Corrugated group in the UK, TRM has announced the installation of a new £2.5m casemaker at its Burscough, Lancashire facility to enhance its retail-ready packaging capacity. The installation of the new Martin 618 casemaker, part the ...
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Japanese car manufacturer Honda is planning to invest $424.9m to build new models and engines at its Swindon plant in UK. As a part of the investment programme, Honda has launched new Honda Civic in last year and now extends to the Honda ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) has commenced construction of a new $200m facility at its Arlington manufacturing plant in Texas. The investment on the new stamping plant is part of the company's $500m investment programme made in ...
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The Finnish firm said that the global economic slowdown had made its food industry customers cautious. The news comes as the firm announced its Q3 results. Sales for Q3 were €532m compared to €616m the year before. Its results ...
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UK pump company,SPP,celebrates 25 years at Coleford site with royal visit In December 1987,Her Royal Highness,the Princess Royal,opened SPP's manufacturing facility at Coleford,UK.SPP Pumps is a global pump manufacturer and pumping ...
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Growth in own-label food has helped Sainsbury achieve a 2.5%rise in profits to £405M in the six months to September 29. Underlying profit before tax climbed by 5.4%to reach £373M. The retailer's ceo Justin King told BBC ...
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There can't be many hotels with a history that spans literally thousands of years but Littlecote House, part of the Warner Group of Hotels, has played host to occupying Romans, a Tudor tryst, a Civil War army and, now, a fabulous ...
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UK retail giant Tesco has revealed a "multi-million" pound revamp of its meat, fish and poultry range as part of a GBP1bn (US$1.6bn) investment programme announced earlier this year. The re-launch, unveiled yesterday (5 November), ...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a loan of up to €13.85 million for a project that will help improve water and wastewater services in Valcea, Romania. The EBRD loan to water utility SC APAVIL SA ...
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Tesco has posted a historic decline following a £1bn investment programme earlier this year, designed to bolster its online channel. The supermarket giant saw profits drop 10.5% to £1.6bn for its half-year result, the first ...
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Paperboard manufacturer Stora Enso has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture called Bulleh Shah Packaging (Private) with Pakistan-based paper firm Packages Stora Enso said that its initial shareholding will be 35% with a ...
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Confectioner The Jelly Bean Factory has extended its manufacturing facility in Ireland to include an additional production line. The addition of the line at the Dublin plant will produce a new range of gourmet Belgian chocolate coated ...
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Nestle has opened its first facility in Angola, which it says will act as a "finishing centre" for its Nido milk powder. The CHF16m (US$16.5m) facility in Luanda will eventually be extended to also manufacture products including Nescafe, ...
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Canadian Western Forst Products intends to invest $16m by the middle of 2013 in the modernisation of its Saltair sawmill in Ladysmith. The most important improvements will be the cutting line and the trimming facilities. Furthermore ...
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Chesapeake's investment programme has continued with the addition of a Perfecta guillotine to its Tewkesbury operation The Perfecta 132TS Flowline is a high speed, heavy duty precision guillotine with pre- and post-cut handling. ...
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