Honda Automobile (Thailand) has opened a THB17.15bn ($465m) production facility at Rojana Industrial Park in Prachinburi province. The new facility will have capacity to produce 120,000 units per year. Featuring a 214,000m2 of space, ...
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Global gold demand totaled 1,290 mt in the first quarter, up 21% from 1,070 mt a year earlier, as the biggest quarterly inflow into exchange-traded funds since 2009 offset a steep decline in jewelry demand, the World Gold Council said in a ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 31 March), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA - which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets - has ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...
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Mitsubishi Polyester Film, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Plastics, has selected Jacobs Engineering Group to provide engineering services for the expansion of its polyester film plant in Greenville County, South Carolina, US. ...
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Around the globe consumers are finding that juices and sports drinks are a healthy alternative to what are often rather sugary soft drinks. Bottlers who want to muscle in on this growth market have to satisfy the special technical demands ...
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Associated British Foods (ABF) is reportedly contemplating the sale of its unprofitable sugar business in China to remain focused on its sugar operations in Europe and Africa. For this purpose, the food company has invited bids for five ...
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Garrett Popcorn Shops is opening its first location in the Washington, D.C. metro area at The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City. For more than six decades, Garrett Popcorn has been handcrafting small batches of gourmet Popcorn for millions ...
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Chevrolet has unveiled the Silverado High Desert package, which will arrive in dealers this fall. Based on the concept vehicle revealed at the 2014 SEMA show, the High Desert package brings unique content and capability to Silverado's ...
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COMO Connect is expanding its bus fleet by adding zero-emission, all-electric buses starting this June to better serve customers and reduce operational costs. The three (3), 30-ft, low-floor, all-electric transit buses will be supplied by ...
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Henkel Adhesive Technologies has introduced two interior adhesive technologies for passenger vehicles, during the Ward's Auto Interiors Conference, at Cobo Center. AQUENCE PL 5101 is a one-component, waterborne laminating adhesive, that ...
Powertrain components supplier Dana is planning to invest about $70m in a new axle manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio, US. The company aims to expand a recently built 100,000 square foot facility on the property to about 300,000 ...
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Servair, part of the Air France group, has added an Allison-equipped IVECO Stralis 6x2 AD 260 S31 Y/PS to its fleet of 300 heavy-vehicles. This newest acquisition was put into service at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, where it’s ...
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Ascend Performance Materials will be giving a technical presentation on “Enhanced Hydrolysis & Thermal Resistant PA66 for Automotive Engine Cooling Applications” at the 11th Annual SPE Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference ...
With landfill space at a premium throughout the world, a Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plant in Mexico is making an environmental difference every day by recycling nearly 100 percent of its industrial scrap and waste. ...