International Paper (IP) will exit from Chinese coated board joint venture (JV) by selling its 55% stake to JV partner Shandong Sun Holding for $23m. The IP-Sun JV operates one manufacturing facility with four paper machines in Shandong ...
Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, has acquired Whole Harvest Foods, a refiner and packager of expeller pressed commercial cooking oil. Whole Harvest Foods products, which including frying oils, pan ...
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MillerCoors is closing its brewery in Eden, North Carolina due to sales decline as there has been a visible shift in consumer preferences from mainstream beer to crafts beer. The Eden brewery was the first to brew Miller Genuine Draft. ...
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South Carolina-based The Pork Rind Factory has recalled around 18,406 pounds of pork rind products due to “misbranding and undeclared allergens”, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food safety and Inspection ...
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Liquid packaging specialist Aran Packaging is expanding its manufacturing presence to the US with the establishment of a new facility in Greer, South Carolina. The proposed facility will see an investment of around $5.2m and it will ...
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Continental has broken ground on $500m expansion of its Sumter facility to double tire production to eight million units by 2021. The Phase 2 expansion will increase the production from four million units planned for 2016. Expanded ...
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Ten automobile manufacturers were sued by consumers in the US, who have alleged that the risk posed by carbon monoxide poisoning was concealed in over five million vehicles armed with keyless ignitions, reportedly claiming 13 lives so far. ...
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Field & Stream, a specialty hunting and fishing retail chain being launched by Dick's Sporting Goods, will open its first store in South Carolina and 14th store nationwide on Thursday, August 27 at Centre Pointe in North Charleston. An ...
Michelin has announced that it will provide specifically tuned MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport tires as the exclusive fitment for the next-generation 2016 Cadillac CTS-V. Working closely with the Cadillac CTS-V team and drawing upon its ...
BorgWarner supplies its wet friction technology for ZF's new eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions. The 8-speed transmission features BorgWarner's multi-segment friction plates with intricate groove designs, and the torque ...
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Canned vegetable products manufacturer McCall Farms is planning to open a new production facility in Effingham, South Carolina. When operational this month, the facility will expand the company's existing Florence County operations, while ...
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Feit Electric Company Inc of Pico Rivera, CA, USA has filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina alleging that the 4Flow line of LED light bulbs of LED maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA ...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — East Coast ports are looking to attract shipments from Asia in light of the soon-to-be-expanded Panama Canal and congestion on the West Coast earlier this year, and the Port of Charleston has cleared a hurdle in ...
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Legislation that would update state vehicle and traffic laws for e-bikes remains alive in California, but has floundered in New York, where advocates are now focused on broadening support ahead of another push next year, according to ...
Sealed Air Corp, the maker of the original Bubble Wrap, last week announced it would roll out a new, ‘unpoppable’ version of its signature product. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports the new bubbles look like traditional ...