On December 17, Zhenjiang Province-based Chinese stainless steel pipe and tube producer Zhejiang JIULI Hi-tech Metals Co. (JIULI Hi-tech Metals, formerly known as Jiuli Stainless Steel Pipe Co.), a listed subsidiary of Zhejiang JIULI Group ...
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Siemens and Accenture have agreed to form a joint venture in the Smart Grid field. Named Omnetric Group, it will develop solutions and services that allow utilities to improve efficiency and achieve greater supply security. The company will ...
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Schneider National Inc. said it is launching a new company owned and managed fleet of intermodal freight chassis. The fleet will help solve the problem of the lack of access to quality chassis when and where shippers need them, Schneider ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
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US-based life sciences venture capital firm Versant Ventures is expanding its operations into Canada in order to invest in early-stage drug discovery programs. The company has established an office in Vancouver this year and created a new ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ended 27 October 2013), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported a fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, to a record $290.7m. This is ...
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Robb & Stucky International opened its third upscale Florida showroom here Monday. At 68,000 square feet, the store on South Tamiami Trail is now its largest. It's also a former location of Bacon's Furniture, and before that, home of the ...
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The Canadian timber group Canfor has set up a joint venture company together with the Chinese company Tangshan Caofeidian Wood Industry. According to a press report issued by Canfor on 26 November, each company is to hold 50% of shares in ...
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Agalimmune, a biopharmaceutical company, has been created to develop innovative immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer, with a focus on solid tumours. The new company has been founded by an investment group comprising Loxbridge ...
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Titan International Inc.'s management goals for 2014 include the possibility of four acquisitions, according to Chairman and CEO Maurice Taylor. "In the past few years, Titan International has gone from a North American farm wheel and ...
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Bill Cubberley is showing product geared for the U.S. market at Nathan Furniture USA. John Wampler stands in the High Point Market showroom of his newly launched JGW Furniture. HIGH POINT — Industry veterans don't fade away. ...
Surprising, individualistic and forward-looking: The forthcoming Heimtextil exhibition (8 to 11 January 2014) is set to feature refreshingly inspiring and innovative textile developments, presented by young companies. This international ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish MHI Compressor Manufacturing, LLC in Pearland, Texas (part of greater metropolitan Houston), by the end of ...
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Armajaro Holdings, a UK-based conglomerate, is set to sell its soft commodities trading unit to Swiss firm Ecom Agroindustrial, for an undisclosed amount. Both companies, which are engaged in coffee, sugar and cocoa commodities, have not ...
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Honda Motor China Investment (HMCI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honda Motors, has established a new wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Honda Motor China Technology Co, This move is expected to further strengthen automobile development, ...