AkzoNobel intends to concentrate its Dutch-based management personnel in a new office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam from the end of 2015. The move will bring the majority of corporate and business management and ...
For first-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8.3m, down 18.6% on ...
Around 50 percent of garment production lost by Spain to other countries during the last two decades would come back to the country, Angel Asensio, president of the Spanish Apparel Federation (FEDECON) has said. Mr. Asensio said the ...
Tags: Offshore Production, Apparel
One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series of industry-sponsored amendments to the immigration bill. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
PerkinElmer has expanded its OneSource laboratory services to include strategic laboratory consulting services. OneSource strategic solutions will deliver PerkinElmer's informatics, instrumentation, service and process optimization, to ...
The state of Connecticut is considering a $3 million loan to help relocate Cannondale Sports Unlimited — the new name for what was formerly known as Dorel's Recreation/Leisure division. Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Tuesday that the ...
Tags: Dorel Division, bike
NORPAC Foods, Inc., a leading producer of fruit and vegetable products, has reached an agreement with Henningsen Cold Storage Co. to construct a 260,000-square-foot frozen food storage and distribution facility adjacent to NORPAC's Salem ...
Tags: Packaging, NORPAC Foods
The denim manufacturers of the US are planning to relocate production base to Mexico since the European Union has tripled the import tariffs on ‘Made in US’ women’s denim trousers. Last Month, European Commission ...
Tags: Denim Maker, Apparel
Around the world, companies are redefining the role of their headquarters, which includes turning corporate centers into key drivers of operations. Furthermore, they are increasingly assuming functions that go beyond representation, ...
The tripartite partners (Government, employers and workers) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) express their great sadness at the immense loss of life and serious injuries caused by the collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in ...
In another sign that America is becoming more competitive in manufacturing, the U.S. is now equal to Mexico in “attractiveness” as a source for manufacturing operations and is on track to achieve cost parity with manufactured ...
Birmingham, Erdington (free-press-release) April 26, 2013 - Pelmar Engineering has reportedly come up as an extensive resource for quality rubber machinery( http://www.pelmar.com/rubber-machines ) for tire and rubber industry. The company ...
Tags: Pelmar Engineering, Extensive Resource, Rubber Machineries
Methanex Corporation announced that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a second one million tonne per year methanol plant from its Chile site to Geismar, Louisiana. The plant is expected to be ...
Tags: Textile
Argex Titanium Inc. is pleased to announce the establishment of a fully comprehensive Research and Development Centre (“R&D Centre) at its recently announced facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Valleyfield), the planned site of its ...
Tags: Argex, Argex Titanium, Construction
With the ongoing trend for businesses to move operations, particularly manufacturing, off-shore, it makes for a refreshing change to see a company going against this trend and electing instead to bolster the number of workers at its ...
Tags: Service