PPG Industries held a ceremony to mark the completion of a $40 million, 65,000-square-foot plant for on-site resin production at its Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, coatings manufacturing facility. Resin produced at the facility ...
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SAN DIEGO, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Maxwell Technologies today announced that the company and Kevin S. Royal, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, have agreed that Mr. Royal, following six years of significant ...
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Vista Outdoor Inc., the parent of Bushnell, Federal Premium, Savage Arms, Primos, Blackhawk! and Boll, named Michael Pici to serve as its vice president of investor relations. "We're excited to have Michael join Vista Outdoor as Vice ...
Meijer announced that it's continuing to up its fashion game with the spring launch of a Skechers concept shop inside the Knapp's Corner Meijer in Grand Rapids, MI, roughly one year after the retailer unveiled a fresh approach to lure ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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McDonald’s USA is planning to source chicken raised without antibiotics to serve in its restaurants, which are important to human medicine, as part of its new menu sourcing initiatives. The company's US restaurants will also ...
Columbia Sportswear Company, that designs and markets sports apparel and accessories, has announced new strategic organisational changes, intended to further drive sustainable, profitable growth. According to the promotional changes, ...
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Sony’s latest mid-range smartphone has made a splash at MWC 2015, with the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua landing as a waterproof Android offering. Featuring IP65 and IP68 certification, the M4 Aqua can be submerged in 1 metre of water for up ...
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Paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has introduced the 'Shelf-Facer' that can increase the visibility of products on shelves by about 50%. According to the company, tests have confirmed the advantages of Shelf-Facer that can pull ...
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Volvo Cars introduced a system designed to integrate self-driving cars into real traffic, with ordinary people behind the wheels. Volvo's new production-viable autonomous driving system uses cloud-based positioning systems, intelligent ...
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Unveiled today at the New York Toy Fair, the reimagined View Master is a $30 augmented reality gadget powered by Google’s Cardboard tech. Mattel has teamed with Google to revive the View Master and bring virtual reality into the ...
Williams Partners has announced that its expanded Geismar olefins plant has started manufacturing ethylene for sale. “This is a significant milestone achievement in our effort to restore reliable operations at our plant for the ...
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Export Development Canada (EDC) has extended $100m finance to Mexico-based OEM producer Metalsa for $100m to improve its supply chain in the country. Metalsa is an OEM producer of automotive structures such as chassis, suspension, cradles ...
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BASF is going to significantly increase its production capacities of bismuth vanadate pigments in Besigheim near Stuttgart. The additional capacities will be available as of 2017. Bismuth vanadate pigments are yellow pigments with a special ...
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