Amcor Tobacco Packaging is all set to shut down its US manufacturing facility in Danville and is expected to lay off about 35 employees. Including the Danville location, Amcor operates four manufacturing plants in the US along with ...
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US retailer Meijer is to invest US$160m in new and existing stores this year, creating 1,500 jobs. The Michigan-based company will construct six new Meijer supercentres in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and remodel an additional five ...
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics, commonly known as Philips) (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is a Dutch multinational electronics company headquartered in Amsterdam. It was founded in Eindhoven in 1891 by Gerard ...
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Meet Modern’s team of editors covering ProMat 2013. Bob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, Modern’s executive editor, has covered materials handling, technology and supply chain topics for Modern Materials Handling since 1984. A ...
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DANVILLE—After some new carpeting,completed glass partitions and now exterior window improvements,city hall has been seeing a mini-makeover. City employees have been working on the west side windows on the building at 17 W.Main St. ...
DANVILLE, Va. -- Chinese contract furniture manufacturer GOK International is investing $12.5 million to establish offices and an assembly operation in southern Virginia, according to the company and local development officials. Area ...
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As part of its Home$ave energy efficiency program, Danville Utilities has partnered with the Danville Lowe's Home Improvement center to reduce the cost of compact fluorescent light bulbs. The bulbs that are eligible under the program ...
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The Northeast Kingdom is the remotest part of Vermont, but it's also deeply intertwined in the global economy. Nowhere is this more evident than in the forest products industry. Many sawmills are dark and the paper companies have left. ...
Tags: market view, Forest