Toyota Motor is planning to introduce 10 new electrified vehicles for the Chinese market by the end of 2020. The company is showcasing the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) versions of its Corolla and Levin passenger cars at the ...
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PPG has opened a $49m paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia. The site will provide about 200 total positions and produce about 25 million liters (6.6 million gallons) of ...
American Packaging has broken ground on a new 350,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Monroe County, New York. The company is investing around $170m to develop the facility, which will allow to create up to 260 permanent jobs, in addition to ...
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Mars has announced plans to reinvest $70m in its US supply chain, with the creation of around 250 jobs at sites across the country. The company said the move will ensure that over 95% of its chocolate products for the US are made here. ...
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Electric truck and bus powertrain manufacturer, Motive Power Systems has opened its new headquarters at 330 Hatch Drive in Foster City, California. The new headquarters gives the company room to grow and hire new employees, and continue ...
The payoff of Taiwanese fastener makers' effort on going upmarket is a major growth drive for the industry's sustainable development (in the photo are the high-strength, quality-approved bolts and fixings for rail construction). Although ...
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“Night of Shandong Province” theme activity of 2016 China Development High-level Forum host by the provincial government of Shandong Province and Development and Research Center of State Council was held in Diaoyutai State ...
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed its plans to open a £1bn manufacturing facility in Nitra, western Slovakia. With the plant, Jaguar Land Rover will be first British car maker to set up a plant in the country and it will employ ...
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BASF inaugurated its new resin and electrocoat plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in Shanghai. In line with BASF’s approach to stay close to customers worldwide, this new plant will further strengthen BASF’s ...
Label and packaging firm CCL Industries has partnered with Turkey-based in-mould-labels (IML) producer Korsini, to set up a manufacturing facility for IML in Memphis, Tennessee, in the US. The two companies will form a new entity with a ...
Nigeria’s textiles traders are a worried lot over the increasing Chinese footprint in the country. While the proliferation of Chinese-made textiles is a boon for low income consumers, traders in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest ...
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Whether they are in the lounge, in the kitchen or elsewhere in their homes, Africans are now being given a front-row view of how their world, and the world of trade, is changing. Their guides are the appliances they use to make their ...
LED lighting markets in Europe, the US and Japan have gradually matured, and China is also entering a period of intense competition over pricing and scale. With the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, LED vendors' attention on ...
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Chinese high-speed train companies are eyeing more contracts in overseas markets. "The US will be the next strategic focus for us, after successfully winning the Boston contract," Yu Weiping, vice-president of China CNR Corp, told China ...
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Confectionery company Cadbury Australia has announced it will shrink its family-sized 210g/220g chocolate blocks in the coming weeks. Cadbury Australia said the changes to the size of the block were due to pressure from increased ...
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