March 19, 2015
Dana Holding Corp., UNWTO, AstraZeneca and more.
World Reports includes stories about Dana in Italy, tourism hot spots, Milacron in the Czech Republic, AstraZeneca in the UK and JLL's top cities for direct real estate investment.
March 19, 2015
World Reports includes stories about Dana in Italy, tourism hot spots, Milacron in the Czech Republic, AstraZeneca in the UK and JLL's top cities for direct real estate investment.
March 11, 2014
The FUSO Canter Truck plant in Tramagal, Portugal, celebrated its 50th anniversary in early February.
July 16, 2013
Thinking about renewable energy, the first things that come to mind are usually large fields of solar panels facing the sun, wind farms with revolving blades or turbines behind dams producing hydropower. But another source of renewable-energy already accounts for about half of Europe's renewable-energy consumption - biomass.
May 14, 2013
Switzerland, Germany and Austria lead the world in terms of their travel and tourism industry competitiveness with Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Sweden and Singapore completing the top 10, according to the fifth Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, released in March by the World Economic Forum.
January 23, 2013
Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the world’s best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey.
December 14, 2012
World Reports: Index Mines Social Media and Jaguar Accelerates U.K. Expansion Plans
November 9, 2011
Cold Storage; ABB Launches New Factory in Shanghai; BASF Boosts Capacity In Japan, Taiwan and Bahrain; Nestlé Investing Around the Globe;
September 21, 2011
World Reports: Engineered fabrics; EMAL expands; Nokia Siemens Networks; Romania Lands EADS Plant; Concrete Wind Towers in Brazil
September 21, 2010
Thirsty areas of the world are putting up major desalination plants. Pinpointing which one is the world’s largest is difficult because the plants keep getting larger.
May 26, 2010
CNH Global, a division of the Fiat Group, says its new factory in Soracaba, Brazil, is the largest single machine industry investment in that country’s history.
November 13, 2024
A port expansion in the Republic of the Congo; bioproducts in Queensland, Australia; more chips in Japan; India’s solar boost; and record robotics stats.
February 6, 2015
Installation of the first steel rolling gate on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal marks a major milestone in the massive expansion project.
November 24, 2014
According to a report by London-based global recruiting firm Hydrogen Group, the likelihood is very good that members of Generation Y, those people born in the 1980s and 1990s, are prepared to leave their home countries in order to make the most of the investment into their careers.
September 16, 2014
The UBI Index, based in Stockholm, Sweden, released its Global Top 25 ranking of University Business Incubators with a US-based incubator at the top of the list.
August 11, 2014
The United States maintained its strong showing in the 2014 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Ranking, holding the top position in the index for the second straight year.
May 13, 2014
The Volkswagen Group (VW) is building a new, $1.5-billion plant in Wrzesnia, Poland, to produce the VW Crafter, a popular delivery van. The expansion will create at least 2,300 new jobs.
January 2, 2014
The United Arab Emirates in late November was awarded the 2020 World Expo, beating out Yekaterinburg in Russia, Izmir in Turkey and São Paulo in Brazil to become the first Middle Eastern territory to ever host the event.
December 9, 2013
A work-force development partnership between Ryanair and the School of Mechanics at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania is paying off in capital investment and jobs.
March 11, 2013
Government financial support for corporate facility investment and expansion continues to be a common practice in most parts of the world.
October 17, 2012
Swiss textile machine manufacturers pick China sites; a Swiss coffee concern finds a location closer to home for a 400-job production facility
August 13, 2012
The world’s largest facility for testing and developing carbon capture technologies was inaugurated in Mongstad, Norway, in early May. Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is a joint venture between the government of Norway, Statoil, Shell and Sasol.
June 6, 2012
Two-Wheeling in Southeast Asia; European Auto Plants Rev Up; Color for Scandinavia; Tunnel-to-Tunnel Bridge Debuts In China
April 5, 2012
World Reports: Brick Work; Cambodia’s First Motor Plant; Energizing Europe; BASF Plans €1-Billion Expansion; Renault-Nissan Plant Goes Green; ‘Morning Star’ Rises
January 24, 2012
Daimler invested €670 million (US$873 million) in 2011 and plans to spend more than €980 million ($1.3 billion) in 2012 on its main Mercedes-Benz powertrain plant in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, Germany; Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), a major European supplier of composite cans, composite drums and plastic containers; Stamford, Conn.-based audio specialist Harman International Industries; Germany-based Leoni, a leading provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries.