Canadian dairy products maker Saputo has increased its offer price for all issued shares of Australian cheese maker Warrnambool and further extended the offer period to 10 January 2014. The latest offer price will be A$9.20 in the event ...
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Ford Motor Co. said it will add 5,000 jobs in the United States and launch 23 new vehicles globally in the upcoming year. "Next year, we are embarking on our most ambitious global launch year ever" said Raj Nair, group vice president for ...
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Kevin Burke is stepping down as president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), after nearly 13 years at the helm of the industry group. Under his tenure, the industry has had its voice heard on numerous ...
Helene Herman, director of global marketing for New York-based Lee Spring, which has a distribution center and sales offices in China, was one of more than 100 business and trade group representatives at a conference on the importance of ...
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Michelman has established a joint venture with Maruyoshi Chemical Co., Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of specialty waterborne polyolefin emulsions, and chemical trading company, based in Gifu, Japan. Maruyoshi Chemical has separated ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemical
Worldwide deliveries by the Volkswagen Group grew 4.7 percent from January to November. In total, 8.68 (January-November 2012: 8.29)* million vehicles were handed over to customers. The Group delivered 828,600 (November 2012: 794,300; ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has agreed to offload its Dulcinea Farms business to Pacific Trellis Fruit, an American grower and marketer of fresh produce. Formed in partnership with Tanimura & Antle, Dulcinea Farms is a vehicle ...
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Labelexpo Asia 2013 reached new visitor heights as it celebrated its tenth anniversary edition. Held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) during 3 – 6 December, the four day exhibition was attended by a huge number of ...
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Despite diversity initiatives, there still are too few minority faculty members at U.S. medical schools and those minorities are less likely to be promoted, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data gathered from medical schools ...
Volvo Group of Sweden said it is eyeing 50 percent growth of its truck business in Asian countries after it launched a new heavy-duty UD truck range with Dongfeng on Tuesday to venture into the mid- to high-end truck segment in China - the ...
PPG Industries' fiber glass business has appointed August A. "Gus" Astroth general manager and Asia Pacific leader for the business effective January 1, 2014. Astroth will replace Terry Fry, who is retiring after 41 years of PPG service. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Fiber Glass
In its third edition of the latest study, Ceresana forecasts global revenues generated with pigments to increase to US$34.2 billion in 2020. Pigments are mainly used in the production of paints and varnishes as well as the coloring of ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction
On December 10, 2013, UD Trucks (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd (former Dongfeng Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd) launches UD Quester heavy duty trucks to Chinese market in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. UD Quester is designed for Chinese medium and ...
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Pacific Coast Feather Co. says it will rebuild its mattress pad production operations in Gastonia, N.C., concluding a search for a new facility that began after the company's Wayne, Neb., plant was destroyed by a tornado last fall. The ...
The Gazprom Management Committee took notice of the information about the Company's efforts aimed at expanding natural gas use as a vehicle fuel abroad. The meeting noted that the main advantages of natural gas as a fuel were its ...