Jaguar Land Rover has announced plan to invest 600m in West Midlands, UK for the creation of new products and advanced vehicle manufacturing. The company will be investing more than 400m at Castle Bromwich plant to upgrade the facility ...
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Fred's, Inc. hired Bryan Pugh, formerly at Walgreen's, as chief merchandising and marketing officer. Commenting on the announcement, Jerry A. Shore, chief executive officer, said, "Working together with Mike Bloom, our president and chief ...
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Hong Kong-based Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd (SFCE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire a 51% ownership stake in Lattice Power Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to have been the first company to realise ...
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BASF will connect people and ideas in six locations worldwide at the Creator Space tour, a year-long, global event series aiming to address the challenges of smart energy, food and urban living. The second stop, is taking place in Shanghai, ...
Considered a sunset industry, the Philippine textile sector is getting back on its feet, concluded stakeholders of the Philippine textile industry at a recent seminar. The conference ‘TELA Serye: ... kahapon, ngayon, bukas. ...
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Coatings company PPG Industries has completed the construction of its $40m plant in Sumaré, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 65,000ft2 plant will produce resin on-site. Resins produced at the Brazilian facility will be used to produce PPG's ...
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PPG Industries held a ceremony to mark the completion of a $40 million, 65,000-square-foot plant for on-site resin production at its Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, coatings manufacturing facility. Resin produced at the facility ...
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Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, will come together as one company at the European Coatings Show 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing coatings for a full range of ...
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has earmarked £100m funding for carrying out research and development of automated cars and its supporting systems during the next five years. The funding will be matched by the ...
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Quality assurance provider, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (BVCPS) has opened its new Electrical & Electronics laboratory specializing in the testing and certification of automotive components and systems, and large domestic ...
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Herndon, Va. – Over the past several years, executives across industries have seen the impact that supply chain disruptions – from natural disasters to port strikes – can cause so it’s not surprising that 35 percent ...
BCC Research reveals in its new report on supercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference ...
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At 85.6 per cent, the proportion of supply chains exposed to elevated, high or severe risk of natural disaster is highest for the apparel sector, as it has a high proportion of manufacturing and raw material sourcing based in politically ...
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Automotive supplier Magna International has commenced construction on a new automotive exteriors manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico. The company is investing $135m on the 285,000 ft2 plant, which will manufacture molded and ...
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AkzoNobel has extended its official supplier partnership with McLaren Racing. The announcement comes as McLaren-Honda gears up for this weekend's Australian GP, where the MP4-30 will showcase AkzoNobel's superior high-gloss finishes. The ...
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