US automotive giant Ford Motor is planning to shift the production of Focus small cars and C-Max hybrid vehicles from its Michigan Assembly Plant near Detroit in 2018, to outside US. Even though the automobile major has not disclosed the ...
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Nike has reached an agreement in principle with the University of Michigan to become the Wolverines’ official athletic footwear, apparel and equipment provider to 2027, with an option to extend the deal to 2031. In a statement, Nike ...
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American private investment firm Bain Capital has completed acquiring UK-based automobile fluid storage firm TI Automotive. TI Automotive president, CEO and chairman of the board Bill Kozyra, who will go on discharging his current ...
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Rigid plastic container manufacturer Plastipak Packaging, an arm of Plastipak Holdings, will pump in $9m for raising output capacity at its manufacturing unit in Pineville, Louisiana, in the US. The company, which makes rigid plastic ...
Conventional and electrified driveline systems firm GKN Automotive has come up with its headquarters unit for the Americas region at Auburn Hills in Michigan, US, to capitalize on consumer demand for all-wheel drive (AWD) and hybrid ...
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The Eastern Michigan University Department of Athletic and Adidas announced a new contract on June 18 that extends their partnership through the 2021-22 athletic season. The seven-year contract between EMU and Adidas runs through June 30, ...
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US automobile major General Motors (GM) will pump in $245 million at its Orion Assembly unit in Michigan to launch new vehicles, creating 300 employment opportunities. With this, the investment made in the manufacturing unit reaches ...
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The Dow Chemical Company and the Smithsonian Science Education Center announced today they will collaborate on The Dow Smithsonian Teacher Scholar Program. The program is designed to enhance teachers’ skills related to STEM (science, ...
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The Houston-based Communitas Auto Group has opened its first Auto-Lab Complete Car Care Centers location in Spring, Texas. Auto-Lab Gleannloch Farms is the first of three locations to open in the greater Houston Texas area this year. The ...
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Automobile major Chevrolet will add six low cab forward medium-duty truck models to its product lineup in the US next year to re-enter the commercial segment. The variants - Chevrolet 3500, 3500HD, 4500, 4500HD, 5500 and 5500 HD - will ...
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Researchers from John Innes Centre (JIC) and Michigan State University’s Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center (UPREC) have collaborated to ramp up malting barley development for use in craft brewing. The collaboration comes ...
US global supplier of paints PPG Industries has inked a pact with specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer IVC Industrial Coatings for its acquisition in a bid to expand its market and boost supply positions. Indiana-based IVC, ...
Automobile major General Motors (GM) will pump in $119m in tools and equipment to boost the component output for its future vehicles at its Grand Rapids operations unit in Michigan, creating around 300 employment opportunities. The ...
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US-based beverage company Jones Soda has expanded its limited edition, region-specific Jones Soda, to the Canada, Texas, California and the Northwest markets. Jones has always been proud of its ties to the community and starting in ...
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Michigan-based thermoplastics distributor Chase Plastics has broke ground for a new distribution center at South Bend, Indiana. Construction work will start tomorrow, and the plant is scheduled to become fully operational by December. ...