A consortium of British high-technology companies, led by Torotrak PLC, has won £2.4 million funding from the UK government's Technology Strategy Board towards the development of an optimised manufacturing route for key components of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
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Fazoli's, the premium Italian quick-service restaurant ranked No. 2 overall among large national fast-food chains in the prestigious Zagat Survey, has formed an agreement with Ferrero U.S.A, Inc., makers of Nutella hazelnut spread. ...
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American powertrain supplier BorgWarner has completed the acquisition of German automotive parts maker Gustav Wahler. Gustav Wahler produces exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves and tubes, and engine thermostats for both on- and ...
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Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in March this year it produced 704,000 mt of pig iron, down 24.02 percent, 749,800 mt of crude steel, down 19.14 percent, and 680,000 mt of ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel, finished steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Contour has emerged from receivership under new ownership determined to compete in the point-of-view, or POV, camera market. The company has completed a financial overhaul, reorganized its plans for new product innovation and built a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation Goods, Camera
Gansu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group (JISCO) has announced that in 2013 its Gansu-based subsidiary Hongxing Steel recorded a net loss of RMB 2.338 billion ($383.28 million), as compared with a net profit of ...
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Hardware vendors making smartphones and tablets with screens smaller than 9 inches will get Windows for free, the latest aggressive move by Microsoft to increase the use of its OS on those devices. The move is the latest example of the ...
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Fonterra Australia has secured a ten-year contract from Woolworths to supply and process the retailer’s own brand milk in Victoria. The deal allows farmers to further invest in their businesses as they have a guaranteed buyer for ...
Tags: Milk Supply, milk, local farmers
Croatian ice cream and frozen food manufacturer Ledo has selected injection moulded packaging provider Helioplast to create a special pack for Quattro ice cream. Quattro is offered in almond, mandarin, lavender and crème caramel ...
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Saffron Road, a packaged food brand owned by American Halal, has added two new flavors, Korean BBQ and Chipotle, to its Crunchy Chickpeas range. The new varieties complement the company's existing flavors, including Wasabi, Falafel and ...
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Scania is now adding yet another environmentally oriented alternative to its industry-leading palette with Euro 6 certified truck engines. The Scania 16-litre, 580 hp V8 engine can now be ordered in a configuration with up to 100 percent ...
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Fetranspor and Rio Bus, the public transportation companies for the state and city of Rio, and BYD, a Chinese company with leading technologies on batteries and electric vehicles, joined together at the opening ceremonies for the launch of ...
American automaker Chrysler Group has issued a voluntary recall on 644,354 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles in the US, due to a problem with service brakes. These vehicles are of certain model year 2011-2014 and were ...
German automaker Daimler is planning to produce Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Russia, in a move aimed at expanding its global production network for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. In a statement, Daimler said: "We have been looking at ...
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