Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR) has announced plans to start the production of its current generation Toyota RAV4 model at its manufacturing facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 2016. The production of this new model will ...
Carbon component maker Enve, visibility brand Nathan and bag maker Timbuk2 were each named to Inc. magazine's list as one of the fastest growing 5,000 private companies in the U.S.? Enve was ranked 1,198th on the Inc. 500/5000 list. The ...
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Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is investing $100 million to streamline its distribution network and expand its fiber extrusion facility in Northwest Georgia. These investments will expand capacity for projected growth, add approximately 175 ...
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Shaw Industries Group, Inc., the world's largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floorcovering provider, is investing $100 million to streamline its distribution network and expand its fiber extrusion facility in Northwest Georgia. ...
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Conestoga Meat Packers, a Breslau, Ontario-based pork processor, is set to boost production capacity of its facility in the Kitchener-Waterloo region by one-third, while creating 100 new jobs. The company will invest more than C$14m ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, meat packaging
Filigree inlaid metal art is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty ...
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The Ontario government is set to provide funding for the expansion of four family-owned bakeries in the greater Toronto area through the Project Advantage and Rural Economic Development (RED) program. As part of the program, Bockerhaus ...
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Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor has commenced production of its new Nissan Note at its Sunderland Plant in the UK. The company had invested GBP125m in this car manufacturing plant earlier for this expansion. It also received a ...
Daimler Vans Manufacturing (DVM), a US-based subsidiary of German automaker Daimler, is set to expand its van assembly plant in Charleston County, South Carolina with an investment of $4.6m. This investment will be used to make ...
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Russian auto firm Gaz Group has commenced the production of Mitsubishi Pajero Sport frames at its Nizhny Novgorod site in Russia. GAZ is implementing this project under an agreement with PCMA Rus, which is a joint venture between PSA ...
The Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, Mr. Lu Youqing, has unveiled a cotton investment plan which aims to construct cotton ginneries in the Shinyanga region of the country. The Chinese ambassador announced the investment plan during a tour ...
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Custom Food Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of CTI Foods, is set to expand its facility in Owingsville, Kentucky, with an investment of $44m, a move which will create 200 new jobs. Custom Foods manufactures processed beef, pork, ...
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Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor has unveiled its new Nissan e-NV200 electric taxi in Barcelona, Spain. With this move, Barcelona is the first city in the world to commit to the implementation of the zero-emission vehicle as ...
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The increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), especially in the garment sector, has created around 20,000 new jobs in Myanmar (previously Burma), according to Government data. During the first five months of the fiscal year 2013-14, ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Garment
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has unveiled a four-year plan for Pakistan textile industry, and has set the target to double the export figure and reach US$ 26 billion from the current US$ 13 billion, by utilizing the ...
Tags: Textile Exports, APTMA