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Wodonga packaging company open for business

Manufacturer's Monthly

Paper and packaging company Opal has opened the doors to its new manufacturing facility in Wodonga, backing hundreds of jobs with support from the Victorian Government. The new manufacturing facility was designed with sustainability at its centre – it is powered using solar and rainwater harvesting. billion in exports.

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Packer Fastener Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary

Fastener News Desk

The family of companies now also includes Packer Freight – a freight brokerage and logistics company; and Albolt Manufacturing – a manufacturer of specialty fasteners. 2019 The Packer Fastener family expands with the addition of its sister company, Packer Freight—a freight brokerage and logistics company.

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UK commercial vehicle output continues growth with best July for six years

SMMT

UK manufacturing is up 46.9% in July, with 8,097 units of the latest vans, buses, trucks, coaches and taxis rolling off British factory lines, according to the figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Pre-pandemic five-year average CV production (2015-19): 50,782 units. Notes to editors.

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Prices rise for polyethylene, PET

Plastics News

It's the first major PE manufacturing complex in the Northeastern U.S. By comparison, the export market share of North American PE sales averaged only 24 percent from 2015-18. In November, Shell Chemical announced the start of production at their massive 3.5 billion pound capacity PE unit in Monaca, Pa., near Pittsburgh.

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Swedish steel mill turns to hydrogen for full-scale production

E&T

Ovako said the solution could also clear the way for large-scale and cost-effective production of hydrogen for applications such as fossil-free freight using fuel-cell trucks. With installations at multiple locations, this could enable a network with locally produced fossil-free hydrogen available for the transport sector.

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Manufacturers using digital transformation to future-proof operations

Control Engineering

Manufacturing insights Future-proofing manufacturing uses digitization and digitalization and eventually digital transformation to help companies make better and more informed decisions. Leading manufacturers are making the digital transition with help from trusted partners. We started with just the line operator’s body.

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Tentative US West Coast Port Contract Deal Reached, Union and Employers Say

Fastener News Desk

A container ship is docked at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California in this aerial photo taken February 6, 2015. Manufacturers, automakers and food producers who import or export goods also rely on the Pacific Coast ports. Manufacturing PMI® at 46.9%; May 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®