Mazda Motor and Russian automaker Sollers have signed a MoU with the Government of the Russian Federation to explore setting up of an engine production plant at their joint venture Mazda Sollers Manufacturing Rus (MSMR) facility. The ...
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The textiles ministry is pushing for keeping the industry in the lowest slab of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) and has pitched a proposal to the Finance Minister, according to media reports. "GST is important, and we are trying ...
The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
Blow-molded plastic containers producer Graham Packaging has laid the cornerstone of its new plant at the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park in the US. Sprawled over 245,000ft2, the new unit is expected to generate an employment ...
Chile is planning to implement strict rules for tobacco, including plain packaging that depict the gory consequences of consuming such products. The government is proposing a bill that mandates tobacco firms to bring in changes in ...
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Pakistani Food Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that scientists must pay attention to the scourge of the leaf curl virus disease that has been causing colossal loss of two to three million bales of cotton every year. His comments ...
Tags: cash crop, cotton, Cotton Virus
Global economic growth will be muted over the next two years, Moody's Investors Service has said in a quarterly report. According to the report titled “Global Macro Outlook 2015-16: Risks to muted global growth from Chinese asset ...
The Maharashtra government has in-principle accepted a new ambitious and comprehensive textile policy that envisages setting up of textile hubs at an investment of Rs 80,000 crore in five years, according to media reports. BJP MLA ...
The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a one of a kind National Science Foundation funded university/industry center. Led by Penn State, in collaboration with Rice University in Houston, the ...
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AM General, which has discharged its responsibilities as Mercedes-Benz's first and only contract manufacturer in the US, flagged off R-Class at its commercial vehicle assembly unit in Mishawaka, Indiana. AM General's commercial assembly ...
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GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index decreased three points to 4 in July. Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, says: “Concerns about the general economic situation in the UK for the next 12 months appear to be weighing ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Furniture
Ball Corporation will close its beverage packaging end-making plant in Bristol, Virginia, next year. Opened in 1971, the Bristol plant is one of the oldest North American beverage packaging units of the company. It makes can ends in a ...
Swedish automobile major Scania has taken its bus to Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) in India for homologation test as the last lap towards the pilot launch of the first-ever ethanol-run buses in Nagpur, Maharashtra. The ...
Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector has continued to perform solidly, with exports growing by 10.6 per cent over the year to the first quarter of 2015, according to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) new bulletin ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, garment, footwear
Automotive interiors supplier International Automotive Components (IAC) has expanded in China, inaugurating its facility located in Hangzhou. Sprawled over 78,577ft2, the Hangzhou plant will generate over 220 employment opportunities. ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, IAC, auto parts