CriticalPoint Capital, the investment affiliate of CriticalPoint Partners, announced that it has acquired Organized SportsWear, LLC. Organized SportsWear manufactures physical education uniforms with customized silk screen printing and ...
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Kohl’s Department Stores announced a $150,000 cash donation toward flood relief efforts in Colorado. Kohl’s is providing this donation to the American Red Cross, which is delivering much-needed emergency supplies and services in ...
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Hikomitsu Noji, president of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd., will be based in Japan as he also serves as CEO of all of Yokohama's North America operations. Now that Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM), the new manufacturing ...
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Fashion retailers should be re-thinking their supply chains to build in appropriate speed, flexibility, responsiveness and control, says a report. The report recommends that retailers and manufacturers in the fiercely competitive ...
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Americas Styrenics has declared force majeure on polystyrene resin after a power outage at its plant in Torrance, Calif. The Sept. 15 outage was "a total power failure," PS business director Tim Barnette said in a Sept. 17 statement. ...
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A manufacturer of woven and nonwoven materials and products using fiberglass, aramids, carbon fiber and other high-performance fibers — has partnered with Greenville-based high-performance olefin-based fibers developer Innegra ...
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. says it is assessing its options after an arbitrator blocked the sale of two of its plants to Apollo Tyres Ltd. The arbitrator upheld two grievances filed by the United Steel Workers (USW) in a ruling issued on ...
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A new shipbuilding yard that is jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) was officially opened this morning by President of ...
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The propane industry has set its sights on that symbol of American middle-class achievement: the lawn mower. Blame it in part on the natural-gas drilling boom, which has left distributors scrambling to find new ways to increase demand for ...
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"Qualified Coating Services", a sister company of US coating manufacturer CeralUSA, is proud to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration has approved its coating operation and assigned it Repair Station Certificate No. 6CVR217C. ...
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LeMond LLC has acquired Time U.S.A. and will become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the French brand of bikes, pedals and other products in the U.S. The company headed by Tour de France hero Greg LeMond, which recently announced that Time ...
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Dirtball Fashion LLC, Hickory, N.C., has introduced a 100-percent recycled cotton/polyester, Made-in-USA men's apparel line. The company notes that recycling pre-consumer cotton reduces labor and land needs for cotton cultivation, and ...
DICK'S Sporting Goods, the largest U.S. based full-line sporting goods retailer, will be reopening its newly renovated store in Cary, NC on Sunday, September 29th. The newly enhanced 56,000 square foot space will include additional ...
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Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. announced that Randy Gaetz will join the company as vice president of Sales on Oct. 7, 2013, when he will report directly to Roy Bromfield, chief operating officer of Toyo U.S.A. A 35-year veteran of the tire ...
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Innotrac Corporation, a best-in-class commerce provider integrating digital technology, fulfillment, contact center and business intelligence solutions, announced that Shopko has selected Innotrac and MICROS as its new eCommerce solution. ...
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