Jaguar Land Rover has opened its first wholly-owned manufacturing plant outside its home market of the UK. The company inaugurated a £240m manufacturing facility and education business partnership centre in the state of Rio de ...
Luxury bedmaker Savoir Beds has announced the debut of its first company-owned US showroom in New York City’s Upper East Side. The historic brand’s second Manhattan outpost has opened its doors on E 59th Street in the heart of ...
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The Bluetooth SIG has officially unveiled the next big update to the Bluetooth connection standard, Bluetooth 5. We knew that this Bluetooth 5 announcement was coming last week, when Bluetooth SIG CEO Mark Powell tipped us all off. The ...
As a bellwether for the U.S. jewelry market and global diamond industry, this year's Las Vegas shows met the trade's conservative expectations. While foot traffic and diamond trading were slightly slower than previous years, jewelry sales ...
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American motor vehicle manufacturing firm Local Motors has unveiled Olli, a self-driving vehicle which incorporates IBM Watson advanced cognitive computing capabilities. The vehicle, which can carry about 12 people, was debuted during the ...
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The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...
The new 2017 Ford Escape provides 25% increase in front row storage and 15% increase in overall storage compared with existing model. Escape, the No. 2-selling Ford brand nameplate behind only F-Series, arrived in showrooms this month ...
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UK-based packaging manufacturer Parkside Flexibles has introduced Parkside spiral wrap, a new flexible sandwich wrap packaging solution. The new packaging has been designed to allow consumers to peel away the packaging in a spiral motion, ...
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The diamond industry is waking up to a new reality. Not only are the banks insisting on stricter compliance standards and pipeline integrity, but the largest mining companies and jewelry retailers are rapidly following suit. This is forcing ...
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The French Cheese Board (FCB), the umbrella organization for the French dairy products, is opening the first concept store for cheese in the US. At the intersection of food, design and culture, this first-of-its-kind venture opened its ...
Nissan Motor's Joint Research Center for Intelligent Mobility and Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) announced a collaboration in Beijing. The collaboration will work on research and development of electric vehicle ...
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Toray Advanced Film, a sister company of Toray Plastics (America), has developed a new high-barrier, transparent, aluminum oxide-coated polyester film for retort pouches. The Barrialox SBR2 film has been designed to offer enhanced thermal ...
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Vietnamese dairy firm Vinamilk has decided to eliminate its 49% foreign ownership limit to facilitate overseas investment into the company which is valued at $7.85bn. The company has not set a timeframe on when the current limit would be ...
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Vienna-based brewery and restaurant Caboose Brewing Company will take over Mosaic's Strawberry Park from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate its first anniversary. The company is also planning to open its second location in the neighborhood. ...
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Following Fonterra’s recent announcement that it plans to introduce a market-linked organic milk price for its organic milk farmers, the Co-operative has forecast an opening market-linked organic milk price of $9.20 per kg milk solids ...