Enjoying a strong uptick in market share in 2013 and its strongest orders this January since the heady days of 2006, Daimler Trucks North America is cautiously optimistic about the rest of the year and further extending its market ...
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BASF is expanding its business in industrial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. today announced plans to invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years. The investment is designed to further strengthen PepsiCo's food and beverage business in Mexico, one of the most attractive markets in Latin ...
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GNG Group Yorkshire plc has appointed Simon Williams as business development manager for its Mattress Division. Briefed with generating further growth of mattress sales across the group, Simon joins with a track record in the bed ...
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Like for like sales in five weeks to December 28th up 6.93 per cent. The Entertainer delivered record breaking sales during the Christmas trading period, the retailer has revealed. The Entertainer's total sales for the five weeks to ...
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Bedding veteran Chris Henning has rejoined King Koil in the new position of executive vice president of sales and marketing. Henning, who left King Koil in 2012 to take a newly created post as president of North America for the Dormeo ...
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Tony Mitchell Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), the largest pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and packager of powder products in the world, has hired management veteran Anthony (Tony) Mitchell as its new president and chief operating ...
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PD&MS Energy has secured a major engineering contract with BP – its third agreement with the global oil and gas operator in less than a year. The three-year contract will see the Aberdeen-based business provide platform engineering ...
Those who closely watch the Canadian transportation mergers and acquisitions scene have been bemoaning a lack of activity thus far in 2013. That silence was shattered in mid-November, beginning with the blockbuster acquisition of Yanke ...
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Spy Inc. promoted Spy Vice President of Optical Jim Sepanek to executive vice president of Spy, effective Dec. 26. Since joining Spy in May 2011, Sepanek has led business development and sales. His nearly 20 years of experience in the ...
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Sony Professional Solutions MEA has announced the signing of a US $143 million project with Al Jazeera Media Network. The project involves building 3G broadcast infrastructure, including a network-wide Broadcast IT project, providing ...
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General Motors will invest just shy of US$1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) across five of its US manufacturing sites, with funding going towards production of a new V6 engine, an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission and an existing six-speed ...
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Ford will launch 23 new models around the world in 2014 – its most aggressive global vehicle launch year in its history – with production set to be spread across several new production facilities. The 23 new Ford models ...
Britvic was hit by 9.6M in costs through its abortive merger with AG Barr, but has shrugged this off with strong annual results and is targeting greater efficiencies and cost savings. Britvic's Fruit Shoot has recovered its market share ...
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JF Hillebrand Group (JFHG), a global beverage logistics company, has purchased Satellite Logistics Group (SLG), a supply-chain solution provider for the beverage industry. Based in the US, SLG offers reverse logistics solutions and ...
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