Japan-based packaging manufacturer Takigawa has broken ground on its $46m flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the US. The new 148,000ft² facility, which is expected to create 180 jobs, ...
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ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Anjou Etiquettes has invested in digital printing by selecting the Xeikon CX3, the five-colour digital label press. The move will allow Anjou Etiquettes to better position itself in the market for high quality short label printing runs ...
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International technology firm Andritz has been awarded a contract to upgrade stock preparation line of PM1 machine at Mariysky Pulp and Paper Mill, in Volzhsk, Russia. Under the contract, Andritz will upgrade the existing stock ...
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Sun-Tox, a Japanese producer of plastic films, has installed a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production line manufactured by German engineering giant Brückner. The Japanese firm is a member of Tokuyama Group, a ...
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Valmet will supply a Valmet Brown Stock quality analyzer (Valmet Kappa Q1) for CMPC Celulosa in Santa Fe, Chile for its fiber line 1 producing ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) bleached eucalyptus pulp. To be installed in the blow line of the ...
Valmet has secured an order to deliver a complete tissue production line to Spain-based ICT Iberica. The new Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line will be installed at the company's mill in Burgo. It is expected to start operations in the third ...
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Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its new ELITE enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, US. Part of the firm’s $6bn expansion on the US Gulf Coast, the 400,000 metric ton polyethylene facility is ...
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Dow Chemical has completed construction phase of ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, ahead of schedule. The firm is now progressing through the commissioning phase for the ethylene facility scheduled by mid-year. Dow ...
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After a comprehensive rebuild supplied by Toscotec, the rebuilt PM10 at Lucart Laval sur Vologne mill in France has been started. The rebuild will boost the machine speed from the current 1300 mpm to 1600 mpm for the production of ...
Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100-kilometres off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Located in waters up to 500-metres deep, Malikai is Shell’s second deep-water ...
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Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has launched an affordable and compact thickness measurement system for strip, plate and film targets. The fully assembled system is immediately ready for use ‘out of the box’ and ...
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Alpiq and Groupe E, together with their partners, are merging their charging networks for electric cars. This will offer customers access to more than 300 charging stations in Switzerland. The joint network, which will continue to be ...
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Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki is planning to establish three new manufacturing units in a bid to boost its flexible packaging business. One of the three facilities is planned to be built in Cairo, Egypt while the other two units in ...
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Italy-based Azienda Commerciale Meridionale (ACM) has once agian invested in an automated commercial web press from Koenig & Bauer KBA-Digital & Web is taking the responsibility for the relocation, installation and commissioning of an ...
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