Renault will manufacture the new model of Kwid hatchback at its Ayrton Senna industrial complex in Curitiba, Brazil. Renault Technology Americas (RTA) and Renault Design Latin America (RDLA) have adopted the Brazilian Kwid. Some reports ...
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Scania has inaugurated a €10m Technology Centre in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, with engine test cells that will be used for the developing, testing and certifying of its engines. "With this initiative we are placing Brazil within ...
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Toyota has inaugaurated a new $170m engine manufacturing facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is the company's first engine manufacturing plant in Latin America. The new plant, which employs about 320 people, was constructed on a plot of ...
Canadian yeast and bacteria specialist Lallemand has acquired surface and ripening cultures business from DSM Food Specialties for an undisclosed sum. The surface and ripening cultures businesses will be integrated into Lallemand's ...
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General Mills has agreed to sell its Argentina bakery and foodservice business to a Mexico-based baking company Grupo Bimbo for undisclosed sum. However, General Mills will retain its growing retail food business in Argentina, including ...
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Dow Chemical Company has launched an innovative Microfoaming Technology for the packaging industry in Latin America. The project is part of a comprehensive Dow program focused on mitigating the carbon footprint of the Rio 2016 Olympic ...
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General Motors (GM) has announced a recall of more than one million pickup trucks due to a seat belt flaw. The company said the recall of the 2014-15 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups is not linked to any crashes, injuries ...
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US-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Evans Food Group and its subsidiaries. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Evans Food Group, which was founded in 1947 and acquired in 1985, is the maker ...
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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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Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of US$3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in the forecast is ...
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Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) released records of shipping more than one million Fitbit Blaze devices in its first month of availability, exceeding internal Fitbit sales forecasts. During this time, Fitbit Blaze has become the number one bestselling ...
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Tecnau’s CutReady solution will showcase cost-effectively cut and stack output from HP Indigo Digital Presses during several pre-drupa HP Indigo events in Israel, and then at drupa itself. The new Tecnau CutReady solution will be ...
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With more than 37 years of experience in the industry, Schaden joins the company as its new executive VP of sales. Alex Brands has revealed that toy industry veteran Chris Schaden will be joining the company as its new executive VP of ...
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Yakima Products Inc. named Jason McGibbon as its vice president of sales, while Chris Sautter was appointed as the brand’s first product development center director. As vice president of sales, Jason McGibbon is responsible for ...
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