Tag: Production facilities

Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio

In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract...

Tennis attire is everywhere. Credit the pandemic, social media and pickleball

While tennis fans savor the last matches of the U.S. Open, a subset of spectators and TV viewers have watched the year's final...

Volkswagen is cancelling a no-layoffs pledge and won't rule out closing plants in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Germany's Volkswagen says auto industry headwinds mean it can't rule out plant closings in its home country - and is...

Kroger, Albertsons head to court to defend merger plan against regulators' objections

Kroger and Albertsons will defend their plan to merge – and try to overcome the U.S. government’s objections – in a federal court...

Shein discloses it found 2 cases of child labor in its supply chain last year

Fast-fashion giant Shein said it discovered two cases of child labor in its supply chain last year. In its annual sustainability report, Shein...

Indonesia searches for ways to balance domestic industries with surging Chinese imports

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A flood of Chinese products into Indonesia has hit local manufacturers hard, prompting the government to look for ways to...