Despite politicians promoted in last year's government reshuffle quickly grasping the key issues in food and drink, MPs are still using the sector as a "whipping boy" over public health issues, say its bosses. Too often politicans ...
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Mavic Inc. has hired Phillip Sporidis as general manager, effective Monday. Sporidis comes to Mavic most recently from Amoena USA, a leading producer of post-breast cancer wellness products for women, where he served as president. He also ...
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General Motor's large crossover SUVs were a revelation when they launched back in 2007, proof that GM could compete with the best. We've been big fans, even awarding the Chevrolet Traverse a Top Pick designation a few years back. But ...
Russia-based Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has stated that it has signed a number of further long-term contracts with Russian and CIS-based automotive companies. So far ...
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General Motors has appointed former Volkswagen chief Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann to the role of CEO of its European operations, Opel. Neumann, 51, becomes chairman of the management board of Adam Opel AG, effective March 1, 2013, as well as ...
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General Motors (GM) had named Craig Bierley as the new advertising director of Cadillac brand, which was Molly Peck before. Molly Peck will replace Kevin Mayer as the advertising director of Chevrolet brand. Kevin Mayer left GM last ...
The third Iron Man movie hits cinemas on April 26th, and Hasbro is galvanised for the premiere with a full range of toys. There will be 16 different Iron Man 3 product lines, including the interchangeable ‘Assemblers’ line ...
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BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. Available on two new ...
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General Motors (GM) will invest $200m to construct a new test wing in its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters located at Pontiac in Michigan, US. The new test wing, which is expected to complete in second half of 2014, will have a ...
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Exito announced that its 3rd Edition Manufacturing IT Summit would take place on 17th May 2013 in the city of Mumbai. The Summit is aimed at bringing together a forum wherein IT experts from the manufacturing domain can share the top ...
General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $600m to expand and upgrade the Fairfax assembly plant in the Kansas City of the US. The expansion, which is expected to be completed in two years, will increase the plant's footprint by over 15% ...
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General Motors has introduced two air bags that will be equipped in the company's 2013 cars and crossovers. The company has collaborated with safety restraint supplier Takata for the production of the air bags. Vehicles including Cruze, ...
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General Motor (GM) announced a few days ago, they will invest 0.6 billion dollars to the Fairfax assembly factory, Kansas City, US, in order to upgrade the equipment and build a new painting workshop. GM once announced that they will ...
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The Opel Insignia will come in for its first facelift since the mid-sized model range launched in 2008. Caught here during cold-weather testing, the Insignia testers have undisguised headlights, engineers obviously testing their ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation has regained its title as the world’s leading car maker in 2012, outselling key rivals General Motors and Volkswagen Group in what was a record year for the Japanese manufacturer. Bloomberg reports Toyota ...
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