GM Turns Ailing Plant into Real-Life Laboratory for Business Students
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General Motors Corp. has agreed to a joint venture with Rochester Products, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union, and the University of Alabama. Under this agreement, a failing service part plant is to be transformed into a research facility. Students will work on a real-life project: namely, solving the efficiency problem and avoiding a plant closing. Plant employees are contributing to a trust fund designed to defray the costs of finding cost-saving means. A successful project will keep the plant open and guarantee their jobs.
Publication Name: International Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-7888
Year: 1983
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Avon to build plant in the Philippines
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Avon Products Inc. (Avon) has unveiled plans to build a new $34 million manufacturing plant in the Philippines, one of the company's strongest Asian markets. Scheduled for completion in 1998, the new plant will boost Avon's manufacturing capacity in the Philippines from 40 million units to an estimated 100 million units. Avon Chmn. and CEO James Preston stated that the added capacity is necessary to meet strong sales growth in the region.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1996
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Vertex builds new plant
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Vertex (Litomysl, Czech Republic), glass fibre and fabric manufacturer, is building a new textile-fibre processing plant in Litomysl. The investment costs on the project should be 450 mil Kc. The company expects its proceeds and profit to increase considerably in 1999. The firm saw a gross profit of 159 mil Kc under a turnover of 1.55 bil Kc for the first half of 1999. Vertex has a majority stake held by Vetrotex (Germany).
Publication Name: Ekonom-Tydenik Hospodarskych Novin
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 1999
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