Coats, one of the leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts companies, has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art zips factory in Chittagong, on the eve of completing 25 years of operations in Bangladesh. The new zips ...
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Ford is planning to add 850 new jobs at its Ford Rouge Center in Michigan, US to support the production of its upcoming 2015 F-150. The new jobs have been divided amongst three facilities which include 300 for Dearborn Stamping, 500 for ...
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Sabra Dipping Company, maker of best-selling hummus, has opened its newly expanded hummus production facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The 118,000ft2 expansion is expected to double the production capacity of Sabra to meet ...
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California-based packaging containers and trays manufacturers Plastic Package will invest about $1.37m to locate its manufacturing operations in Indiana. The expansion which will include equipping a 20,000 ft2 facility in La Porte will ...
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The Blaenau Gwent plant closure plan was announced earlier this year with the loss of 67 jobs. The company is switching its carton packaging operation to its plant in Milton Keynes. It also faces an impairment charge of 1.4m in relation ...
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US-based paper manufacturing company International Paper will be investing $90m to restart an idle machine at its container board mill that will help in creating 65 new jobs. The machine has been out of use for the past five years. ...
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Mattel USA and Mattel South Africa are on board to distribute the African American Barbie across the country should the project succeed. A former US secret service agent has taken to Kickstarter in a bid to raise enough money to bring a ...
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The contract packing business is often seen as sizeable automated production lines packing products for brands. Blackburn-based Granby Marketing Services claims to be more diversified in the nature and method of its business than many of ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
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Mercedes-Benz sees good prospects in the US market and is expanding the local production capacities in the country. "We are consistently seeing record sales in the USA. By launching the new C-Class we are setting new standards in our ...
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The LEGO Group has reported an increase in revenue of 15 per cent in the first half of 2014. Double digit growth across all regions delivered a turnover of 11,504m DKK in the first half, fuelled by the success of The LEGO Movie products. ...
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Pulp and paper manufacturer Virdia will build a $60m biochemical processing plant in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, which will convert sugarcane bagasse, or sugarcane waste, into industrial sugars and biofuels. Virdia will use 80,000 tons ...
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Automotive supplier cand increase production of gasoline high pressure injector, fuel rail and pump assembly lines in Newport News, Virginia, US with an investment of $150m. The project represents the company's first investment in ...
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Sears Canada Inc. announced the opening of a new 240,000-square foot fulfillment centre located in Calgary, Alberta. The site will create approximately 200 new jobs. The Calgary fulfillment centre will be a modern operation with advanced ...
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American food company Dole has announced plans to expand its Springfield plant to increase its production capacity. As part of the expansion, the company will invest around $9m in the installation of three new packaging lines and one ...
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