Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will cut nearly 1,300 jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly plant starting from 5 July. The layoffs come in the wake of reduced production at the facility due to declining demand for Chrysler 200 midsize ...
Now that LEGO has unveiled a wheelchair using-figure and a stay-at-home dad in its latest LEGO City set, it seems the toy giant is embracing a true representation of society with its products. Jade Burke speaks to manufacturers and ...
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Ford announced that it will be investing $1.6b in San Luis Potosi in Mexico to build small cars. Construction of this factory is expected to begin in mid-2016 and the production is scheduled to begin in 2018. The American automaker ...
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Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that the Texas Rangers have installed its advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. The system features industry-leading control functions that will ...
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Central National Gottesman (CNG), a sales and marketing organization in the global pulp, paper and forest products industry, announced today that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division will acquire the business of C.J. Duffey Paper Company in ...
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PAC Machinery, a manufacturer of equipment and materials for the flexible packaging industry, has integrated its Rollbag Systems R1275 automatic bagger with Data Detection Technologies’ advanced vision counting system. The firm has ...
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Anchor Packaging, in partnership with Metaphase, has launched Safe Pinch, a new line of tamper-evident food containers to meet the growing demand for to-go packaging. Jointly developed over a 2-year period, the Safe Pinch packaging is ...
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BPI Packaging is set to open a $8m factory in Olive Branch region, Mississippi, US. The company will start operations in a 291,000ft2 facility on Magnolia Drive, which was purchased from Sherwin-Williams. The investment is expected to ...
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Tyson Foods has made significant progress in its transition from a protein producer to a branded, value-added food company with stronger, more stable earnings, company executives told investors at the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe annual ...
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Tenneco will be supplying its continuously variable semi-active (CVSAe) suspension Monroe Intelligent Suspension to the newly launched Renault Talisman D-segment sedan. The Talisman provides what Renault calls a personalized driving ...
Soup maker Tio Gazpacho has completed a $1.25m Series A funding round from investors led by 301 Inc, which is a General Mills’ venture capital arm. The Series A round also included investments from other private investors in ...
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VAI (Vormittag Associates) announces that Black River Produce, the New England-based food wholesaler, is optimizing their supply chain with VAI’s S2K for Food solution. By implementing VAI's industry-leading ERP system, Black River ...
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Qlik has announced that Danone Spain, a multi-national food products company, is using Qlik Sense and QlikView to improve return on investments (ROI) and the quality of its automated sales order processing. By utilizing both Qlik Sense ...
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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is calling on the Federal Government to apply heavier taxes to cheap alcohol including wine sold in casks. Although the wine cask was invented in South Australia in the 1960s, the RACP ...