Solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced it will be merge with fellow maker Topcell Solar International by swapping one Motech share for six Topcell's, with Motech to be the surviving company after the merger takes effect on July 1, ...
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Australia-based compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products provider Cardia Bioplastics has expanded the manufacturing operations of its six new film extrusion and bag making lines in its new purpose built factory in ...
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Jaguar Land Rover commenced construction of its manufacturing facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jaguar Land Rover has become the first British automotive company to invest in a manufacturing factory in Brazil. At first a new 60,000m2 ...
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Neo Solar Power on December 1 announced that it has obtained orders for 400MWp of solar cells from Canadian Solar, a Canada-based PV module and PV system maker, for delivery in 2015. Neo Solar became a solar cell supplier for Canadian ...
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Finland-based paper and packaging company Powerflute has acquired core and coreboard manufacturer Corenso for €102.3m. Powerflute had previously announced that it would invest around €81m in the acquisition. However, the ...
Sidel, provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has launched an online PET savings calculator which is aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles worldwide. The calculator will allow manufacturers to calculate ...
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China-based Xery 3D Printing Science & Technology (Anhui), which was founded in 2013, has an annual production capacity of 50,000 FDM (fused deposition modeling) home-use 3D printers, 20,000 FDM business-use units, 5,000 SLS (selective ...
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Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) plans to expand its annual production capacity for monocrystalline silicon solar cells by 350MWp from 500MWp currently to 850MWp in 2015 and is likely to set ...
One of the biggest global PTA producers, BP said it plans to invest over $200 million to upgrade its PTA plants at Cooper River, South Carolina and Geel, Belgium. “Once completed, the investments will position these assets amongst ...
Volvo has announced that it is expanding production at its new facility in Daqing, China where it will produce SPA Volvo sedan. The facility is expected to produce cars based on Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), and the facility ...
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Volvo has commenced production of XC60 crossover at its Chengdu facility in China, expanding its production capacity in the country. The expansion of production line at the Chengdu facility has created 500 new manufacturing jobs at the ...
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The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
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Mazda has commenced production of Mazda2 at Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), a new plant in Mexico. MMVO has also commenced operations at the newly constructed MMVO's engine machining plant which adopts the production ...
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South Korean steelmaker POSCO has announced that it has broken ground for its continuous galvanizing line (CGL) to produce quality galvanized steel sheet for automotive applications in Rayong Province, Thailand. The new line with an annual ...
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