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Volvo Cars, Geely to Invest Eur640m to Develop Polestar Electric Car

Oct 19, 2017

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely Holdings will be investing €640m in their new electric vehicle brand Polestar. The investment will be used to establish a manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China which is ...

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Mazda Begins Cx-5 Crossover Production at Hofu Plant in Japan

Oct 19, 2017

Mazda Motor started production of the new CX-5 crossover at its Hofu Plant No. 2 in Yamaguchi Prefecture to meet the growing global demand for crossovers. Until now the CX-5 has been produced at the company’s Hiroshima Plant and at ...

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Lamb Weston Completes $200m Expansion at Richland Potato Processing Plant

Oct 19, 2017

Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...

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Toyota Concept-I to Debuted at Tokyo Motor Show 2017

Oct 18, 2017

Japanese automaker Toyota will be showcasing its new Concept-i series at Tokyo Motor Show 2017, which will be held from 25 October through 5 November. The Concept-i series includes two vehicles, the Concept-i and Concept-i RIDE. These two ...

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Ireland to Fund New Food Innovation Hub

Oct 18, 2017

The Ireland Government said it will spend €8.8m to establish a new food innovation hub, aimed to help the country’s food industry deal as it prepares for Brexit. Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ...

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Eurofins Acquires Food Testing Lab Institut Nehring

Oct 18, 2017

Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has acquired Institut Nehring, a food testing laboratory in the German market. Institut Nehring was established in 1905; today the company is well-known in the German market thanks to its ...

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Hilton Food to Build New Meat Processing Plant in New Zealand

Oct 18, 2017

Hilton Food Group will invest nearly NZ$54m ($38.7m) to build a new meat processing facility in South Auckland, New Zealand. The UK-based meat processing company will exclusively supply the meat products from the new facility to New ...

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Hostess Launches Molten Lava Ding Dongs

Oct 16, 2017

Hostess Brands has launched Molten Lava Ding Dongs: chocolate-coated snack cakes filled with a rich chocolate crème, and ready-to-eat after warming up for 20 seconds in the microwave. The launch of Molten Lava Ding Dongs follows ...

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BMW's Mini Introduces Special Edition 1499 GT Model

Oct 16, 2017

BMW’s Mini has launched a special edition 1499 GT version of the hatchback, inspired by the classic 1275 GT. Launched in 1969, the Mini 1275 was an upgrade of the 998cc Mini. And, the 1499 GT recalls the original’s styling and ...

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Ferrero Canada Gets Ontario Support in $72m Expansion Project

Oct 13, 2017

Chocolate and confectionery giant Ferrero’s Canada unit will be financially supported by the Ontario government in its C$90m ($72.31m) expansion project that is aimed at boosting productivity of an existing plant. The provincial ...

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Continental Develops Control Element for Automated Driving

Oct 13, 2017

Technology company Continental has developed a central input device to further advance the development of automated driving. The Smart Control input device informs vehicle occupants if automated driving or manual driving is possible and ...

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BMW to Invest EUR400m at German Research and Innovation Centre

Oct 12, 2017

German luxury automaker BMW will be investing EUR400m to expand its its FIZ research and innovation centre in Munich. The “FIZ Future” masterplan, which was developed as part of an urban development competition, will expand ...

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Denso to Expand US Footprint with $1bn Investment

Oct 12, 2017

Japanese auto components supplier Denso is investing $1bn in its Maryville, Tennessee location in the US as part of its commitment to advancing automotive innovation in North America. The investment will focus on vehicle electrification ...

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Foodstirs Unveils Four New Baking Mixes

Oct 12, 2017

Foodstirs Modern Baking announced that its ultra-sustainable range is expanding into more than 7,500 physical retail stores across the US by the end of this month. This is just one more step in their quest to remake the $4.7 ...

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Ben & Jerry's to Launch Glyphosate-Free Ice Cream Products

Oct 12, 2017

US-based Ben & Jerry's said it will roll out glyphosate-free ice cream products following recent tests that revealed traces of a herbicide called glyphosate in several of its flavors. The ice cream manufacturer said that it will no longer ...

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