Known as the "Kingdom of Hand Tools," Taiwan has long been the world's major supplier of general hand tools, and now some makers on the island are taking aim at the high-end market. With the help of industry and government-backed ...
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Toyo Ink Group of Japan will exhibit a complete range of metal packaging manufacturing technologies with a focus on food safety and compliance at Cannex & Fillex Asia Pacific 2018 in Guangzhou, China. The event is due to take place for ...
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US-based Alpha Packaging has acquired Graham Packaging’s blow molding facility located in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, in a bid to expand its operations in the European market. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquired ...
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Ricoh will launch a new material for its SLS RICOH AM S5500P 3D printer at formnext. The company is claimed to be first to develop polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) for SLS machine. PBT has high strength property and is a heat resistant ...
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US-based packaging automation firm QuickPouch has partnered with Finnish production automation solutions supplier Ginolis. The partnership will enable global in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD) manufacturers to easily integrate their ...
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Packaging and coatings solutions manufacturer Coveris has developed a new multi-layer film for British consumer co-operative, the Co-op. The Co-op recently announced that it plans to have 80% of its own-brand packaging recyclable by 2020. ...
Kohlberg & Company, a leading private equity firm specializing in middle-market investing, has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Pexco and successfully merged the business with PPC Industries, Inc. (“PPC”), a ...
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Private equity firm Kohlberg & Company has agreed to acquire Pexco, a North American specialty plastics manufacturer, from Odyssey Investment Partners. Upon completion of the deal closes, Pexco will merge with Kolhberg portfolio company ...
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On December 6, Foton 2017 Global Partners Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand. At the conference, it officially released the company’s global development strategies. Having been maintaining a fast growing momentum in Thailand, ...
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British multinational automotive firm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun construction of a new £1bn manufacturing plant in Nitra, Slovakia. The new plant, which will cover an area of 300,000m², is expected to be completed in ...
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The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling, based on the EOS technology, is GF Machining Solutions’ first 3D printing solution fully aligned with the mission of resolving manufacturers’ real-life application and business challenges ...
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Among the presenters at the Smart Industry Forum held earlier this month in Copenhagen, Packsize International CEO Hanko Kiessner shared his company’s progress in helping organizations transform their packaging supply chains to take ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has opened its first wholly-owned manufacturing plant outside its home market of the UK. The company inaugurated a £240m manufacturing facility and education business partnership centre in the state of Rio de ...
The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
Eulitha AG of Würenlingen, Switzerland (a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen that offers nano-lithographic equipment and services for photonics and optoelectronic applications) says that one of its PhableR 100 ...
Tags: Eulitha, Nanopatterning HB-LEDs