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Rooftop Solar Modules at Borealis Plant Use the Company's Quentys Encapsulant Film Techology

July 19, 2021

MONZA, Italy—Polyolefin manufacturer Borealis has announced that it is installing a solar photovoltaic rooftop array at its plant here to generate electricity for production purposes. Interestingly, the array's modules use Borealis' Quentys encapsulant film technology.

Volvo’s Assembly Plant in Sweden Earns Climate-Neutral Status

June 14, 2021

TORSLANDA, Sweden—Volvo’s assembly plant here has attained fully climate-neutral status.

Five Things: Adhesives and Dispensing

John Sprovieri

June 4, 2021

Bio-Based Hot-Melt Adhesive for Consumer Electronics Assembly, Vision System Inspects Width, Location of Primer on Automotive Glass...

GE's New Plant in England Will Build Giant Wind Turbine Blades

April 7, 2021

PARIS—GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Teesside, in northeastern England, for the production of 107-meter-long offshore wind turbine blades.

Johnson Controls Assembly Plant Powered by Wind Energy

March 9, 2021

WICHITA, KS—Johnson Controls’ assembly plant here now gets all of its electricity from wind energy. The 1.3 million square foot plant manufactures residential heating and air conditioning equipment for the YORK, Luxaire, Coleman and Champion brands.

Lean Gives Crown Equipment a Lift

Continuous improvement and a vertical manufacturing strategy enable Crown to compete in a crowded market.

John Sprovieri

January 4, 2021

If a pallet-load of stuff must be moved around a warehouse, factory or retailer somewhere in the world, chances are pretty good that the machine doing the heavy lifting was made by Crown Equipment Corp.

Five Things: Furniture Manufacturing

John Sprovieri

December 15, 2020

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. has installed 28,776 solar panels on the roof of its assembly plant in Leesport, PA. The panels will produce more than 9,630,600 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.