Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
Japanese automaker Nissan has abandoned the deal to sell its EV battery manufacturing unit to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital. The deal, valued at nearly $1bn, was cancelled by Nissan stating that the Chinese firm lacked the ...
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BMW may be planning to launch an all-electric sedan later this year, purportedly in a bid to take on Tesla. Unlike some other luxury car manufacturers, BMW was fairly early to the electric vehicle game. It seems the company now wants to ...
2 Sisters Food Group is closing its Smethwick poultry plant in the West Midlands, UK, which will result in the loss of several jobs. The 2 Sisters Food Group, which is owned by food tycoon Ranjit Boparan, revealed that the poultry factory ...
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The dust has only just settled on Samsung’s excellent Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, but the rumour mill has already started whirring concerning its successor. Korean publication The Bell reports that work is already underway on what could ...
Rumours that Apple’s iPhone 8 might by delayed until next year have been challenged by a new report from China. It’s long been rumoured that Apple is going big this year; the 10th anniversary iPhone is tipped to pack all kinds ...
Sappi is unveiling a paper-based packaging solution, developed in partnership with Felix Schoeller, at Interpack 2017. In January this year, Sappi Europe and Felix Schoeller signed a a collaboration agreement to jointly develop ...
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A research firm Smithers Pira has revealed that digital printing will continue to take market share from offset presses. The company said digital printing will have a market share of about 16.2% of the global print market and 2.9% of the ...
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Belgium firm VPK Packaging Group and German firm Klingele have unveiled plans to further invest in Scandinavian packaging firm, Peterson. Based on existing European collaboration, the firms have decided to invest in Peterson to expand the ...
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A new report claims that Uber operated a top-secret software programme known as 'Hell' that spied on and undermined its main rival, Lyft. That's according to an published by The Information, which alleges that the ride-hailing giant ...
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Online shopping could soon get an augmented reality twist, as a new report suggests Amazon is working on a way to drag and drop virtual furniture into a simulated version of our homes. That’s the latest word from an anonymous source ...
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British-Dutch multinational company Unilever is reportedly planning to divest certain food brands from its consumer goods portfolio for £6bn. Flora margarine spread and Stork butter brands are among the brands that are likely to be ...
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Morrisons is starting a search for the best local food producers who can help to feed the nation, as a new report calls for the UK to be more self-sufficient in food production and new consumer research shows an increasing appetite from ...
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The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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All Printing Resources (APR) has purchased and installed Bobst M5 digital flexo press at its Glendale Heights, Illinois technical center in the US. Featuring easy drop-in Bobst Ready technology, the eight-color BOBST ‘unlimited ...
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