At a ceremony at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2016 in Nottingham, UK, a post-graduate team from Imperial College London received the £2000 ...
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KION GROUP AG, already one of the two largest suppliers of forklift trucks, warehouse equipment and related services with Linde and Baoli, amongst others, will become one of the largest global providers of intelligent intralogistics by ...
The Ontario government is providing up to $85.8m ($66.5m) in funding to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada (FCA Canada) for an expansion of the automaker's minivan assembly plant in Windsor. The funding will support improved research at the ...
The US firm is responsible for Disruptus, Juxtabo and other art-inspired games. Funnybone Toys' range of games are heading to Canada thanks to a partnership with Ontario-based distributor, Lion Rampart. The US firm behind Disruptus, ...
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Panera Bread has announced to extend its clean commitment to remove ‘No No List’ additives across its entire portfolio of nearly 50 grocery products. As part of the move, the company will do away with the remaining artificial ...
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Penske Truck Leasing has opened a full-service truck leasing and contract maintenance facility in Mira Loma, California. Located at 3777 De Forest Circle, it includes eight service bays and a wash bay. The 15,000-square-foot building is ...
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Toyota will use solar panels at its Texas headquarters, which is currently under construction, in order to get 25% of its power from the sun. The company claims that the 7.75MW system will be the largest office-site solar installation in ...
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Canada-based poultry and pork products manufacturer Olymel is planning to invest $7.7m to expand its poultry processing facility at St. Damase in Quebec, Canada. The plan will see an addition of 15,000ft2 of space at the facility, along ...
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Cobra Electronics, which rose to prominence with the CB Radio craze in the 1970s, has entered the action sport camera game by acquiring WASPcam, which distributes affordable, high-performance HD action-sports cameras and accessories to ...
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WAC Lighting adds high output Single Spot and Double Spot luminaires to its popular Endurance line of robust exterior lighting. The 15-watt LED single spot replaces a 75-watt halogen fixture while the 30-watt LED double spot is the ...
Nature’s Touch has issued a voluntary recall of Nature’s Touch Frozen Organic Berry Cherry Blend in Canada over the suspected Hepatitis A contamination. Nature's Touch Frozen Organic Berry Cherry Blend, with 'best before' ...
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US-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Evans Food Group and its subsidiaries. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Evans Food Group, which was founded in 1947 and acquired in 1985, is the maker ...
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General Motors Financial broke ground on a new financial servicing center in San Antonio, Texas, US. "We are proud to call San Antonio the future home of our fifth Servicing Center in North America, and excited to break ground on this new ...
Fresh produce company Fyffes has acquired Canadian mushroom producer Highline Produce for CAD$145m (€98m), including refinancing Highline’s existing debt. Fyffes will fund the acquisition through new and existing bank debt. ...
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French dairy processing company Saputo is planning to close three manufacturing facilities in Canada located in Sydney (Nova Scotia), Princeville (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario). The plant closures are expected to take place in ...
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