US-based paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock plans to invest $410m at its kraft linerboard mill in Florence, South Carolina, US. The two-year investment plan will see installation of a 330” kraft linerboard machine and ...
Paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock has unveiled plans to construct a new corrugated box plant in Porto Feliz, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.The facility will meet increasing demand from the ...
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PET packaging company Petainer has established an independently operating business in Brazil in line with its expansion plans for the Latin American region. Through its one-way PET kegs innovation, dubbed petainerKeg, the company is ...
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Traceability systems provider Optel has opened new manufacturing plants in Campinas, Brazil. The company said its new site in Sao Paulo, particularly in Campinas, was opened due to the quality of the local infrastructure, which will help ...
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Gerresheimer is all set to showcase user-friendly ideas for packaging at this month’s FCE Pharma in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The three products include a tablet container having a compartment for information leaflets, an attractive aid ...
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Pharmaceutical packaging firm Mediseal is set to showcase its new P5000 high-speed cartoning machine at this year’s interpack and FCE Pharma events. FCE Pharma event will take place from 23to 25 May in Sao Paulo of Brazil, while ...
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Cargill has agreed to acquire Brazil-based SGS Microingredients for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its business in the industrial oils segment. The acquisition of SGS Microingredients is said to be in line with Cargill’s ...
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Global agriculture company Syngenta has completed expansion of its key projects in Brazil and Switzerland to increase its production capacity. It had invested a total of $240m in two Brazilian plants. One of them is the new Elatus ...
Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story ...
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Advantech Wireless Inc of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems) has launched a new generation of gallium nitride (GaN)-based solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) with a number of improvements to ...
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House & Gift Fair South America is a 4 day event being held from 6th August to the 9th August 2016 at the Expo Center Norte in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This event showcases products like festive articles, regional handicraft, sacred ...
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Maxion Wheels has opened a new light vehicle aluminum wheel plant in Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new plant, adjacent to the company's existing steel wheel plant, will add two million aluminum wheels per year in capacity and create an ...
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Renault will manufacture the new model of Kwid hatchback at its Ayrton Senna industrial complex in Curitiba, Brazil. Renault Technology Americas (RTA) and Renault Design Latin America (RDLA) have adopted the Brazilian Kwid. Some reports ...
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Toyota has inaugaurated a new $170m engine manufacturing facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is the company's first engine manufacturing plant in Latin America. The new plant, which employs about 320 people, was constructed on a plot of ...
Mercedes-Benz has started local vehicle production in Brazil with a new plant in Iracemápolis. The site was officially opened in the presence of guests from politics, industry and society. Mercedes-Benz has started production at ...
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