British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to establish a new manufacturing plant in Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This move by the company will see a total investment of BRL750m (GBP240m) by 2020. The company ...
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JACKSON, Miss. — Upholstery producer Jackson Furniture has opened one new plant in northeastern Mississippi and plans to start operations soon at a second facility, according to company officials. The plants represent an investment ...
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On November 29, the joint venture (Dongfeng Smith) of Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng and German Smith completes the foundation-laying ceremony in Wuhan Economic and Technology Zone. The JV is another important step of ...
The rising demand for polyurethane automotive coatings has prompted Bayer MaterialScience to expand the production of two important coating raw materials: hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). After a ...
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Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
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German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new passenger car axle production plant in Kulim, Malaysia. Currently having a workforce of 74, the new plant will produce axle sets and supply them to the nearby BMW ...
Honda Automoveis do Brasil (HAB), an automobile production and sales subsidiary of Honda in Brazil, has commenced the construction of its new BRL1bn ($435.8m) automobile production plant in Itirapina in the state of Sao Paulo. The ...
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It is reported that the Korean steel giant Posco announced to expand its two auto sheet coil centers in Mexico last week. The constructions of new plants began between late January and early February this year. In fact, Posco has announced ...
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A successful hot run test was carried out on November 23 on converter No. 1 of the new steelmaking plant of Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steel producer Nanjing Iron and Steel Co. (NISCO), a subsidiary of Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co., ...
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Varna. Within the next two years chemicals giant Solvay will invest BGN 55 million in its plant in Bulgaria's Devnia for a new distiller, general manager for Bulgaria and CEO Spyros Nomikos informed. The construction of the new distillery ...
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Continental Tire's 250 Sumter employees stand behind the plant's first sellable tire. Continental Tire the Americas LLC’s (CTA) new manufacturing facility in Sumter, South Carolina, has received approval from central headquarters in ...
CRAiLAR Technologies Inc., which produces and markets CRAiLAR Flax fiber The Friendliest Fiber On The Planet, announced today it has finalized the purchase of a European based fiber processing company with more than 40 years of experience ...
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Italian firm plans to build world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant in China Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China ...
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German autoparts maker Continental has inaugurated its new tire plant, ContiLifeCycle, in Hannover-Sticken, Germany. Claimed to be the first globally, the new plant integrates an advancede facility for retreading bus and truck tires with ...
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Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is going to establish a new hot strip mill at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) with 3 million tons capacity every year. The estimated cost is at about Rs 4,360crore. The new mill will reheat and roll steel slabs ...
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