formed a joint venture to construct a new pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa. The site work is expected to begin this summer and construction wil be completed by July 2017. The plant is ...
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Fonterra has completed construction on a new mozzarella production plant at its Clandeboye site in New Zealand, a move that doubles its cheese production capacity. Fonterra is looking to build on strength in foodservice segment and the ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has unveiled a new turbocharger manufacturing plant in the city of Franklin in Indiana, US. The move comes as the company anticipates increasing demand for turbochargers in the North American market in ...
Frozen pastry products maker Kawan Food will commission its new factory in Pulau Indah, Malaysia by the end of this year. The new plant houses two-storey frozen food factory and a three-storey office, which will allow the company to ...
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BASF inaugurated its new Ultramid (polyamide 6 and 6/6.6) polymerization plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year, will further strengthen BASF’s ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has confirmed plans to construct a new tire factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with an investment of up to $550m. The project is part of the company's strategy to serve demand for high-value-added (HVA) consumer ...
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The full financial year ending September 2014 saw TCL exceed the £10m sales barrier for the first time, capping off a record year with sales growth at over 10%. Sales figures have continued at this level for the first six months of ...
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Karl Mayer is organising an Open House at its Ahmedabad, India plant on April 24, where it will exclusively launch and showcase the DS 21/30 EC 2 in a package with the GDI swivel-frame creel. “Alongside, the German warp knitting ...
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