Global packaging manufacturer Ardagh Group has agreed to acquire metal beverage can manufacturing assets in Europe, Brazil and the US from fellow manufacturing giants Ball Corporation and Rexam for $3.42bn (£2.36bn).
International automotive technology supplier and tire manufacturer, Continental, has this month announced the development of a steering wheel gesture control system that can replace standard buttons.
Liberty House has announced it will reopen its seventh British steelworks in as many months in June 2016, as it steps up its drive to transform the UK steel industry.
Businesses in the automotive supply chain that need to invest in bespoke tools to complete contracts are to get specialist support, thanks to the launch of a new Tooling Finance product by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
The UK economy is expected to continue to grow – but at a slower rate – through 2016 and 2017, and there are signs that global economic risks are starting to weigh on investment plans, according to the latest CBI economic forecast.
Leading Wolverhampton supplier of rubber products, MacLellan Rubber is promising to help the food and drink industry fight back against cheap non-compliant imports after signing an exclusive 'distribution agreement'.
UK productivity is far behind our European neighbours. Andrew Steele, managing director of FORCAM UK, explains how to combat low efficiency by embracing new technologies.
