General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles - collected from five of its Michigan facilities - are also ...
Ford announced a plan to invest more than $1bn over the next 10 years to modernise its Dearborn, Michigan facility. It would be developed as a better workplace which will foster innovation as the company looks to transform itself from an ...
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On 23 February 2016, Wesfarmers announced a restructuring of Kmart and Target into a single Department Store division, led by Guy Russo as chief executive officer and Marina Joanou as finance director. On 24 March 2016, it was brought to ...
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An Aldi supermarket located in Edgecliff, Sydney, has temporarily lost its liquor licence for selling alcohol to a minor. The supermarket received a three day suspension after NSW Police noticed in September 2015 a group of teenagers ...
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Toyota has partnered with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) to study fully autonomous driving and advanced mobility technology that is being tested in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The automaker plans to deploy ...
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US-based agribusiness company Monsanto has announced to invest $975m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing site in Luling, Louisiana. The investment will also support the launch of Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, a seed ...
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Anheuser-Busch has commissioned its new $160m aluminum bottle line at Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Arnold, Missouri. The latest bottle line is part of the company's strategy to provide varied packaging options for its ...
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Global auto giant Toyota is set to open a new research facility in Ann Arbor, near the University of Michigan (U-M) campus, taking the number of its research centers to three in the US. The company will fund research in artificial ...
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BMW has launched a new car-sharing service in Seattle called, “ReachNow”, similar to its European service, “DriveNow”. With this service, US customers will be able to choose from a range of services from bespoke ...
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For the second year running, Dreams' factory in Oldbury, West Midlands, has won an award for safety from the British Safety Council, which celebrates the success of organisations committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of its ...
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...
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TreeHouse Foods’ subsidiary Bay Valley Foods is planning to close spoonable dressings production facility in Ayer, Massachusetts. The company is planning to stop production in the first half of 2017, while the full closure of the ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will cut nearly 1,300 jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly plant starting from 5 July. The layoffs come in the wake of reduced production at the facility due to declining demand for Chrysler 200 midsize ...
Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that the Texas Rangers have installed its advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. The system features industry-leading control functions that will ...
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