The UK Government is investing £35m in an expanded automotive business zone in Whitley, near Coventry. The move is expectd to create about 3,000 engineering and advanced manufacturing jobs. The investment will also improve ...
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Volkswagen Group will collaborate over the next three years to jointly develop innovative solutions for making urban mobility more environmentally-friendly, safer, more reliable and more ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has announced a strategic partnership with automated test equipment ...
Michelin Group has broken ground on a passenger-tire plant in Central Mexico. It is the company's 69th global facility. Michelin Group's CEO Jean-Dominique Senard said: "Our actions here today demonstrate our confidence in Mexico's ...
Victoria’s Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford has announced the next step in the Ararat freight and logistics hub, with the appointment of strategic consulting firm WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff. WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose two separate proposals by consortia to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne, following careful consideration of potential cross-ownership interests and ...
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EVEN Electric, a new venture has been announced in Ottawa, Canada to drive global sales and distribution network for electric vehicle transportation with multi-brand, new and pre-owned vehicles through retail and online channels. EVEN ...
Two themed tours will be part of Wasser Berlin International, which will take place from 28 – 31 March 2017. A water and wastewater treatment construction site day has been a regular part of the trade show since 2013. This year two ...
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical transport networking systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says that its portfolio of dense ...
For fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 30 June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – ...
Ecommerce furnishings giant Wayfair has reported its Q2 financial results, citing a direct retail revenue – sales generated primarily through the sites of Wayfair's five brands – increase from $315.4m to $755.7 m, up 71.6% YOY. ...
DFS has reported a continued strong performance in its H2, with revenue up 7% YOY, and also up 7% for the whole financial year. In light of this, the retailer expects to deliver a record performance this year, with results towards the upper ...
Ian Stewart has taken over responsibility for Sweet Dreams sales in the North East after the retirement of Malcolm Willis. Ian commenced his selling career in 1971, starting out in retail at House of Fraser in the beds department of Binns ...
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Briefs for UN Security Council highlight how millions of people remain trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger Joint FAO-WFP news release 29 July 2016, Rome - Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...