UPM-Kymmene has launched a SC paper custom-developed for coldset web offset printing. UPM Impresse plus C is claimed to offer a smooth, glossier finish and magazine-quality which is ideally suited for CSWO printing. The company says ...
Tags: CSWO printing, Plywood
US chip giant Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli driverless technology company Mobileye in a deal worth about $15.3bn. Intel has agreed to pay about $63.54 per share under the deal, which is expected to close by the end of this year. ...
With landfill space at a premium throughout the world, a Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plant in Mexico is making an environmental difference every day by recycling nearly 100 percent of its industrial scrap and waste. ...
Legislation that would update state vehicle and traffic laws for e-bikes remains alive in California, but has floundered in New York, where advocates are now focused on broadening support ahead of another push next year, according to ...
3M Innovative Properties and 3M Korea have filed a case against LMS in the Seoul Central District Court, accusing the latter of infringing the patents for stacked prism film products. 3M has complained that LMS light management film ...
Tags: Patent Infringement, 3M
In a major setback to efforts to ban plastic bags, Arizona lawmakers have made it illegal for cities to impose bag bans through a recent legislation. Arizona Retailers Association and the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, which ...
Tags: Arizona, Plastic Bags, Packaging
Acording to a recent survey by the Federation of Korean Industries, 17 out of 29 major business groups in Korea picked restructuring as the center of their business strategy for this year. In contrast, only eight and two chose R&D ...
Tags: Conglomerates, Electronics
3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
Tags: income margins, shareholders, Construction
Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group (FFG) announced that his company will enter into alliance with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) to develop and manufacture composite materials for aircrafts. FFG, Taiwan's ...
Tags: manufacture composite materials, aircrafts, Manufacturing
Michelman has introduced what it calls "an improved organizational structure" consisting of three Strategic Business Groups. "The new structure will help Michelman better anticipate and serve its customers’ needs by driving ...
Tags: engineered wood, digital printing, flexible packaging, Construction
Global speciality ice cream restaurants company Baskin-Robbins has announced plans to expand its Australian store network by over 25 per cent in the coming year, and has appointed a new Marketing Manager. Baskin-Robbins has appointed ...
Tags: Baskin-Robbins, Marketing Manager
Six of the stadia for the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 will be assessed under the BREEAM standard. A key sustainable feature of the new stadia will be highly energy efficient lighting designed to achieve international best ...
In the 165th year of its history, Freudenberg, the internationally active family company, was more successful than ever before. In the 2013 financial year, the technology group reported record sales for the fourth year in succession, on the ...
Tags: Nonwovens, Freudenberg
Foster Wheeler AG announced that its board of directors has recommended the payment of a cash dividend of $0.40 per registered share, subject to approval by the company's shareholders at the company's annual general meeting, to be held on ...
Tags: Foster Wheeler
Today's headlines include detailed coverage of the Obama administration's announcement that it will delay a health law requirement that mid-sized employers provide health insurance to workers while also allowing larger employers more ...
Tags: Medicaid Managed Care, Health Law, Obamacare, Anti-ACA Sentiment