Manufacturing news
June 2007
Cadbury Schweppes launches its commitment to climate action
Cadbury Schweppes has, today, unveiled its environmental strategy designed to transform the company’s manufacturing processes and assets, minimising the use of energy, packaging and water in response to the challenge of climate change.
30 Jun 2007 16:16
Babcock to buy naval repair yard
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has agreed to Babcock purchase of Devonport Naval repair yard.
29 Jun 2007 11:01
Gordon Brown unveils further appointments
Sir Digby Jones appointed as Minister for Trade & Investment by Gordon Brown.
29 Jun 2007 15:55
Rexam acquisition confirmed
Rexam shareholders give green light to O-I Plastic Products acquisition.
29 Jun 2007 10:59
Brown unveils Department of Business and Enterprise
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has replaced the Department of Trade and Industry has with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) to promote “productivity and enterprise across government and within the EU”.
28 Jun 2007 16:48
AB Foods, BP and DuPont join forces to make fuel from wheat
Associated British Foods has joined with BP and DuPont in a joint venture to built a biofuel plant in Hull which will produce up to 420 million litres of bioethanol a year.
27 Jun 2007 9:47
Galiform to cut 560 jobs
British kitchen and furniture maker Galiform has said it will cut 560 jobs as part of its restructuring plans.
27 Jun 2007 9:23
US work continues for BAE despite investigation
The British defence contractor BAE Systems may continue to be under scrutiny from the other side of the Atlantic, but that doesn't seem to affect the stream of orders from the US military.
26 Jun 2007 10:41
Manufacturing demand strengthens
Demand for UK manufactured goods has returned to the 12-year high reported in March, but expectations of price inflation have eased back, the CBI said today.
21 Jun 2007 15:26
Coca-Cola staff threaten strike action
Coca-Cola shows concern over workers plan to strike in war over pay.
19 Jun 2007 12:08
Job cuts at Cadbury
Cadbury Schweppes has announced that it will axe 7500 jobs globally in a drastic business revamp.
19 Jun 2007 11:47
Cadbury Schweppes to buy Japanese candy company
Cadbury Schweppes has said it is to make a recommended tender offer for Sansei Foods Co., a Japanese functional candy company.
18 Jun 2007 10:58
ICI rejects Akzo Nobel approach
UK chemicals and paint giant ICI has rejected a £7.2 billion bid approach from its Dutch rival, Akzo Nobel.
18 Jun 2007 10:50
Cadbury pleads guilty to salmonella charges
Cadbury has pleaded guilty to three offences under the food and hygiene regulations, in a case brought by Birmingham City Council, following an incident last summer when Salmonella contamination was discovered in its chocolate products.
15 Jun 2007 16:46
Factory output accelerates in China
May saw Chinese manufacturing output rise at an even faster rate in spite of government measure aimed at cooling the economy.
15 Jun 2007 16:30
Skills pledge, a czar and a new academy
Education Secretary Alan Johnson today congratulated the first 150 employers to sign up to the new so-called ‘Skills Pledge’, unveiled a new ‘skills czar’ and selected four new national skills academies.
14 Jun 2007 14:12
Manufacturing jobs fall to record low
According to the Office for National Statistics employment has continued to fall with jobs in the manufacturing sector falling to a record low.
13 Jun 2007 11:54
Ford workers fear job cuts
Union leaders have expressed concern over the fate of thousands of jobs as Ford puts its British luxury car marques Jaguar and Land Rover up for sale.
12 Jun 2007 11:57
Rexam confirms takeover speculation
Rexam, the world’s leading beverage can maker confirmed to the London Stock Exchange this morning that it was in takeover talks.
08 Jun 2007 9:49
‘More complex than a space shuttle’ UK sub launched
The Royal Navy's newest super-submarine, Astute, will be launched at 11am today by HRH Duchess of Cornwall at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria.
08 Jun 2007 10:25
Cadbury to buy Turkish gum company for £225
Cadbury Schweppes is to strengthen its presence in the gum market through the acquisition Turkish gum-maker, Intergum, for around £225 million.
07 Jun 2007 16:28
Grenoble acquisition boosts e2v performance
e2v technologies, the specialist developer and manufacturer of high-technology electronic components and subsystems, announced soaring sales and profits today.
05 Jun 2007 12:26
Leeds Tetley brewery facing closure
Danish brewer Carlsberg is to hold talks with Leeds City Council over the future of the Tetley brewery in the city.
04 Jun 2007 15:23
Manufacturers fear strong pound
British manufacturers continued to enjoy healthy growth in the second quarter of this year, according to a survey by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF and RSM Robson Rhodes.
04 Jun 2007 15:30
Barrow-in-Furness to build a fourth Astute submarine
DEFENCE: BAE Systems’ first submarine export order in over 20 years is destined for Spain
01 Jun 2007 9:32
British manufacturers continued to enjoy healthy growth
British manufacturers continued to enjoy healthy growth in the second quarter of this year, according to a survey by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF and RSM Robson Rhodes.
01 Jun 2007 9:34
Daimler has sold 80 per cent of its US Chrysler business
Daimler has sold 80 per cent of its US Chrysler business to Cerberus Capital of Germany for €5.5 billion
01 Jun 2007 9:35
Hornby stokes up second half sales
Model trains and racing cars group Hornby has overcome a first half sales slump and today reported increased annual turnover and growing international operations.
01 Jun 2007 16:00
Morgan opens its doors to the auto industry
AUTOMOTIVE: Two year EU project to share best practice
01 Jun 2007 9:37
Rexam to invest £12 million in Central America
Packaging and beverage can maker, Rexam, is expanding in the Central American packaging market with a £24 million joint venture to buy a new plant in Guatamala.
01 Jun 2007 9:48
The European Commission and the Japanese Government
The European Commission and the Japanese Government are co-financing an intensive six-day training mission to Japan in November 2007
01 Jun 2007 9:38
