British Steel has won its largest ever order for rail sleepers with a major export deal for West Africa. British Steel’s Export Sales Manager, Rail, Jérôme Bonef said: “This is fantastic news for our business, particularly given the high-level of competition we faced to secure this contract. Our steel sleepers provide...
For the Wittmann Group, the 2022 financial year was characterized on the one hand by high order intake, which was well above average, especially in the first half of the year. On the other hand, the tense situation with regard to the supply of purchased parts, in particular electronic components, meant that it was not...
Sandoz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a new biologics production plant in Lendava, Slovenia. The investment is expected to be at least $400 million, supporting the company’s ambition to drive the future growth of its global biosimilars portfolio. This represents one of the largest-ever...
Chinaplas is the most important trade fair in Asia for Arburg. From 17 to 20 April 2023, two important, pioneering innovations will be presented in Shenzhen: the Flexlift, a robotic system specially designed for the Asian market, and the new hybrid Allrounder 470 H, which Arburg is launching to mark the anniversary of...
Japanese exploration and production company Inpex Corporation will use Hipact, a regenerative high-pressure CO2 capture technology jointly developed by BASF and its engineering partner JGC Corporation, as part of the "Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia" project. This is the first pilot project for the production of...
The semiconductor market is subject to enormous volatility. Due to the pandemic, the demand for semiconductors increased massively in 2021 as a reaction to the home office trend and the resulting purchases of laptops and smartphones. Even though this run has already slowed down a bit, the semiconductor market is still...
In the mechanical recycling of plastics, not all material streams can be captured. For example, multilayer films from food packaging cannot be separated and reused in this way. In 2019, the collection of lightweight packaging from the Dual System recycled only 0.5 million tons out of a total volume of 1.2 tons. It is...
Krones can reflect on a successful business year 2022. The machinery and plant manufacturer for beverage production was able to significantly improve its key financial figures compared to the previous year and achieved or exceeded the targets it had set itself. According to preliminary figures, sales in 2022 increased...
Gerresheimer achieved double-digit growth in sales and operating result in the financial year 2022. Sales increased organically by 16.2 percent to more than €1.8 billion, driven by all divisions. Operating profit grew organically by 10.2 percent to 338.4 million euros. Adjusted net profit for fiscal 2022 amounted to €...
Krones has scored yet again in terms of design excellence - presenting not just one but two innovations: Both the Contiform stretch blow-moulding machine and the Mobile Production Robotics system won the German Design Award in the Excellent Product Design Industry category. The German Design Award is one of the most...
