Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Companhia Providencia Industria e Comercio [Bovespa: PRVI3] ("Providencia"), a Brazilian manufacturer of nonwovens used ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. today announced plans to invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years. The investment is designed to further strengthen PepsiCo's food and beverage business in Mexico, one of the most attractive markets in Latin ...
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JDA Software Group, Inc., The Supply Chain Company, announces that Showroomprive.com, a French private online sales club dedicated to ready-to-wear fashion, has selected JDAWarehouse Management to support the international deployment of a ...
Tags: JDA, Warehouse, YoY, global growth
Tera-Barrier Films (TBF) has made nano-technology one of its fortes. Patently, invention is another. The spin-off company from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering's (IMRE) has invented a new plastic that creates an air ...
General Motors Co. dealers delivered 9,714,652 vehicles around the world in the 2013, up 4 percent compared with 2012. Among GM’s top five global markets by volume, China and the UK posted the largest year-over-year sales increases ...
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Beam has been acquired by Suntory Holdings Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings is set to acquire all outstanding shares of premium alcoholic spirits company Beam Inc for US$83.50 per share in cash or total consideration of ...
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Buick delivered 1,032,056 vehicles in China, the United States, Canada and Mexico in 2013, the most Buicks sold in a single year in the brand’s 110-year history. The previous record was 1,003,345 sold in 1984. Strong growth in both ...
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Strong indications of global growth persist in the nuclear sector. We point you to three recent news articles and a note on the nuclear program in the UAE, below: The Russian Federation, via its nuclear arm Rosatom, recently pledged an ...
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Oil demand growth in the US this year is likely to exceed that of China's for the first time since the 1990s, skewing overall global demand in favor of developed markets, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a new report released Friday. ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has reported global sales of 37, 945 vehicles in November 2013, up 5.8%, compared to sales of 35, 864 vehicles during the same period in 2012. In China, the carmaker reported sales of 5,995 ...
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Hershey India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hershey, is set to introduce Jolly Rancher, a North American sweets brand, in India. The launch is part of Hershey's global growth vision to achieve $10bn in annual revenue by 2017. With this ...
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China is expected to become the world's largest car market in 2013, said the German auto industry association VDA, Xinhua reported. In 2013, the global growth in passenger car sales was driven by China and US markets. Sales in China in 2013 ...
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BT has announced a new phase of investments into the economies of the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Asia Pacific. BT hopes that by launching more competitive capabilities across a larger number of countries and delivering a ...
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The all-new Ford Ka Concept – a sleek, compact hatchback that features bold design, quality engineering and innovative technologies – envisions a new choice for entry-level urban consumers in Brazil and other key markets around ...
PVH Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its G.H. Bass & Co. division to G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. for approximately $50 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close ...
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