Lucozade Ribena opens fourth production line in China LONDON (Reuters) - Lucozade Ribena, the drinks joint venture between Reckitt Benckiser and Suntory Beverage & Food, on Friday said it had opened its fourth production line to strengthen production
Suntory brewery opens £13m production line in Ireland Suntory breweries, through its Alexiya Corporation, on Monday officially opened a new £13m production line at its Drogheda base in Co Louth. The new 4,000 sq metre line was
Tokyo Kia to update, market top-selling Sorento in overseas markets by 2020 SEOUL (Reuters) - Korean auto-maker Kia Motors Corp (000270.KS) plans to upgrade and reshape its popular midsize Kia Sorento crossover by the end of the year and is planning
Detroit See-saw November/December sales stoke holiday surprises - Morgan Stanley (Reuters) - The latest round of store sales data tends to distort the movements of retail stocks, possibly due to a tendency for sales to be discounted in early January
global retail Nissan sees U.S. sales rebound in 2020 after steep decline SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) expects its U.S. sales to rebound this year after their sharpest fall in 15 years, buoyed by a broad array
Penske Automotive Group Lithia Motors earnings miss estimate, profit growth, store count to tick up (Reuters) - Lithia Motors Inc (LAD.N) plans to return to a robust pace of growth following its four-year hiatus, Chief Executive Scott Smith said on Monday, reporting quarterly profit
Toyota Ford names China boss Farley to head Europe, Middle East and Africa BERLIN (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) has appointed Marc Farley chief operating officer at its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations, dealing a blow to its new
Tokyo Toyota to work with Honda to speed up self-driving car development (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will have access to 10 years of innovation technology from Honda Motor Co under a strategic alliance, the companies said on Monday. Toyota vehicles are
Kia Motors America Rivals hone in on Kia Soul in battle for new and improved NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kia Motors Corp’s little Seltos has its work cut out for it. U.S. President and CEO of Kia Motors America, Kevin Slavin looks on
Japan Faurecia aims for profit growth after 2019 sales rise PARIS (Reuters) - French car parts maker Faurecia (EPED.PA) aims to increase earnings in four to five years after posting a 42 percent rise in 2019 sales on Monday.
Mainland China China's auto show to be delayed due to Meningitis scare: Xinhua BEIJING (Reuters) - The Auto China show will be delayed by two weeks due to safety fears about the coronavirus that has killed 10 people in China, the official Xinhua
Dorr Township Owen Bieber, early leader of UAW, dies at 85 Jan 18 (Reuters) - Owen Bieber, who led one of the earliest attempts to bring United Auto Workers to Detroit in the 1980s, later headed the union as it endured
Japan British manufacturing is world leader in innovation – awards One in three UK manufacturing exports is thought to come from the UK overseas – but companies based here are still seen as the most innovative and have the highest standard
prime minister Investors back Everstone Capital in Poland’s cash rush Investors have capitalised on the boom in emerging market lending by backing Everstone Capital Partners, a private equity group focused on lending to businesses in the region. The latest example
AT Least SA Almost 100,000 electric cars on roads in 2020 in Britain What was mispronounced? Optional: help us by adding the time Almost 100,000 electric vehicles are expected to hit the roads in Britain in 2020, in a significant step towards
Commercial Vehicle Group Charging new challenge to conventional drivers The first prototypes of an electric electric van have been unveiled at the British Leyland Vehicle Technologies Centre (LEVC) near Coventry, central England. The VanFirst Trucklet is one of the
East Coast Main Line Investment in UK could ‘give a dramatic turn-around’ – CBI This is an experimental feature. Give us your feedback. Thank you for your feedback. Innovative policies in the coming year’s budget could give a “more dramatic” turnround in the
iPanel UK’s Open Street Car targets self-driving cars What was mispronounced? Optional: help us by adding the time An alliance of British entrepreneurs and academics is launching a new company aimed at improving the safety of driverless cars.
Siemens Luxury rail rolling stock maker opens £2.6m Leeds site What was mispronounced? Optional: help us by adding the time William Cook Rail, the luxury rail rolling stock maker, has unveiled a new €3m (£2.6m) site in Leeds for
Wiesel AWC From plane factories to tanks: Admiral Nord’s niche Admiral Rudolf Nord, chairman of NP Aerospace, is showing investors his maritime expertise but is not showing off. Nor does he need to — the company’s first contract securing tanks
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus UK backs new laser technology to help safeguard nuclear power stations The UK government is to invest more than £81m into funding a joint laboratory project in London with the US to test the latest laser technology to help secure a
Saint Gobain Formula Saint-Gobain moves to cut costs at US plant Saint-Gobain announced a new joint venture with its US manufacturing plant on Friday in a bid to improve efficiency and profitability at the plant. At the same time Saint-Gobain is
Leicester Adidas Laser Cutting creates 40 jobs ADS Laser Cutting has invested £1m to create and maintain a new production site in North Shields, in its bid to boost sales in its consumer markets, with the creation
Office for National Statistics UK exports could be biggest ever in 2019 The UK economy is likely to have made a record $18.8bn of trade in the first nine months of the year, which would make 2019 the biggest year ever
Suffolk KUKA takes British platinum status This is an experimental feature. Give us your feedback. Thank you for your feedback. Lithuanian-owned KUKA has become one of the first two successful system partners to claim the platinum
