Bridgestone has begun the construction on a new car tyre plant in the Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in northern Hai Phong City, Vietnam, company’s first facility in the country. The company is investing $575m in the new plant, which ...
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Minister Chris Hartcher (Minister for Energy and Resources) and Shell vice president Andrew Smith, Shell Diesel Bio 20 NSW launch.Shell, Rosehill. Shell Australia has opened a new biodiesel facility at its Parramatta Terminal in western ...
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Dr.Schar USA has opened a$15m gluten-free food manufacturing facility in the US.The new site marks the company's first facility in the US. According to the company,the new facility expands its reach to the growing celiac and gluten-free ...
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Hitachi Cable's subsidiary Hitachi Cable Europe (HCE) has built a new automotive component manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic to raise sales in the Europe. The new 3,200m2 is expected to begin its commercial production from ...
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Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has relocated its passenger car plant at Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate to Rayong, Thailand. With the relocation to the new plant, ZF is expected to expand the production area in Thailand from ...
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New Zealand-based milk company A2 has opened a new processing facility at Smeaton Grange,New South Wales,to cater to the increasing demand for its a2tm brand milk products in the region. The new facility will have the capacity of ...
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Italian auto parts manufacturer and Cir group subsidiary, Sogefi, has opened a new suspension components plant in Pune, India. The new 12,000m2 Chakan plant will produce stabilizer bars and torsion bars, which are the two essential parts ...
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French auto parts maker Faurecia will acquire Ford Motor's Saline, Michigan-based automotive interior trim business, which is currently operated by Automotive Components Holdings (ACH). The Ford's Saline business generates $1.1bn annual ...
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GE Capital Fleet Services has opened a new vehicle innovation center at its headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US, allowing its customers to experience electric, natural gas, propane, hydrogen and other formats of alternative fuel ...
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Swedish firm Volvo has expanded its facilities by adding 56,500m2 base of operations in Peru. The new facilities have been built with an investment of $17m and will be used for the commercial and after-market activities supporting Volvo, ...
Tags: vehicles, Volvo Buses, Volvo Penta marine, industrial engines
Polaris Industries, as part of its expansion plan, has started construction at its product development center near Wyoming, Minnesota, US. The existing 126,000sq ft research and development facility was opened in 2005 and the expansion ...
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Italian tyre maker Pirelli has opened its first plant in Mexico as part of its plans $300m investment plan in the region by 2015 and an additional $100m by 2017. The new 135,000m2 plant is Pirelli's 22nd tyre plant which will produce ...
Tags: tyre, Pirelli, tyre for cars, tyre for SUVs
Swiss food company Nestlé plans to invest AED500m ($136.09m) to set up a manufacturing plant at Dubai World Central business park, Dubai, a move that will help the company better serve the Middle East. The plant, which will be ...
General Motors(GM)and its Chinese joint-venture(JV)partners will construct a third manufacturing facility in Chongqing Municipality. The JV between GM China,SAIC and Wuling Motors,also known as SAIC-GM-Wuling(SGMW),will start construction ...
US-based Henry Molded Products, a manufacturer of sustainable molded fiber protective packaging products announced that it will expand its South Carolina operations in Anderson County. According to the company, more than $5m investment is ...
Tags: fiber protective packaging, molded fiber products, pulp products