PUMA's consolidated sales in the second quarter of 2014 were in line with expectations, rising by 0.6% currency adjusted to € 652 million. However, due to continued currency weakness in Turkey, Russia, South Africa, India, Japan and ...
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Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. ("Cooper Standard"), today demonstrated its commitment to global expansion in the Asia Pacific region during the grand opening event for its new Asia ...
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Worldwide volume growth of 3% in the quarter Worldwide sparkling volume growth accelerated to 2% in the quarter, with brand Coca-Cola up 1% both globally and in North America Global value share gains in nonalcoholic ready-to-drink ...
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In the first half of the year, the strong performance of the Renault and Dacia brands in Europe, driven by the success of Clio, Captur, Duster phase 2 and Sandero, enabled the Group to offset the sharp slowdown in its main emerging markets. ...
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Universal Robina, a subsidiary of Philippines' JG Summit Holdings, is set to acquire New Zealand-based Griffin's Foods from Australian Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for about NZ$700m ($609m). Universal already has presence in Thailand, ...
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Grandview Research has recently released a report on the global antimicrobial coatings market. Antimicrobial coatings are used to protect surfaces from micro-organisms including parasites, bacteria, germs and fungi. Initially introduced to ...
LatticePower Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to be the first company to commercialize GaN-on-silicon LED lighting, has announced an $80m initial round of Series D equity financing led by Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment ...
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American Pacific Industries Inc. (API), which is the exclusive United States importer of Gladiator Tires, is recalling 761 Gladiator brand truck and trailer tires of various sizes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.86 billion for the month of May 2014, 8.8 percent ...
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Apollo Tyres is set to invest $340m to strengthen manufacturing capabilities at its Chennai and Kalamassery, Kerala plants. As part of the expansion project, the company will boost truck and bus radial tyre capacity at Chennai plant to ...
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When the UK government's plans to introduce aversion packaging on cigarettes began its fight with Big Tobacco at the beginning of June, a battle broke out in Australia too. It took two weeks for the Australian government to quash it. By ...
Bosch eBike Systems is setting up a regional business unit in Suzhou, China with technical and commercial experts to help Asia's bicycle manufacturers prepare for growing global demand for ped-elec bikes, which the company began promoting ...
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Phase two of Mondelez Food Innovation Centre commences at Ringwood Global food manufacturing giant Mondelēz International has begun construction on stage two of the Food Innovation Centre at Ringwood, Victoria, continuing the ...
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Volkswagen Group has sold 4.11 million vehicles from January to May, representing a 6.3% increase compared to the same period of 2013. The company handed over 864,600 (May 2013: 816,300; +5.9 percent) units to customers in May. "The ...
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American automotive company Ford Motor has unveiled the new 2015 Ford Edge crossover SUV, which is scheduled to launch in early 2015 across North America. The new vehicle will also be sold in South America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions ...