Building new rail freight capacity for Port Botany will cost $7 billion. This cost can be avoided by building a rail freight bypass of Sydney, between Newcastle port and Glenfield. Railing containers will enable a rail freight bypass line ...
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Nordstrom, Inc. reported net sales reached $3.6 billion in the fiscal second quarter ended August 1, up 9.2 percent compared with a year earlier, thanks to acquisitions, the addition of 33 new retail locations and a 4.9 percent increase in ...
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Germany-based plastic extrusion lines, machines and components supplier Reifenhauser Group will acquire spinneret manufacturer Enka Tecnica. Employing 130 people, Enka specialises in manufacturing spinnerets for nonwovens, wet and dry ...
Xenics NV of Leuven, Belgium - a manufacturer of infrared detectors, cameras and customized imaging solutions covering the spectrum from long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) to the visible (0.4-14μm) – says that it is broadening its ...
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A manufacturing-related reorganization is hoped to boost efficiency for the orthopedic and surgical device firm. Surgical instrument and orthopedic implant maker Symmetry Medical (Warsaw, IN) has announced plans to boost its manufacturing ...
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The Town Head Farm based Dales Dairies is planning to start a dairy processing, packaging and distribution operation in Keighley, England. The company has published early-stage proposals for this project and is expected to relocate part ...
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HanesBrands, a marketer of innerwear and basic apparel said it will expand production at its Clarksville sheer hosiery facility and reduce offshore sourcing. HanesBrands which markets brands like Hanes, L’eggs, Just My Size and ...
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Medtronic as of Monday expected to complete its $48 billion merger with Covidien—after clearing its final hurdle with the Irish High Court's sanctioning of the deal. Bloomberg dubbed the merger the biggest inversion ever, while ...
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has officially voted to uphold the findings that China and Taiwan PV manufacturers have been dumping their products. The tariffs against PV imports will follow the Depart of Commerce's (DOC) ...
Belgian brewing major Anheuser-Busch is planning to cease operations at its bottling line in Newark, New Jersey, the US. This comes in line with the company's strategy to optimize capabilities of its brewery system to meet consumer and ...
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Toyota has broken ground at its new North American headquarters to be built at the intersection of Headquarters Drive and Palomino Crossing in Plano, Texas. Toyota Motor North America CEO Jim Lentz said that the company aims to build an ...
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Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. The regional office will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as of March 1st 2015. Asia is vital to Arla's ambitions ...
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Agribusiness company Cargill is planning to relocate its meat slicing and packaging operations from its plant in Springfield, Missouri, to its facilities at Nebraska City, Nebraska, and Waco, Texas. The move comes after a thorough ...
DuPont is consolidating its corporate headquarters at the company’s Chestnut Run Plaza campus in New Castle County, Delaware effective July 1, 2015, following a review of separation of assets and real estate associated with the ...
Richard Phillips Marine, Inc., a contractor specializing in marine construction, and Clackamas County Water Environmental Services in Oregon reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve violations of the ...
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