Sports company PUMA has appointed advertising agency JWT New York as its lead creative agency. Effective immediately, JWT will assume a leadership position over all PUMA advertising and creative on a global basis, with reach across North ...
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The BMW Group reported record monthly sales for November. With 174,996 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered worldwide, sales were 2.7% higher than for the same month last year (prev. yr.: 170,461). Between January and November ...
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German autoparts maker Continental is set to invest EUR165m in the expansion of its truck and bus tire cfacilities in Otrokovice, Czech Republic. This five-year expansion program will double the truck and bus tire production capacity at ...
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American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has partnered with Siemens to pilot a new software, IntoSite, that facilitates virtual navigation within its assembly plants. This new software will enable the company to improve global ...
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Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania is set to lead a three-year European research project, COMPANION, to develop a new system for implementing truck platooning on roads. Introducing platooning on European roads can ...
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French supplier of industrial gases and services Air Liquide is set to expand its filling stations business for hydrogen-powered cars. This move by the company is in response to the demand for the vehicles. These vehicles emit only water ...
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Google said its data centres in Taiwan and Singapore have gone online to cater to the growing number of Internet users in Asia. The Internet giant said in 2011 that it planned its first Asian data centres in Hong Kong, Taiwan and ...
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Consumer electronics firm Jumbo Electronics has announced that it has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Yota Devices for the GCC. Yota Devices' product portfolio includes YotaPhone, the "world's first" dual-screen, always-on ...
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Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year. It has also predicted an increase in advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks, along with ...
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Tek Shing Trading is recalling 'Beijing Lui BiJu Food Co Ltd Sesame Paste' from Asian grocery stores, as they contain peanut which is not mentioned on the label, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) said. The product being ...
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Take a culinary journey through Italy this holiday season with the new snack classic, authentic Pasta Chips, an idea born out of the hills of Tuscany and made from real pasta. Whether straight from the bag, dipped, or topped & served, ...
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Tetra Pak, a Sweden-based food packaging and processing solutions provider, has developed Tetra Vertico, a new generation of heat exchanger unit for prepared food products. With a coiled mono-tube design, the equipment is claimed to offer ...
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BehrPro, the Professional Products and Services Group of Behr Process Corporation, today announced the two winners of its 2013 BehrPro Experience Toursweepstakes as it closes out an 18-week nationwide mobile tour. Winners Doug Kinder, owner ...
Brewing giant Carlsberg Group has increased its stake in Chongqing Brewery (CBC) from 29.7% to 60% with the acquisition of 146.6 million shares for a purchase price of RMB2.9bn ($477.4m). This deal was announced in March 2013 and will ...
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Specialty food products distributor Chefs' Warehouse has acquired Allen Brothers, a US-based meat processor and distributor, in a $29.9m deal. Allen Brothers caters to about 400 of restaurants, hotels, casinos and country clubs as well as ...
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