Renault has acquired Power Vehicle Innovation (PVI), a specialist in the electrification of Light Commercial Vehicles. The assets of PVI, which boasts recognised expertise in the design and conversion of commercial vehicles running on ...
Global speciality chemicals distributor Azelis has expanded its African operations by opening a new office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The new office forms part of Azelis’ commitment to invest in Africa. The company established its ...
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UK-based cider producer Thatchers has installed canning line at its Myrtle Farm facility in Somerset. The company invested £8.3m and commissioned its first canning line at its production facility to press and package all of its ...
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Amplify Snack Brands announced it has strengthened the Company’s executive leadership team by appointing Mike DeGrace as senior vice president of sales for North American region. Mr. DeGrace joins Amplify with over 30 years of ...
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BMW is establishing a new facility to develop connected and automated driving tech in Unterschleissheim, near Munich, Germany. The BMW iNEXT is scheduled for release in 2021 – self-driving, electric and fully connected. A whole ...
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Waymo, previously known as Google's self-driving car project, has added 100 self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to its fleet. The vehicles, which were delivered by FCA, are currently being outfitted with Waymo’s fully ...
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The Everstone Group has acquired an undisclosed stake in Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies for $35m. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating Everstone's growth in the fast-expanding nutraceuticals space. OmniActive is a major ...
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Tim Cook is apparently trying to dispel the feeling that Apple has abandoned the desktop. Though the company released an overhauled MacBook Pro laptop in October, it's been years since much of its Mac lineup of desktops has been updated. ...
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As they drift off for their one- or two-day vacations shortly, will Apple's senior executives be patting themselves on the back? Or will they be slapping themselves on the forehead? Apple's 2016 was garlanded with the usual hype, but not ...
China's e-sports games revenues are expected to exceed CNY50 billion (US$7.3 billion) for 2016, up more than 50% from 2015 thanks to the increasing popularity of tournaments as more organizers and players jump on the bandwagon, according to ...
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Dairy giant Fonterra has announced to invest $240m to build a new mozzarella plant at its Clandeboye site in South Canterbury, New Zealand. The expansion is expected to double the co-operative’s capacity to produce its individually ...
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Blue Paper has opened a new fully automated high stack warehouse for paper rolls in Strasbourg in France, expanding its storage capacity. The new building has space to store 12,000 tonnes of paper and is almost double the original storage ...
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Shell, which is the operator of the Pearl GTL plant developed under a Production and Sharing Agreement with QP, has opened natural gas wells offshore allowing the first sour gas to flow through a subsea pipeline into the giant GTL plant ...
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The sale marks the start of production of GTL products when the State of Qatar and Shell, the operator of the Pearl GTL plant, begin to receive revenue from the project. Over the coming months, production will ramp up from the first ...
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Spirits giant Bacardi has appointed K.C. Kavanagh as senior vice president and global chief communications officer. Kavanagh reports to Mike Dolan, chief executive officer of Bacardi Limited, and serves on the Company’s global ...