Five thousand food jobs in Scotland and Wales have been safeguarded after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approved the 2 Sisters Food Group’s acquisition of Vion UK’s poultry business. About 5,000 food manufacturing jobs ...
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Alexander City, AL, once the site of as many as 7,000 jobs in the textile industry, will see the last 200 manufacturing jobs disappear starting Jul. 29 at a facility there that had laid off 200 persons only in January. A distribution center ...
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Glass for Europe, the association of Europe’s manufacturers of building, automotive and solar-energy glass, welcomes the initiation by the European Commission of both an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy investigation concerning solar ...
Australia's $9 billion polymers industry will be boosted by a national cooperative research initiative. The launch featured a novel degradable plastic film that Greening Australia and the Birchip Cropping Group have shown can dramatically ...
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Today The Aspen Institute and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) released a new econometric forecast model showing that there is ample potential for U.S. manufacturing to undergo a resurgence that by 2025 ...
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A Merseyside factory that manufactures flavours for Walkers crisps is moving 150 British jobs to Hungary. Givaudan is moving its savoury flavour production to Hungary Global flavour supplier Givaudan is moving most of its current ...
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North American manufacturer of molded foam components and packaging solutions Sonoco Protective Solutions has announced plans to invest up to $10.5m to open a new manufacturing facility in Celaya, Guanajuato Mexico. The investment will ...
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In a story published Sunday, the Blytheville Courier News reported that Nucor Steel Arkansas sent a memo to members of the Arkansas senate and House of Representatives earlier this month detailing why the company believes the construction ...
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2 Sisters Food Group is getting its business ready to create up to 500 new jobs throughout 2013 as a result of winning significant new business, including a multimillion-pound contract to supply poultry to Sainsbury. 2 Sisters is ...
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Even as manufacturing enjoys a resurgence in the United States, companies are facing a critical talent shortfall. According to a recent survey, one of the best ways to address the talent gap is to improve perceptions of the industry as a ...
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Oracle is moving 130 manufacturing jobs from Mexico to Oregon, a company spokeswoman said. The move by Oracle reflects a growing trend by both tech and other companies to move a part of their manufacturing back to the U.S. Apple, for ...
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Nestlé has started recruiting for the 400 jobs created by the pound 110M expansion of its coffee manufacturing facility in Tutbury, Derbyshire. UK sales of Nescafé Dolce Gusto have increased by 40% The pound 110M expansion ...
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ASA Australia has released a private label brand of copy paper as part of its expanding Aspire range. ASA Australia general manager Siobhan Tagell told Stationery News that Aspire-branded copy paper, developed in conjunction with ...
2 Sisters Food Group has won a new supply contract that will create 100 jobs at its Nottinghamshire sandwich manufacturing facility, Solway Foods. 2 Sisters is creating 100 jobs in sandwich manufacturing Solway Foods makes fresh ...
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Monday’s opening keynote, “The Impact of Robotics on Economic Growth,” drew a 50/50 split of attendees for both ProMat and Automate, according to a show of hands requested by presenter Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of ...
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