According to the Daily Mail, “About 250 Ford Australia workers will lose their jobs at the car manufacturer’s Broadmeadows and Geelong factories, it has been revealed. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union have confirmed to Daily Mail Australia these redundancies were a long time coming, with Ford flagging jobs were at risk earlier this year as…
Canadian manufacturing has been consistently low up until April, when Alberta factory sales numbers reached 10.7 percent for a total of $6.6 billion in spending – the best in the country.
According to Fifa.com, “Nine days ahead of the Opening Game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, FIFA and its Partner Hyundai/Kia staged a ceremony at the Arena de Sao Paulo where a dedicated transportation fleet of over one thousand vehicles was ceremonially handed over for usage during the event.”
Amazon is just days away from the alleged launch of its highly anticipated smartphone. The 3D device, that will likely debut on June 18, could change the game when it comes to the future of smartphone concepts. It could also transform the way consumers think of tech companies.
According to the New York Times, “The company […] announced its latest round, for 2.7 million vehicles, bringing to nearly 11.2 million the number of vehicles recalled this year by G.M. in the United States and 12.8 million worldwide. Last year, it recalled almost 758,000 in the United States.”
Amazon and other big name e-commerce companies, such as eBay, are facing backlash over the recent spike in counterfeit goods. Retail companies who sell their products through these additional channels are concerned over imitation product-mixing that’s taking place within the Amazon warehouse.
Kraft Foods Group is on a roll with recalls. On Saturday, May 17, the company announced a recall of its cottage cheese products due to an issue that took place during manufacturing.
Economists say a weakening ruble, as well U.S. and European sanctions, could wane on an already distressed Russian manufacturing sector. The unstable ruble has already prompted French carmaker Renault to ease off plans to manufacture vans through ZIL (a Russian truck-maker).
The Turkish Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped just slightly to 51.1 in April from 51.70 in March. Inflated input prices and slow growth of output prices may be to blame.
Mexican sugar exporting could go sour as officials wait to see whether a petition filed by U.S. sugar producers will affect the industry’s bottom line.