Swedish automaker Volvo Cars expects to generate half of all sales annually from fully electric cars by 2025, with one third of all cars sold to be autonomous driving cars. The company said that half of its driverless cars will be ...
China has opened its markets to Irish beef exports, ending an 18-year ban that was imposed on Ireland following the outbreak of mad cow disease. The Asian country had banned beef imports from Ireland and other European Union countries and ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical has started operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, US. The unit will manufacture 1.5 million metric tons/3.3 billion lbs. a year at peak production. Last September, ...
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The Carrington Tea (Carrington Farms) has purchased tera'swhey, an organic whey protein based in Madison, Wisconsin for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2009 and made from grass fed dairy cows in Wisconsin, tera's is the first and most ...
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Fuisz Pharma has announced the issuance of a new patent, US 9,901,545 (the “’545 Patent”) concerning the manufacture of oral thin film pharmaceuticals. The ‘545 Patent is entitled: “Method and composition for ...
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
Groupe PSA has decided to produce its new vehicles at its plants in Sochaux and Mulhouse from 2020/2021. The production of the new vehicles, the details of which will be revealed at a later date for strategic reasons, will secure ...
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Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has reported revenue of €2.12bn for the third quarter of 2017, representing a growth of 4% compared to the same period last year. For the full year that ended 30 September 2017, the company reported revenue ...
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Tyson Foods has unveiled plans to construct a $320m poultry complex in eastern Kansas. A processing facility, hatchery and feed mill will be built near the city of Tonganoxie, in Leavenworth County, Production is anticipated to begin ...
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New figures have revealed that UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 66%. The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE ) UK said it was a 16-fold increase on 2006 levels ...
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German manufacturer Gerresheimer said it will launch a new integrated, passive syringe safety solution to the pharma and healthcare sectors. The company acquired an exclusive license for the syringe safety solution from West ...
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For the fifth consecutive year, EV Group of St Florian, Austria – a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for semiconductor, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology applications – has earned all ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has unveiled a development kit targeted at helping ...
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Frigoglass SAIC has announced unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2017 First Quarter 2017 Highlights Sustained growth momentum in Europe driven by increased sales to Coca-Cola bottlers and breweries Double digit ...
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For first-quarter 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $94.4m, rebounding further from $93.6m last quarter and up 21% on $78m a year ago. This is above ...
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