South Korean car maker Kia is planning to build an automobile assembly plant at an investment of $1bn in Mexico. The plant will reportedly produce 300,000 vehicles a year, and the car maker plans to open the plant in 2016, Bloomberg ...
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Ford has started the production of its 2015 Mustang at the company’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan,US. The company is planning to introduce a right-hand-drive for 25 markets, and it will be launched in more than 120 countries ...
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Spain-based flexible packaging company Comexi Group will install a flexographic press and a laminating machine at Harden Packaging’s plant in Melbourne, Australia. Comexi will install the Comexi Flexo F4 press and the Comexi Nexus ...
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NYSE-listed CB&I’s proprietary Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT) has been chosen by China’s Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd to set up a petrochemical plant which will produce polymer grade propylene. CB&I said it ...
The Tire Industry Association (TIA), has sent comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Docket Office regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking for tire identification and recordkeeping. NHTSA is seeking to ...
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. reports the fair market value for its Chinese plant to be US $440 million at the current exchange rate. The valuation of Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company Ltd. (CCT) was completed by an independent firm ...
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The Falken Ziex ZE914 Ecorun will be supplied in size 215/60R17 to Chrysler's assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill. Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. announced that subsidiary Falken Tire Corp. has been awarded a contract from Chrysler Group ...
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DuPont announced construction on two state-of-the-art Integrated Seed Science Network centers. These facilities will be dedicated to developing and testing seed treatment formulations, applications and seed handling techniques. The first ...
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TTK Healthcare has outlined plans to begin production at its upcoming food unit in Jaipur, India, by the end of the current fiscal. This is part of company's plan to strengthen its food division business. Earlier, the company announced ...
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Fonterra plans to acquire 20% stake in one of China's biggest milk processors, Beingmate, to form a global partnership with a total investment of $615m, which would help meet China's growing demand for infant formula. The partnership ...
Italian paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec will supply a tissue production line to Taiwan-based paper manufacturing company Yuen Foong Yu (YFY). The machine will be installed at the company's mill located in Qingshui District in ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, the world's biggest thin-film solar module manufacturer and one of the largest developers of utility-scale solar projects worldwide (with a global project pipeline of more than 2500MW), has announced its ...
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NLMK Kaluga, a subsidiary of Russian steelmaker NLMK Group and producer of long steel products for construction, has stated that it has produced its one millionth metric ton of steel. NLMK Kaluga is a next-generation EAF mill, part of ...
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Boston – EPA grant funding has helped facilitate the opportunity for five area youths to learn critical environmental protection techniques at the Lowell, Mass. Regional Wastewater Utility. The program has occurred for 23 out of the ...
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a methanol plant in Ibom State last week. The methanol plant, to be constructed at a cost of US$ 1.5 billion, is being set up by Quantum ...
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