German luxury automaker Daimler, through its brand Mercedes Benz is investing $1bn in Alabama, US plant to produce electric vehicles. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International), its ...
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Blue Paper has opened a new fully automated high stack warehouse for paper rolls in Strasbourg in France, expanding its storage capacity. The new building has space to store 12,000 tonnes of paper and is almost double the original storage ...
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Dunelm Group has announced its preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 2nd July 2016, reporting another strong year, and maintaining its record of growing sales and profit every year since the IPO in 2006. Dunelm reports in-store ...
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Following its sale from Black Diamond Inc. to Investcorp in October, POC is relocating its North American headquarters and adding new staff. The manufacturer of ski and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, is moving from Salt Lake ...
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Next reports a "solid" performance over its last financial year to January 2016, with Directory (online and catalogue) sales up 8% and Retail 1%. Total group sales rose by 3% to £4.1b. Despite this, growth was lower than predicted. ...
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US-based Victory Packaging is set to open a new warehouse and distribution center in Chicago in April to expand its packaging-related operations in the region. The new 275,000ft2 facility will be located in Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, ...
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Freund Container & Supply, a leading supplier of packaging and industrial supplies available for same-day shipment, today announced the opening of a warehouse in Atlanta to provide faster and lower-cost deliveries to customers throughout ...
Starting today, logistics employees at Audi will no longer have to fetch the required goods from the material shelves. Instead, the goods will come to them fully automatically on driverless transport systems (DTS). Audi is currently ...
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Michigan-based thermoplastics distributor Chase Plastics has broke ground for a new distribution center at South Bend, Indiana. Construction work will start tomorrow, and the plant is scheduled to become fully operational by December. ...
Abu Dhabi based National Catering Company (NCC) has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to secure a 25,000-sqm plot of land in the Khalifa Industrial Zone (Kizad). As part of this new development, NCC will invest around AED50m ...
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Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
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Repco is set to expand under a long-term lease with GPC Asia Pacific and Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) for 22,467m2 of existing warehouse and office at Export Park, Brisbane Airport. The 15-year lease at 51-57 Qantas Drive will ...
To meet increasing sales in North America, global automotive supplier DENSO will open a new shipping warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee. "This new warehouse enables us to expand our capabilities to satisfy our customers and also support ...
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Centric Parts has transferred its brake pad assembly and kitting functions from its Carson, Calif., facility to a portion of a new warehouse and office space at its City of Industry campus. The company says the move more closely positions ...
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Jacobson Companies and Pepperidge Farm, an international commercial bakery, announced plans to open a new 146,000ft2 distribution centre in Morrow, Georgia. The new warehouse will serve as a distribution and packaging site for several ...
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