Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), noted in August 2012 that the firm had changed its position in relation to investments in solar cell maker Motech, shifting from strategic purposes to ...
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Several Chinese MOCVD suppliers announced their first shipments to customers in Q4 2012, which broke the long term monopoly by western companies in the key equipment market. Ideal Energy and TOPEC are two companies located in Shanghai, ...
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Luxembourg-headquartered global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it will permanently close a number of additional assets in Liege, Belgium, threatening 1,300 jobs, due to a further weakening of the European economy and the ...
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The glass and materials industry of China is presently faced with various difficulties while developing, such as uncoordinated and unsustainable development, weak ability for scientific and technological innovation, unbalanced industrial ...
Cargill has secured a deal to acquire two animal feed mills from the bankrupt Pennfield Corporation in the US for US$9.8m. Cargill said today (18 January) that the deal for the mills, located in Mount Joy and Martinsburg in Pennsylvania, ...
Many denim producers in India, who have increased their production capacity in the past anticipating a rise in demand in future, are facing a problem of surplus capacity. “Currently, the denim industry is facing a situation of ...
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Entering in the penultimate year before the general elections in 2014 aspirations are soaring high about an imminent policy push by the government to kindle growth and demand in economy. Even the year is expected to end on a dour note ...
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BOBST is all set to introduce its new technologies for printing & converting plastic film and flexible materials. The company will introduce its new BOBST General Registron Hawkeye monitoring system that detects, counts and categorizes ...
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Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
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Chinese PV industry has become focus of the whole world and Chinese PV enterprises are struggling in the predicament now.Analysis from professionals of the industry show that,key factors that cause predicament of the industry are mainly ...
Dutch meat supplier Vion has announced it wants to quit the UK, a market it has said suffers from over-capacity and "extremely challenging" trading conditions. Vion said today (19 November) it is already in "detailed discussions with a ...
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Scottish farmer-owned co-operative ANM Group has announced plans to sell its Scotch Premier Meat and Yorkshire Premier Meat businesses following a strategic review of its operations. In a statement yesterday (19 July), the company said ...
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Vion Food UK has announced it could be forced to close its loss-making pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, putting nearly 1,700 jobs at risk. According to the company, the Hall's of Broxburn continued to record unsustainable ...
Vion Food UK is set to close its loss-making Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of 1,700 jobs. Vion Food, which rejected two offers for the site, stated that neither of the ...
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Potential buyers of Vion Food's pork processing plant in UK are being evaluated and talks are ongoing with the owners, according to Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney. The second meeting of the Hall's of Broxburn ...
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