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OFD Foods Breaks Ground on $25m Manufacturing Plant in New York's Monroe County
Apr 24, 2018OFD Foods, a supplier of freeze-dried food for the US Military, has started construction on a $25m, nearly 50,000ft2 facility in the Town of Henrietta, Monroe County in New York State. The facility, which will be operating by the end of ...
Tags: OFD Foods, dried food
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Lucid Motors Selects Casa Grande for Electric Car Manufacturing Operation
Dec 16, 2016Lucid Motors has selected Casa Grande for its electric car manufacturing operation. The facility will bring over 2,000 projected new jobs and more than $700m in capital investment to the region by 2022. Governor Ducey said: “Lucid ...
Tags: Lucid Motors, Electric Car
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Mars Aims to Eliminate Fossil Fuel Use for Operations by 2040
Nov 15, 2016Mars is urging the business community and global leaders at COP22 to take bold action to implement the targets agreed last year in Paris for tackling climate change. Mars combined this call to action with an announcement of plans for a ...
Tags: Mars, Fossil Fuel
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Polymer Logistics Opens New Service Center in Indiana, US
Nov 14, 2016Polymer Logistics, a retail ready packaging company, has launched a 75,000ft2 logistics and distribution center in Porter County, Indiana, US. Located at 6750 Daniel Burnham Dr., Portage IN, the new facility will create more than 40 new ...
Tags: Polymer Logistics, Polymer
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Goya Foods Opens State-of-The-Art and Sustainable Production Facility in New Jersey
Nov 9, 2016Goya Foods has opened a opened new 240,000ft2 production facility in Secaucus of New Jersey, as part of its $250m iinvestment. The facility, equipped to manufacture and distribute over 4 million cases of Goya products annually, features ...
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Steinhoff Reports Steady Uk Retail Growth
Sep 13, 2016Steinhoff International has published its unaudited results for 12 months ended 30th June 2016. As indicated previously, the group reports unaudited revenue growth of 33% to €13.1b, while operating profit improved by 32% to ...
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Michelin Group Starts Construction on New Passenger Tire Plant in Central Mexico
Aug 26, 2016Michelin Group has broken ground on a passenger-tire plant in Central Mexico. It is the company's 69th global facility. Michelin Group's CEO Jean-Dominique Senard said: "Our actions here today demonstrate our confidence in Mexico's ...
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Why Trucks Will Uncouple From Human Drivers Sooner Than You Think
Aug 8, 2016The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
Tags: driverless truck, automated vehicles, weather-related delays
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Carfax Expands Headquarters in Virginia
Jun 23, 2016Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined government officials, local business leaders, dozens of guests and more than 700 Team Carfax members to celebrate the completion of a major company expansion. With support from the Governor and the ...
Tags: Virginia economy, VEDP
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Plessey Wins Manufacturing Business of The Year Award
Apr 19, 2016Plessey of Plymouth, UK has been awarded the Manufacturing Business Award 2016 for large businesses by the Plymouth Herald. Now in their sixth year, the awards celebrate the city's most dynamic companies. Presented at a gala dinner at the ...
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Land Of Beds Opens Second Cheshire Showroom
Mar 22, 2016World Sleep Day marked the opening of a second Cheshire showroom for independent bed retailers, Land of Beds. The third generation business, which won the High Sheriff of Cheshire’s Family Business Award of Excellence during Sleep ...
Tags: Cheshire Showroom, Land Of Beds
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Hasbro Named One Of The World's Most Ethical Companies By Ethisphere
Mar 11, 2016‘‘As a five-time honoree, Hasbro´s commitment to leading with integrity is evidenced by its continuing commitment to corporate social responsibility initiatives and a robust risk based compliance and ethics programme." ...
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BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom Celebrate 25-Year Partnership
Oct 15, 2015BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have already been cooperating successfully for a quarter of a century: The two companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in autumn 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...
Tags: BASF, Gazprom, natural gas
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Kenyan Gov Earmarks $6.8 Million to Revive and Expand Operations
Jul 27, 2015The Kenyan government has earmarked 680 million Shilling ($6.8 million) to revive and expand operations at the Rift Valley Textile Mills (Rivatex) in Uasin-Gishu County, deputy president William Ruto has said, according to reports in the ...
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Malaysia Are Set to Benefit as The MTFTA
Jul 20, 2015Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
