South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors is set to enter the Indian car market by investing $1.1bn to build its first factory in the country. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Government of ...
Future Mobility, a joint venture set up by Foxconn Electronics, Tencent Holdings and China Harmony Auto Holding to develop smart electric vehicles in China, will invest CNY11.6 billion (US$1.69 billion) to build a smart vehicle ...
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Michelin 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 ...
Burnsville-based Valley Natural Foods has announced that it would invest $2m to open a wholesale meat processing plant in Northfield, Minnesota. The company has purchased 16 acres of land, including a building, for the new plant, Valley ...
US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and its Netherlands-based partner Meijer Frozen Food have announced to form a new joint venture to cater to the Russian market. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval from Federal ...
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ConAgra Foods has announced that it would invest $200m to expand operations at its Lamb Weston’s facility in Richland, Washington, US. The expansion will see an addition of a new french fry processing line at the plant. While the ...
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Faraday Future, a start-up in the field of electric vehicles and a rival to Tesla Motors has broken ground on its $1bn manufacturing plant near in North Las Vegas, Nevada, US. The electric carmaker said the investment will not only go ...
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Australia-based dairy company Murray Goulburn (MG) is partnering with Indonesian health and infant nutrition company Kalbe Nutritionals and US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), to set up $300m infant formula processing facility at Koroit ...
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Premium Ingredients Food Services India is planning to set up second modular and portable powder blending (PPB) manufacturing facility in India by mid 2016. The company, which is a part of the Blendhub Corp group, specializes in the ...
General Motors along with its Chinese venture SAIC Motor is planning to establish its manufacturing operations in Indonesia in an attempt to take advantage of vehicle demand in the country. SAIC Motor is a joint venture between GM China, ...
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Mercedes-Benz has commenced production of its Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake at the company’s plant in Kecskemét, Hungary. CLA Shooting Brake will be the second model to be exclusively manufactured at the three year old ...
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Belgium based materials technology company Umicore is planning to construct a new facility in Hemaraj, Thailand which will produce emission control catalysts for light duty vehicles. The company is expected to invest around €20m at ...
NLMK Kaluga, a subsidiary of Russian steelmaker NLMK Group and producer of long steel products for construction, has stated that it has produced its one millionth metric ton of steel. NLMK Kaluga is a next-generation EAF mill, part of ...
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The World Bank Group’s political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) will work in collaboration with Turkish flexible packaging company Elif Global to expand the latter’s ...
Austria-based voestalpine broke ground Wednesday on the construction of a EUR 550 million (US$760 million) direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The plant, which represents the largest foreign investment in the history of ...
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