US-based automotive tire supplier Cooper Tire & Rubber Company will invest about $35.5m for opening a new Global Technical Center (GTC) for developing new tire technology. The new GTC will be located in Cooper's headquarters community of ...
Dongfeng King-land flagship truck is still the most attractive truck in 2014 Auto China recently held in Beijing. And the truck is popular for its high specifications, strong power and great comfortable riding and driving experiences. And ...
Tags: Transportation, Dongfeng, Truck
AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai in China, doubling annual production capacity and creating the company's biggest plant for packaging coatings in the world. Work started in ...
Tags: Industrial Coatings, Coatings, Construction
Foton on Wednesday announced that, recently, the joint venture Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. with 50% of its share signed the "Euro VI Engine Development Contract" with America Cummins. Leaders from Foton Auto and American ...
Tags: truck, car, vehicle, Transportation
Cargill today reported net earnings of $319 million in the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 28, down 28 percent from $445 million in the year-ago period. Nine-month earnings were $1.45 billion, down 21 percent from $1.83 billion a year ...
Tags: Cargill, corn shipments
In the presence of Germany’s Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese State President Xi Jinping, Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC Group) today signed an agreement on the further ...
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Nestlé has opened a food safety research center in Beijing, China, as part of its efforts to strengthen food safety research activities in the country. Named Nestlé Food Safety Institute (NFSI) is located at Nestlé's ...
Tags: Nestle, Food Safety
In 2009, we heard that South Korea was working on some sort of massive robot theme park that was scheduled to open in 2012. And then, we kind of didn't hear anything for a very, very, very long time. Now that it's 2014, Robot Land is back ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
When it comes to foodborne illness, fresh produce belies its healthful aura: Fresh fruits and vegetables account for 24 percent of U.S. foodborne illness in which both the responsible food and contaminant are identified, according to a 2013 ...
Tags: on-Farm Safety, Safety of Fruits, Safety of Vegetables
Area beef producers should make plans to attend the first annual Three-State Beef Conference Jan. 14, 15 and 16, 2014 with locations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Topics and speakers for the conference include: "Cover Crops for ...
Tags: Beef, Agriculture, Food
Beef cattle producers who want boost their profit potential and become more competitive in the cattle industry can learn how by attending the 2014 Ohio Beef Cattle School series Jan. 28, Feb. 18 and March 11, 2014, taught by experts from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beef
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
By Kurt Knebusch More and more growers are using greenhouses and high tunnels, says the organizer of a workshop that will show how to boost the structures' crop quality, profitability and sustainability, especially by managing water ...
Tags: OARDC, Greenhouse Management Workshop, growing food crops, greenhouses
Once heavily reliant on the Chinese market, Lenovo is now looking to make acquisitions as it tries to expand its growing enterprise business to other countries. Lenovo, widely known as a PC company, started selling bare-bones servers in ...
Tags: Lenovo, acquisition, IBM
Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
Tags: Arkema, Emulsion Polymers Facility, China