Ford has announced the expansion of its connected services through cloud-based ‘Ford Service Delivery Network’ powered by Microsoft Azure.Ford Service Delivery Network is designed to keep next generation vehicles up-to-date ...
Tags: Ford, Microsoft Azure, Tesla, wireless connection
Mumbai-based private equity firm Kedaara Capital has forayed into the packaging sector by investing close to $32m (Rs 200 crore) in an unlisted folding cartons and paper packaging company, Parksons Packaging. The company said that it ...
Tags: folding cartons, paper packaging, Packaging
A bus fitted with a Kinetic Recovery System (KERS) has entered full service trial in Kent as part of a research and development project to explore fuel saving technologies. The Wrightbus vehicle is fitted with a flywheel KERS unit, which ...
Tags: KERS, Wrightbus, Manufacturing
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
Tags: China's FDI, service sector
John Lewis continued to outperform the market in year ended 31st January 2015 with gross sales up 9.2% to £4.43b (7.5% on a 52 week basis), beating the BRC by 4.9%, combined with growth in operating profit, up 10.8% to £250.5m ...
Investment flows from China to South Korea surged 374 percent last year to $631 million as Chinese companies moved to expand their presence and options in the global market. The figure was announced on Monday by the Mergermarket Group, a ...
Sling TV, which is owned by satellite provider Dish Network in the United States, offers a bundle of top channels for a relatively low subscription fee of $20 a month. The arrival on the Xbox One represents the fledgling service’s ...
In the latest of a series of reports on the subject in the last week, the New York Post says the company is willing to offer feedback on viewer demographics and disclose what viewers are watching and when they're watching it. The ...
Global fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced a decrease in global comparable sales of 1.7 per cent in February 2015, continuing a downward trend. In the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased by ...
Tags: fast food restaurant, McDonald's
Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
Tags: plastic packaging, packaging
Germany's annual IT business fair CeBIT said Sunday that the digitalisation of the economy is primary focus at this year's event, and the strong presence from China as partner country is attracting great attention. CeBIT, hosted by ...
Tags: CeBIT, IT business fair
It's no more a dream to enjoy a free ride with the driver dressed in a suit holding the car door and even carrying the luggage for you, thanks to the heavy coupons companies have been throwing around since day one of chauffeur-driven ...
Tags: Transportation, UCAR
Investment group CorpAcq has forayed into the packaging industry with the acquisition of UK-based Northern Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Based in Altrincham, Northern Packaging operates from two sites in Skelmersdale, West ...
Tags: CorpAcq, packaging industry
UK-based gourmet popcorn manufacturer, Joe & Seph’s, has installed one of Allen Coding’s marking and coding specialist’s RX-S continuous small character inkjet printers at its facility in Watford. The equipment is ...
Tags: Inkjet Printers, Food Packaging
England based Wrights Food has decided to invest £6m in its new confectionery factory in Weston Road, enhancing company’s production capacity in the country. The new 40,000 sq ft facility is now fully operational and ...