FCA’s Mopar brand has launched a new fleet vehicle maintenance and service program at the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) Institute & Expo at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. The Fleet Preferred ...
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Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) plans to eliminate approximately 350 to 400 positions by the end of the second quarter to reduce costs by approximately $60 million in fiscal 2016. In an announcement Monday, the Seattle company said the cuts ...
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government will begin measuring and quantifying the ecoomic impact of the outdoor recreation economy when calculating gross domestic product. Jewell, who served as CEO for REI before ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that during March it received record volume purchase orders worth just over $3m (to be delivered over the next 12 months) for its indium antimonide (InSb) and gallium ...
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SAI Global has been appointed by Woolworths as an approved service delivery partner of their new Supplier Excellence program, which focuses on improving quality and product safety standards across its extensive global sourcing network. ...
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To grow sales in China and Japan, the toymaker has updated its play kits to include more Asian characters and settings including a revamped Ninjago range. The LEGO Group has claimed that it is well-positioned to become the number one toy ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $4.7m grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects, which will enable farmers and small food processors, vegetable and fruit merchants and others to ...
Color management system and software solution provider X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone have signed a cooperative agreement with US-based packaging firm HAVI Global Solutions (HGS) to improve packaging processes. As per the deal, HGS ...
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US-based private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has agreed to provide €100m debt and equity financing to sustainable packaging provider Petainer UK. The funding will be used by Petainer to finance its capital structure and ...
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Elektrobit, a developer of embedded technology solutions for the automotive industry is expanding to two new international locations: Timisoara, Romania and Bangalore, India. The expansion will add up to 80 developers. With these ...
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After 100 years of family ownership, Thomas J Fudge’s has secured investment from mid-market private equity business Livingbridge as it aims to establish itself as the UK’s premium biscuit brand. Founded in 1916 by Thomas J ...
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Fabless high-temperature and and extended-lifetime semiconductor firm CISSOID of Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium has delivered the first prototypes of a three-phase 1200V/100A silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET intelligent power module (IPM) to ...
ACCO Semiconductor Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a fabless provider of RF front-end components manufactured using standard high-volume bulk CMOS processes for smart-phone and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, has closed a $35m funding ...
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Lithuanian bottler Birtono Mineraliniai Vandenys (BMV) has achieved 30% in lightweighting of the bottles using France-based packaging equipment manufacturer Sidel’s two new complete line solutions, in less than two years. Sidel ...
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Ongoing advances in Label Printer Applicator (LPA) technology have led to rugged, high-performing workhorses that are smart choices —even in highly demanding environments. So in a world where time is money, more manufacturers and ...