Article1 min read Jan 16, 2025November Manufacturing Technology Orders Climb, Setting Up Strong End to 2024Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $448.8 million in November 2024. These orders for metalworking machinery increased 16.8% from October 2024 and 12.4% from November 2023. Year-to-date orders reached $4.18 billion, a decline of 5.7% compared to the first 11 months of 2023.
Article1 min read Jan 9, 2025SVP Extends Acceptance Period for Nordic Paper Takeover OfferUS investment company Strategic Value Partners (SVP) has extended the acceptance period for its offer made to acquire Swedish paper manufacturer Nordic Paper. The US firm is giving shareholders until 8 January to decide whether they wish to accept the takeover offer. According to SVP, the deadline, which had already been postponed from 11 to 20 December, will not be extended again.
Article1 min read Jun 20, 2024WestRock Stockholders Approve Combination with Smurfit KappaWestRock Company announced that, based on the preliminary vote count, WestRock stockholders voted to approve the Transaction Agreement and other proposals related to the combination of Smurfit Kappa Group plc (“Smurfit Kappa”) and WestRock (the “Combination”) at WestRock’s Special Meeting of Stockholders.
Article1 min read Sep 28, 2023Editorial: The next phase of research in academia and industry, TAPPI Journal September 2023"21st century universities must be entrepreneurial," is the opening statement of a booklet titled, "INNOVATE," published by Texas Tech University&r
