UK-based pork processor Karro Food plans to shut down slaughter and butchery operations at Wiveliscombe site in Somerset, a move which will result in 113 job losses. The company stated that the development is part of a strategic review of ...
Tags: Karro Food, Meat Operations
Cremona-based Italian steel producer Arvedi Group has stated it is interested in leasing Ferriera di Servola, the Trieste-based iron and coke producing unit of Italy's second-largest steelmaker Lucchini, and may subsequently buy the plant. ...
Tags: Steelmaker, Mineral
Speaking this afternoon at a U.S. House Small Business Committee Hearing on worldwide American competitiveness, CEO of Alice Manufacturing, Smyth McKissick, urged lawmakers to endorse textile and apparel trading rules in the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: Textile
Teys Australia is evaluating the closure of its meat processing facility in Beenleigh, Queensland, a move which will lead to 800 job losses. The company's announcement comes after the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) ...
Confusion over job cuts at Tulip is rife among industry insiders and analysts at a time when things were beginning to look up for UK and export markets for pork. Tulip's pork business is doing well, according to industry commentators ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Tridonic is pulling out of the magnetic ballast and transformer business in response to declining sales and incoming EU restrictions on inefficient magnetic technology. The company said it will cease operating in this sector from 30 ...
Tags: Tridonic, Magnetic Ballast Market
World industrial production growth slightly increased in the first quarter of 2013 after a continuous decline since the second quarter of 2010. Despite this break from a nearly three-year downward trend, the prospect of recovery remains ...
Tags: Apparel Output, wearing apparel
The Eurozone manufacturing downturn eased for the first time in four months in May. Moreover, all sub indices from the latest survey improved on the earlier flash estimates except suppliers’ delivery times. At a 15-month high of ...
Tags: Manufacturing, May, Eurozone
Simplot Australia, a subsidiary of US based J.R. Simplot, is evaluating the closure of its vegetable processing facilities in Bathurst, New South Wales and Devonport, Tasmania, a move which will result in 325 job losses. According to the ...
Britvic's announcement last month that it planned to cut its operational costs by £30M by closing factories at Chelmsford, Huddersfield and a warehouse in Belfast may have been well received by City analysts, but came as a "bitter ...
Tags: Britvic, Job losses, Agriculture&Food
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has blamed the pressure of rising commodity prices for putting 55 jobs under threat at its cooked meats site in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Rising input prices have put 55 jobs under threat at Bernard ...
Tags: Turkey processor, Bernard Matthews, Job cuts
Die Europäische Kommission hat heute die folgende Erklärung abgegeben: “Today the European Commission has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels, cells and wafers from China. This ...
Verderflex: After decades of uncontrolled industrial (mining) activities, water supply is under serious threat. Studies show that acid water levels in the country s mines are rising at a staggering average rate of 0.59 m/day. The water ...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged more than $50 million to support the workers, businesses and regions affected by Ford Australia's decision to close its Victorian manufacturing plants in October 2016. Ford Australia president and ...
Tags: Ford, Auto, Transportation
Ericsson has announced it plans to close its copper telecoms cable manufacturing facility in Sweden, at the cost of 354 jobs. "The decision is based on the fact that Ericsson's production of telecom cables is small from a global ...
Tags: Ericsson, Consumer Electronics