Stora Enso has drawn a EUR 140 million seven-year loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to be used for research and development. The interest rate of the loan is 3.3%.
Klöckner Pentaplast is pleased to introduce the next generation of the company’s blister design service, Pentapharm BlisterPro. In conjunction with Klöckner Pentaplast’s Blister Technology Center, the capabilities of this innovative solution have been expanded to include new design and optimization services for the pharmaceutical packaging industry. Pentapharm BlisterPro allows package designers, technicians, and engineers to explore the effects of tool geometry, film types, and process conditions as well as predict the protective barrier properties of the final package without running expensive and time consuming line trials.
Sales rise to 1,9 billion
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) held an inauguration ceremony on 17 September to mark the official opening of its new Asia Pacific Technology Center (ATC) in Shanghai’s Minhang Economic & Technological Development Zone.
Meech International today announces it has expanded and reorganised its premises in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK following a steady and consistent increase in sales over the past few years. The company has leased an additional building located very close to its head office. This 4000 sq. feet property will be employed primarily as the main production facility for the Meech Web Cleaners, IonRinse and JetStream product ranges. Additionally space in the new building will be allocated to general research and development of all Meech products, including the Static Control, and MAT ranges.
Clariant’s Business Unit Pigments expands activities in China
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced that its Opitciwan joint-venture sawmill located in Quebec has been awarded the Aboriginal Forest Products Business Leadership Award by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB).
