Tag: Consumer product manufacturing
Brand firm takes controlling stake in Toys R Us parent
NEW YORK — A New York-based brand management firm that already owns Anne Klein and Joseph Abboud is taking a controlling stake in the...
Volkswagen plans six battery factories to ramp up electrics
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen plans six large battery factories in Europe by 2030 to power sales of more electric cars while driving down battery...
Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers?
DETROIT — The world’s major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead.
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Push to prevent next meat shortage hits big obstacle
MAXWELL, Iowa — Sudden meat shortages last year because of the coronavirus led to millions of dollars in federal grants to help small meat...
Nebraska declares pro-meat day on Colorado meatless day
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts railed Monday against a proclamation by the governor of neighboring Colorado that encourages people to avoid meat...
Indiana pet food plant eyes system to reduce obnoxious odors
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — A northern Indiana pet food plant that’s long drawn complaints from neighbors about its obnoxious smells would be outfitted with a...
Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s
WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...
Korean battery firm offers Georgia plant as dispute lingers
ATLANTA — With a giant battery factory in northeast Georgia hanging in the balance of a trade dispute, South Korean company LG Energy Solution...
Indiana circus barns built by `Lion King’ set for demolition
PERU, Ind. — Historic barns that a man once known as “The Lion King” built in northern Indiana to house circus animals are set...
Firefighters called to plant where earlier gas leak killed 6
ATLANTA — A refrigeration company and firefighters were called to a northeast Georgia chicken processing plant where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six workers...
