SHANGHAI, Johnson Controls is expanding its manufacturing operations in China by beginning production of advanced lead-acid batteries for Start-Stop vehicles to help automakers meet increasingly strict fuel economy and emission regulations. “We’re excited to announce the delivery of our first batch of locally-manufactured batteries to power Start-Stop vehicles for local and global automakers in China,” […]
BOSTON– In what may be the most perfect union of superpowers, Gillette and Stark Industries have joined together with one goal in mind: create one of the best razors in the world. In fact, Gillette has allowed Stark Industries to take over its R&D department at World Shaving Headquarters to deliver an epic shave using […]
London/Rotterdam – Unilever today announced a new supplier policy as part of the action to halt deforestation. As a result, more of Unilever packaging – including wooden ice cream sticks – will be sourced sustainably by the end of the year. Sustainable from labels to lolly sticks Unilever’s target is to ensure that all materials […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. , – International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced plans to invest $135 million to expand fluff pulp production at its Riegelwood N.C. Mill. The investment will convert the mill to 100 percent fluff and softwood pulp production, adding an incremental 400,000 tons of capacity, with ongoing flexibility to shift between the two products. […]
Chalfont St Giles, UK and Laupheim, Germany – 14 April 2015 – GE Healthcare Life Sciences a provider of tools, technologies and services to the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry and Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH, a leading contract manufacturing and development organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, announced today a joint celebration to mark the handover of GE Healthcare’s 1000th […]
Growth of eurozone manufacturing production accelerated to a ten-month high in March, underpinned by the fastest expansion of incoming new business since April of last year. With the performance of the sector strengthening further, companies raised employment at the quickest pace for over three-and-a-half years. At 52.2 in March, up from 51.0 in February, the […]
Dammam, Saudi Arabia; GE (NYSE: GE) announced US$100 million in new programs that will further the company’s localization efforts, build innovation capacity, and create jobs in advanced manufacturing and software analytics. This new investment adds to GE’s US$1 billion commitment over the past three years in the Kingdom, and aligns the company with the country’s […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., – At the SPIE* Advanced Lithography conference in San Jose, Calif., Applied Materials, Inc., today announced the industry’s first in-line 3D CD SEM* metrology tool for solving the challenges of measuring the high aspect ratio and complex features of 3D NAND and FinFET devices. The new Applied VeritySEM® 5i system offers state-of-the-art […]
BROOMFIELD, Colo., – Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) and Rexam PLC (LSE:REX) today announced the terms of a recommended offer by Ball to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rexam in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the offer, for each Rexam share, Rexam shareholders will receive 407p in cash and 0.04568 new […]
NEW YORK, March 5, 2015 – DuPont (NYSE: DD) announced that at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference held today in New York, DuPont Executive Vice President Matthew L. Trerotola discussed strategy, progress and plans to accelerate growth in the three Advanced Materials segments for DuPont. Strengthening and growing the company’s leading position […]