Paper and packaging company Georgia-Pacific will close its manufacturing plant at Parchment in Michigan by the end of this year. Terming it as a strategic decision, the company said it will move the plant's food and other wrapping ...
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Tesla Motors is acquiring US-based stamped parts manufacturer Riviera Tool for an undisclosed amount The company is looking at increasing the production of its Model S electric sedan and new luxury electric crossover, the Model X and ...
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Most trade analysts expected corn planting to have reached just shy of the halfway point by Sunday, but USDA's Crop Progress report released Monday shows that point came and went quickly in the last week, with planting sitting at 55%. ...
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General Motors (GM) has confirmed plans to invest $5.4bn at its manufacturing and assembly plants in the US in the next three years, to strengthen its production capabilities and enhance product quality. The proposed investment will be ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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Taiwanese LED maker Everlight Electronics Co Ltd says that, on 22 April, the jury before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that all asserted claims of the white LED patents of Japan's Nichia Corp are invalid ...
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Ford Motor is reportedly looking to invest around $2.5bn at its plants in Chihuahua and Guanajuato in Mexico. As part of the plan, the company will spend $1.3bn at Chihuahua plant to build two new diesel engines, which will create ...
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Japanese apparel retailer is expanding its network of stores in the US, by opening new outlets in Seattle, Denver and also the DC Metro area for the first time. In the DC Metro area, Uniqlo will open its first store at Tyson's Corner ...
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Toyota has hired three general contractors to manage construction of its headquarters in North Texas and to expand its operations in Michigan, Georgetown, and Kentucky. The automaker has chosen Dallas-based contractor named Austin ...
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The Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour will re-launch in May 2015 following a 12-year hiatus, thanks to a three-year funding commitment from the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) and Bowling Proprietors' Association of ...
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MC Sports recognized Pelican International as the Hardlines Vendor of the Year and Implus Corporation as the Softlines Vendor of the Year. At a ceremony earlier this month, Pelican International won the award for the second straight ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that six varieties of potatoes genetically engineered by J. R. Simplot are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts. Simplot's Innate potato varieties including ...
Advanced sealing technology maker Freudenberg-NOK is planning to install four (PEV) charging stations at its headquarters in Michigan, as a part of the Workplace Charging Challenge Pledge program created by the US Department of Energy ...
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Chevrolet is going to unveil the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro at the Belle Isle in Michigan on 16th May 2015. The sixth generation car is expected to be smaller and lighter than the current edition, and is likely to feature 4-cylinder ...
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It’s financing a University of Michigan spin-off called Sakti3, whose ‘next generation’ battery technology can reportedly hold twice the energy of existing rechargeable batteries, as reported by The Guardian. This ...
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