Materials
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Exel Composites has opened dedicated LCA60T composite tube production lines. The Joensuu operation is moving into process validation before manufacturing around 80 kilometres of carbon fibre tubing for the first airship frame.
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Trasteel has taken operational control of La Magona in Piombino. The Swiss group plans to restore output progressively beyond 500,000 tonnes annually while retaining around 500 workers at the historic Italian steelworks.
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Magnera has commissioned a new blown film line in Germany. The Dombühl investment adds five layer production capability for lightweight and elastic films used in personal care and healthcare applications.
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METLEN has signed another long term commercial gallium supply agreement. The unnamed Japanese chemicals group could take up to 16% of output from a new 50 tonne Greek production facility.
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TheraDep has opened its new coatings manufacturing centre in Youghal. The Irish facility combines research, process development, cleanroom production and quality operations as BioDep moves towards larger scale commercial manufacturing.
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Packaging Corporation of America will close its Middletown corrugated plant. The Ohio operation’s 91 employees are affected as production moves towards larger facilities, including the company’s newer Newark site.
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Bezant has started commercial production at Hope and Gorob, Namibia. The copper and gold operation is targeting at least 9,000 tonnes of October throughput before ramping towards nameplate capacity.
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Amcor has developed a bespoke flip-top closure for Choví sauces. The polypropylene design combines a silicone valve, bi-injection construction and curved profile, with manufacturing carried out in Spain.
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Barnet Europe has completed its new consolidated headquarters in Eschweiler. The 23,000 sq m facility brings production, recycling, warehousing and European administration together after activities were previously divided between sites.
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Pressure is mounting over the future of Motherwell’s Dalzell steelworks. Unions and industry leaders want its plate capability linked with publicly controlled steel assets, while ministers remain wary of another intervention.
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