Korean automaker Kia announced it will invest more than US$2.5 billion with their suppliers in Nuevo Leon, as Ternium is ready to supply steel to them. The company will build an assembly plant in the town of Pesquería, which is ...
Tags: KIA, Automotive Industry
Forty years ago, Bernard Sadow, a vice president of a Massachusetts luggage and coat company,was traveling back from Aruba with his family. While struggling with his suitcases at the airport, a bulb went off: He realized putting wheels on ...
Tags: Luggage, Wheeled-Luggage, Cases, Boxes
As of August 25, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.34 million mt, up 0.54 million mt or 0.5 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August 26. As of the same date, the Xinhua-China ...
Tags: Iron Ore Inventory, Chinese Ports, Energy
Tesco has signed a five-year deal with Spain-based AMC Group for the supply of citrus fruit. Under the five-year deal, AMT Fruit, a business dedicated to Tesco has been created. AMT Fruit Ltd will supply lemons, limes, satsumas, ...
Automotive supplier cand increase production of gasoline high pressure injector, fuel rail and pump assembly lines in Newport News, Virginia, US with an investment of $150m. The project represents the company's first investment in ...
Tags: Continental, Operations, Auto Parts
Australia is experiencing record rural exports, more opportunities from China’s urbanisation, and global supply chains are having an effect on Australia’s export profile, according to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation ...
Tags: Australia, Rural Exports, Service
Russia amends blacklist to allow imports of lactose-free milk, some fish and vegetables The Russian government has removed some agricultural products, including lactose-free milk and dairy products, young salmon and trout, as well as some ...
Tags: Russian, Agricultural Products, Agriculture
As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
Tags: Umicore, GTP, Electrical
American food company Dole has announced plans to expand its Springfield plant to increase its production capacity. As part of the expansion, the company will invest around $9m in the installation of three new packaging lines and one ...
Tags: Dole, Production Capacity, Food
TORONTO — Good news for Ontario truckers: the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has announced that for a second year in a row, there will be no Premium Rate increases for 2015. According to the Ontario Trucking Association ...
Tags: WSIB, No Increase, Transportation
Sapphire maker Tera Xtal Technology will expand its PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) monthly production capacity from 100,000 units currently to 200,000 units by the end of 2014 due to fast growing demand for LED lighting, according to a ...
First global probiotic health claim granted to Chr. Hansen in Korea Global bioscience and ingredients company Chr. Hansen has had its probiotic health claim for its product Urex approved in Korea. Urex is a dietary supplement that Chr. ...
Tags: Chr.Hansen, Health Claim, Agriculture
This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Independence
The week's starting out a dry one -- and likely will end on that note, too -- though while some areas may see mounting concerns on this account, lower-than-normal temperatures will likely prevent the extended rain-free streak from ...
Tags: Corn Belt, Weather Starter, Food