Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee’s unanimous voice vote in support of the nomination of Michael Froman to serve as ...
Tags: NCTO, Ustr Nominee
Japan-based automotive parts manufacturer NSK's two subsidiaries, NSK and NSK Precision America are planning to invest about $30.2m to expand manufacturing operations in Franklin, Indiana in the US. The manufacturer is expected to equip ...
Tags: automotive, Auto
SolarAid has been selected to receive a £400,000 Global Impact Award from Google’s Global Impact Challenge. The charity says the Award, which is decided by a panel of judges including Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Richard ...
Tags: Global Impact Award, Lighting
Growth in the UK’s manufacturing sector hit a 14-month high in May but dairy purchasing costs increased, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). The Purchasing Managers Index hit a 14-month high in ...
Tags: PMI index, Manufacturing growth, Dairy
Upholstery manufacturer United Furniture, is expanding operations at its facility here, according to a press release from local government officials. The expansion will create at least 100 new jobs and represents an investment of ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Jacobs Automation has announced an investment of $1.7m to expand its Kentucky, production facility, which includes a new, 13,200ft2 facility on Airport Exchange Boulevard in Erlanger. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority ...
Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief ...
Tags: Apple, Macs, Computer Products
Engineered Floors LLC, Dalton, Ga. — a manufacturer of carpet primarily for multi-family housing, and producer of PureColor? with Soilshield?, a solution-dyed stain- and fade-resistant polyester fiber for residential replacement and ...
Tags: Textile
The Campus Biotech Consortium has purchased Merck KGaA (MRK)'s Geneva headquarters to create a biotechnology campus. Details of the transaction have not been revealed, however, it is expected that the 725,000ft2 property would be handed ...
Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the U.S. and other countries, according to a new ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products
Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
Tags: Housing, Economy, Construction&Decoration, mortgage interest
The Board of Directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has elected Michael T. Rehwinkel, President and CEO of EVRAZ North America, to serve as Chairman of the Institute until May of 2014. "Mike is a strong and articulate ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Andrew Tepperman WINDSOR, Ontario — Tepperman's Furniture has been named the Large Business of the Year by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. The criteria for the award include revenue and profit growth, a track ...
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On Tues., May 15, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State for Science and Technology, addressed attendees of PackEx 2013, Canada's packaging and processing industry trade show produced by UBM Canon. Goodyear delivered ...
Tags: packaging, Packaging Jobs
Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military's dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Supply Chain