Volkswagen has adopted a new strategy to become a lead in sustainable mobility by bringing out more than 30 new e-vehicles by 2025. In order to achieve these goals, the Board of Management - with the approval of the Supervisory Board - ...
Tags: Volkswagen, pact for the future, BEVS
Samsung is nearly ready to kick off production for its next flagship phablet – the Galaxy Note 6 (or Note 7?) – according to a new report. The new Galaxy Note will enter mass-production in July, with plans for an initial run ...
Tags: Galaxy Note 6, curved-edge OLED
Cascades,a recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, has announced plans to build a new tissue converting plant in Scappoose, Oregon, US. The US$64 million investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines ...
Tags: green packaging, tissue products
Taiwanese machine-tool builders generally enjoy robust revenue in May thanks to market recovery (photo courtesy of UDN.com).Mainly fueled by strong orders from downstream manufacturers in such sectors as automobiles, smartphones and ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received the first order from a Chinese customer for its GENxplor R&D molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system. Nanjing University is scheduled to ...
The Group´s current chief executive John Walden is to step down following the £1.4bn deal. Sainsbury’s chief financial officer, John Rogers has been lined up to lead the Argos owner Home Retail Group once the takeover ...
Tags: Argos, takeover, the digital transformation
Electric Car Insider magazine has developed an interactive mobile EV Buyers Guide app for iOS tablets and mobile devices. The app helps people interested in electric cars learn about electric vehicle technology and find a car that fits ...
Tags: Electric Car, EV Buyers, air quality
Late in 2015, BlackBerry took a massive gamble when it launched its first ever Android smartphone – the privacy-focused BlackBerry Priv. There was room for cautious optimism at the time, as the phone was actually– wait for it ...
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Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the key assets of its Suzhou Mill in China, including the land-use rights and buildings, to the local government of Suzhou National New & Hi-tech Industrial Development Area (SND). During its ...
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Food ingredients company Corbion has announced that it would invest in its plant at Dolton, Illinois, to expand production of emulsifiers used in sweet goods. Corbion, a major North American company in emulsifiers for bread, plans to ...
Tags: emulsifiers, sweet goods
Mondelez International has announced that it would invest $15m to open a new global research, development & quality (RDQ) facility in Bielany Wroclawskie, Poland. The company has started the construction of the new site, which is expected ...
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Olam International has acquired a 100% stake in Brooks Peanut Company for $85m. Brooks, which was established in 1959, is based in Samson, Alabama. It is currently the sixth largest peanut sheller in the US. The company processes about ...
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Chinese companies make up a quarter of the foreign delegations to take part in the International Festival for Business (IFB) held this year in the northwestern British port of Liverpool, organizers said Saturday. "Our target had been for ...
China faces two separate challenges: the long-term issue of a declining potential growth rate and the immediate problem of below-potential actual growth. Indeed, the government's supply-side reform strategy will go a long way toward doing ...
The amount of non-cash payments in China in the first quarter rose 7.1 percent year on year, according to a central bank report released on Tuesday. The amount of money involved in non-cash payments,including commercial papers, bank cards ...