Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever plans to make an investment of $152.5m at its New Century spreads manufacturing facility in Johnson County, Kansas, a move which will create 100 new jobs. The investment will ...
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Tyson Mexican Original, a subsidiary of US-based Tyson Foods, has announced plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Portland, Indiana, with an investment of $5.3m, a move which will create about 13 new jobs by 2016. Tyson Mexican ...
US based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Smith Electric Vehicles has signed an agreement with the China based Taikang Technology to establish a joint venture (JV) in Taiwan. The new JV will be responsible for the assembly and ...
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US-based cream cheese manufacturer Franklin Foods has opened a new manufacturing facility - Franklin Foods West - in Casa Grande, Arizona. The facility expands the company's growing food service, industrial, retail private label and ...
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DesleeClama, a producer of mattress ticking, said it is adding new knitting machinery and a fully equipped testing laboratory to its North American manufacturing facility here. "We are making this major investment to allow us to better ...
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StonePeak has announced that every porcelain tile produced in its Crossville, TN, manufacturing facility is Green Squared Certified. Green Squared, the Tile Council of North America's third party sustainability certification initiative, ...
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Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda has started the production of its compact segment vehicle, the Rapid Spaceback at its main factory in Mlada Boleslav. The Rapid Spaceback stage is scheduled for its debut at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor ...
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Dorel Industries bought a 70 percent interest in Caloi, a major Brazilian manufacturer of bicycles and equipment and one of the largest bike brands in Latin America, the company announced Thursday. Caloi's sales in 2012 were close to R$ ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has signed a deal with the Turkish manufacturer Karsan to terminate local assembly of the Renault Trucks for the domestic market by the end of 2013. The ending of the local assembly is expected ...
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IVC US will begin interviewing and hiring for fourth shift employees for its corporate manufacturing headquarters in Dalton, Ga. Selected candidates will be set to begin work in mid to late September 2013. IVC US will kick off its ...
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US-based Michael Foods has announced plans to shut down an egg processing facility in Winona County, Minnesota in about six months, a move which will lead to 40 job losses. The company gained ownership of the facility through its ...
New Therapedic India licensees Milind Pandit, left, and Syed Emtiaz Ahmed, second from right, meet with Therapedic executives Gerry Borreggine and Norman Rosenblatt.} PRINCETON, N.J. — Top 10 bedding producer Therapedic ...
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New Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has reportedly re-opened the former Swedish brand’s Trollhattan factory that shut its gates in April 2011 prior to the company filing for bankruptcy later that year. According ...
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Global specialty-packaging manufacturer ASG’s (AGI-Shorewood Group) Amaray plastics division has acquired all the production assets of Infiniti Media, an injection-molding supplier to the home entertainment industry in the US. ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to the [Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade. For a third ...
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