The six-year-old Mazda 2 has defied its age to claim Australia’s light car class crown in 2013. Rather than being a big winner last year, the Mazda 2’s segment win was a matter of being the smaller of two losers. Sales of the ...
Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Chemicals (TCL), India, is moving ahead with the proposed restructuring of its soda ash and sodium bicarbonate plants in Northwich, Cheshire in the UK. TCE, which is ...
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As the timer runs down on another year in the appliance game, we look back on the biggest appliance stories of 2013. The team here at Appliance Retailer greatly appreciates the continued readership and loyalty of our valued subscribers ...
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Coats plc, the world’s leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, has appointed Ruth Anderson as Non-Executive Director, effective 2 January 2014. Ruth is currently Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
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Amtech Systems, Inc. a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ...
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How long can LED lasts? As product prices are reduced, are LEDs lifespan also becoming much shorter? Some in the LED industry have boldly stated: "A person only needs a single LED lamp through their entire life. But in this fast paced ...
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Atlatsa Resources Corporation (Atlatsa) (TSXV: ATL; NYSE MKT: ATL; JSE:ATL) is pleased to announce that the South African Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has executed amended mining rights in favour of its subsidiary, Bokoni Platinum ...
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Omega Protein, a US-based omega-3 fish oil, fishmeal and organic fish solubles producer, has unveiled plans to restructure its Gulf of Mexico operations, to increase efficiencies. As part of the plan, the company is set to close its ...
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China's latest figures on industrial activities indicated that the world's second largest economy faced worsening overcapacity despite a slew of measures and repeated warnings from the leadership. Analysts said overcapacity was posing a ...
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Bedding producer Dormeo Octaspring has restructured its North American operations by creating a separate business unit and naming Jon Stowe as CEO of the new unit. Jon Stowe Stowe, who joined the company last year as chief operating ...
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Britvic was hit by 9.6M in costs through its abortive merger with AG Barr, but has shrugged this off with strong annual results and is targeting greater efficiencies and cost savings. Britvic's Fruit Shoot has recovered its market share ...
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In another sign of the government's resolve to tackle the problem of excess industrial capacity, the Ministry of Land and Resources will reject applications for land acquisition by companies in sectors with low capacity utilization ratios. ...
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Zurich Insurance, a Switzerland-based multi-line insurance provider, is set to restructure its personal lines motor and property claims teams in the UK, a move which will lead to 121 job losses. The development is the latest step in the ...
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Panasonic Corp. announced as an effort to restructure its business it will no longer be manufacturing plasma display panels (PDP) by Dec. 2013. Business operations in three Amagasaki factories will be eventually terminated. Amagasaki P3 ...
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