Nissan's assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee has started the production of the updated 2016 Nissan Altima, the company's best-selling passenger car in the US in 2015. Nissan unveiled the 2016 Altima in September after providing a new ...
General Motors (GM) has confirmed plans to invest $5.4bn at its manufacturing and assembly plants in the US in the next three years, to strengthen its production capabilities and enhance product quality. The proposed investment will be ...
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Packaging company Ardagh is almost said to have completed its €3bn acquisition of the glass packaging unit of Saint Gobain. Saint Gobain has been considering the sale of Verallia to focus on higher-margin home and construction ...
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US based synthetic yarn producer, Unifi, Inc. said it is expanding polyester texturing capacity in the US and Central America to support growing demand for synthetic yarn in the NAFTA and CAFTA regions. Unifi is expanding capacity at ...
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The Asian butadiene/naphtha spread narrowed to an eight-month low of $329.38/mt Monday, following the closure of the arbitrage window to move Asian butadiene to the US Gulf Coast. The spread value was last lower on September 12, 2013, ...
Sartori, a US-based artisan and premium cheese producer, is set to strengthen its processing capabilities with a $14m expansion and renovation project at its plants in Antigo and Plymouth. Expected to create up to 53 new jobs, the project ...
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Volvo Trucks has set out to become a more prominent player in the Mexican truck market, by expanding its dealer presence here and re-evaluating its traditional approach to this market. That was the message from an invigorated Matthew ...
The US Federal Trade Commission in July announced it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ardagh’s acquisition of the Verallia North America (VNA) unit, which makes jam jars and drinks bottles for the US market. Ardagh said that ...
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Global chemical company BASF is set to expand manufacturing capabilities at its US plants in Wyandotte, Michigan, and Monaca, Pennsylvania, in a bid to support customer growth in the packaging, printing and industrial coating markets. At ...
Canadian food processing and packaging company SunOpta has announced plans to add new aseptic packaging capacities at both Modesto, California and Alexandria, Minnesota processing and packaging operations. The company aims to address the ...
Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has opened a paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US, which the company claims as its most advanced plant. The new 250,000sqft facility will be located adjacent to the company's vehicle ...
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Bloomberg reported that Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine AG said on December 19 it may construct a EUR 500 million factory in the US to benefit from cheap gas. Nucor Corp also plans to start up a USD 750 million Louisiana project in mid ...
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CINCINNATI, May 23, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- LSI Industries Inc. announced that it is partnering with The University of Arkansas athletic department to provide a new video display to the north end zone scoreboard inside Donald W. ...
The international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced that the France based seamless steel tube producer Vallourec will maintain its strong market positions in premium steel pipes and connections for the oil and gas ...
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US food group Campbell Soup Co. is to shut two domestic plants, citing falling canned soup sales among the reasons for the move. Campbell will close a spice factory in New Jersey by March and a soup and sauce plant in California by July. ...
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