Taiwanese foundry TSMC has 'taped out' production of ARMs 64-bit Cortex-A57 using a 16-nanometre process. Taping out is the final stage before fabrication and mass production. The microprocessors could mount a growing challenge to Intel ...
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General insurance provider AXA UK has appointed Ian Brimecome as chairman of the board with immediate effect, who has been serving as a non-executive director of the company in the UK for six years. With more than 30 years of expertise of ...
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a patent for Perforene? graphene material, a molecular filtration solution designed to meet the growing global demand for potable water. The Perforene material works by removing sodium, chlorine and other ...
Following several months of construction work, SCHOTT is now ready to start firing up its new melting tank for manufacturing high-quality special-purpose. The technology group invested approx. six million euros in the tank equipped with ...
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The Turkish company Orim has been part of SCHOTT Flat Glass BV, the leading supplier of tempered flat glass products for the white goods industry, for ten years now. During this period, SCHOTT Orim has managed to double its sales, ...
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ATLANTA — Aided by a successful advertising campaign and expanded custom and special order upholstery programs, Top 100 retailer Havertys said fourth-quarter sales rose 8.3%. The 122-store chain reported that same-store sales were ...
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Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) has opened its new site in Bangalore. The new site is a part of company's Mercedes-Benz 2020 growth strategy and expects to increase its knowledge in the Group ...
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The CHEMARK Consulting Group, Inc. of Southern Pines, NC has expanded its mergers and acquisitions practice with the formation of the CHEMARK Mergers and Acquisitions Group and the appointment of Patrick Jones as vice president, CHEMARK ...
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The LEGO Group is to shut down the section of its factory in Denmark that decorates LEGO elements and packs them in boxes. During the same period, the company will invest a triple-digit milllion-kroner figure in its Danish ...
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Acquisitions and growth in markets outside the EU have helped dairy giant Arla Foods report higher annual sales and profits. The company said today (20 February) its consolidated net profit jumped by more than a third in 2012 to DKK1.9bn ...
Tags: M&A, Emerging Markets, 2012
Rising gross margin and improved operating profit have been recorded for H1 2012/13. Management has decided to change brand portfolio, organisational structure and responsibilities of Group Management. Consolidated revenue for H1 2012/13 ...
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Allen Shiver, president of US baker Flowers Foods, has been named the company's new CEO. Shiver, who has spent over three decades at Flowers, will replace George Deese in May. Deese, also Flowers chairman, will become executive chairman. ...
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Israel-based electric vehicle network provider Better Place has cut funding of its Australian division, placing the rollout of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure across our country under a cloud. Better Place confirmed the ...
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Global BOPP and cellulose films producer Innovia Films has signed an agreement with 50/50 joint venture partner Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to buy its 50% share in note-printing subsidiary, Securency International for $67m. According ...
Global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 2% annually to reach 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in ...
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