Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus (MFTBC) is planning to build a new service plant in Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. According to the company the new green maintenance plant will feature new environmentally friendly solutions like ...
Ford Motor Company has started a four-year research project in Frankfurt, Germany to improve car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication. The project named, Safe Intelligent Mobility - Testfield Germany, is intended at improving ...
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Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging has acquired Pharmapost, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical leaflets, from its parent company Cegedim. The transaction was finalized on the 30 April 2012 and the other terms related to ...
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German chemical company BASF has opened a new cathode materials production plant in Elyria, Ohio, US, that will manufacture nickel-metal-cobalt cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids. BASF ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) expert Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes is considering an application from Swiss firm Dow Wolff Cellulosics for approval to market a carbohydrate derivative, known as methylcellulose, as ...
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The government of Canada is planning to amend the maple products regulations to provide greater consumer confidence in the safety and purity of maple syrup and to boost export opportunities for Canadian maple producers. The proposed ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,17 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 28/11/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.29%),Nickel (0.90%),Benzene (0.40%),while the ...
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US based automotive company General Motors is planning to build its Cadillac ELR plug-in electric luxury coupe at Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in US, starting late 2013. The Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which also builds the ...
Behr America, a supplier of automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems, has appointed Uwe Gerber as the new vice president of operations. In his new role, Gerber, who had previously managed Behr's production facilities in ...
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Moni's Natural,a pasta sauce and salad dressing manufacturer,has announced that it has expanded its presence to an additional 121 H-E-B locations and all three San Antonio-area Costco stores in the US. The company noted that the expansion ...
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The Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive (BFDA), a joint venture between German automaker Daimler and its Chinese partner Beiqi Foton Motor, has rolled out its first Auman-brand truck at the Huairou plant in Beijing, China. Daimler Northeast ...
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FleetPride, a US-based supplier of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, has acquired the assets of Midwest Brake & Wheel and Gille Company. The deal marks the company's second entrance into the Indiana market that includes a new 40,000sqft ...
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British car manufacturer Bentley Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, is planning to debut its new Continental GT Speed coupe and the EXP 9 F luxury SUV concept at the upcoming 2012 Pebble Beach Concours D’elegance in California, US. ...
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Bridgestone Tatabanya Termelo, a subsidiary of Hungary, is planning to invest EUR267m to increase the production capacity of its passenger car radial tires (PSR). With the investment, production capacity at the Tatabánya Plant is ...
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Antimicrobial packaging can inhibit listeria in ready-to-eat meat products and also control spoilage, according to a new study conducted by researchers at University of Georgia, US. For the study, researchers inoculated cooked ham ...