Plants Shutdown & Relocation

Boston Scientific to close Ireland facility (at bizjournals.com)

yahoo.com     22 hrs ago          

will shut down a factory in Ireland that employs 240 people, according to media reports. The Natick, Mass.-based company (NYSE: BSX) said it is closing the plant by March as part of its deal with Avista Capital Partners, which...                    

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Car crash driving $130m plant sales

news.com.au     yesterday          

Maurice Dunlevy | August 21, 2008 AUSTRALIA's struggling car industry is set to breathe new life into industrial property markets through $130 million worth of sales in South Australia and Victoria. Melbourne's South Pacific...                    

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Calculus of globalization becomes more complicated with high price of oil; Shipping cost is on...

finfacts.com     yesterday   212 related          

The calculus of globalization has become more complicated as the high price of oil has dramatically increased the cost of moving goods around the globe, posing a major threat to price stability and overseas manufacturing, finds...                    

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Brick maker Wienerberger posts profit drop, to shut plants

marketwatch.com     Aug 19, 2008   2 related          

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Wienerberger , the world's largest brick maker, said Tuesday that its first-half net profit fell 30% to 98.6 million euros, while revenue rose 3% to 1.26 billion euros. The results were hit by a...                    

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Superior Industries Announces Strategic Actions (Business Wire)

yahoo.com     Aug 19, 2008   5 related          

VAN NUYS, Calif.----Superior Industries International, Inc. announced today that it has completed its review of strategic initiatives to reduce costs and balance its manufacturing capacity in the face of reduced demand for SUVs...                    

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Thorngate reducing workweek

semissourian.com     Aug 19, 2008   3 related          

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 By Brian Blackwell Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau will be cutting back its employees' workweek to three days. (KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com) [Order this photo] Citing declining sales and a...                    

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Link Electronics Expands The openGear Platform As Technology Partner

broadcastbuyer.tv     Aug 19, 2008          

Ross Video and Link Electronics have officially announced their partnership to expand the openGear terminalequipment platform. Link Electronics designs and manufactures more than 250 professional broadcast products for...                    

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Warner Bros. Eyeing Old Wixom Plant

clickondetroit.com     Aug 19, 2008          

Deal Would Mean Major Boost In Economy UPDATED: 9:10 am EDT August 19, 2008 WIXOM, Mich. -- Warner Bros. production company is eyeing the Ford Wixom plant in Wixom as a possible site to open a studio. Local 4 has confirmed...                    

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furnituretoday.com: Chris Holmes, left, Matt Barr and David Williams are working on a documentary film that chronicles the closing of Hooker Furniture’s last domestic case goods plant. furnituretoday.com

Film chronicles furniture plant closing

furnituretoday.com     Aug 19, 2008          

"With These Hands" to premiere in November Heath Combs -- The closing of Hooker Furniture 's last U.S. case goods plant in the company's hometown of Martinsville, Va., is the subject of a locally produced documentary film to be...                    

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China's demand for copper is to grow post-Olympics

theglobeandmail.com     Aug 19, 2008   2 related          

LONDON — The Beijing Olympics have sharply reduced copper demand in top consumer China, but as normal life resumes, buyers are expected to revive the market, probably as soon as September. “This is a seasonally slow time of...                    

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