http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/795390-production-facilities.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/795390-production-facilities.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2159044-lego-to-expand-czech-facility-to-meet-demand.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toymaker Lego says it will expand a factory in the Czech Republic and create some 800 jobs to meet growing regional demand for its popular building blocks. Carsten Rasmussen of Lego's European packing division did not reveal the size of the investment except to say it was "a large two-digit million euro figure." Rasmussen... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:25:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2159044-lego-to-expand-czech-facility-to-meet-demand.html 2013-06-18T10:25:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158822-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening one of the world's largest fresh water lakes. Authorities first closed the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in 2008 before it re-opened in 2010. Then Prime Mi... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158822-russia-to-close-paper-mill-lake-baikal.html 2013-06-18T09:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants. Stress tests on European nuclear plants prompted by the 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant showed that almost all of them needed safety improvements. A report on... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html 2013-06-13T14:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2146378-cooper-ceo-buyer-committed-to-us-operations.html TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A tire maker whose main market is in India is buying Ohio's Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for $2.2 billion and making a commitment to maintain the company's three U.S. manufacturing plants and retain its management operation in Ohio, Cooper's chief executive said Wednesday. India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. said the combined company will be the wor... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:19:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2146378-cooper-ceo-buyer-committed-to-us-operations.html 2013-06-12T22:19:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2147008-fiat-supplier-delays-will-force-shutdowns.html MILAN (AP) — Italian carmaker Fiat says it will temporarily stop production at some European car plants in the coming days due to insufficient deliveries of plastic parts. Fiat said in a statement Wednesday that more than 5,500 vehicles can't be completed due to missing components from the Italian supplier Selmat, creating an "unmanageable" backlog. The p... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:08:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2147008-fiat-supplier-delays-will-force-shutdowns.html 2013-06-12T16:08:35Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2141698-iran-bushehr-nuclear-plant-generator-problem.html MOSCOW (AP) — Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday. The flaw at the Bushehr plant wasn't caused by recent earthquakes in Iran, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, Iran's ambassador to Russia, was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying. Sajjadi said Russian and Iranian experts are tryi... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:07:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2141698-iran-bushehr-nuclear-plant-generator-problem.html 2013-06-10T16:07:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2130368-copters-pluck-families-raging-european-floods.html DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Desperate families were plucked from rooftops by helicopters, cars were swept away by raging torrents and levees failed without warning Wednesday as central Europe staggered under an inland ocean of flooding. Tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated in Germany and the Czech Republic and chemical plants along the mighty Danub... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:13:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2130368-copters-pluck-families-raging-european-floods.html 2013-06-05T20:13:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2128026-locked-doors-sign-china-work-safety-failings.html BEIJING (AP) — A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire that killed 119 people this week, but a toy-factory blaze that left 87 workers dead 20 years earlier. The similarities between the two worst factory fires in China's history suggest that litt... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:17:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2128026-locked-doors-sign-china-work-safety-failings.html 2013-06-05T02:17:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2129006-jj-recalls-32m-contraceptive-packages-us.html NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is conducting a voluntary recall of millions of oral contraceptive packages in 43 countries outside the U.S., but the health care giant says there's a "very low" risk that the flawed tablets could cause unplanned pregnancies. It's the latest in a series of about 40 product recalls announced by the U.S.-ba... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:48:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2129006-jj-recalls-32m-contraceptive-packages-us.html 2013-06-04T20:48:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday. Iran is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop nuclear programs ... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:31:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html 2013-06-04T19:31:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2128286-italy-appoints-administrator-troubled-plant.html MILAN (AP) — The Italian government on Tuesday appointed a turnaround expert as administrator to oversee Europe's largest steel mill as part of an emergency decree to safeguard jobs while pushing ahead with an environmental cleanup at the plant linked to elevated cancer rates in the area. Enrico Bondi, who turned around the Parmalat dairy company after it... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2128286-italy-appoints-administrator-troubled-plant.html 2013-06-04T17:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2125196-fire-locked-doors-kill-119-china-poultry-plant.html BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial disasters in years. Survivors described workers, mostly women, struggling through smoke and flames to reach doors that turned out to be lock... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:20:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2125196-fire-locked-doors-kill-119-china-poultry-plant.html 2013-06-04T01:20:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2123334-gunmen-attack-central-prison-nigers-capital.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Unidentified gunmen on Saturday attacked the central prison in Niger's capital, opening fire on the guards and killing at least two people, according to a government spokesman and a witness who was 200 meters (yards) from the prison when the incident occurred. It was not immediately clear if the assailants had come from inside or outside the jail. ... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:21:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2123334-gunmen-attack-central-prison-nigers-capital.html 2013-06-01T17:21:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2118194-estonia-eager-to-teach-world-oil-shale.html AUVERE, Estonia (AP) — Home to the creators of Skype and the first country to use online voting, Estonia relishes its image as a technological pioneer. But the tiny East European country's most far-reaching economic achievement could come from how it has learned to squeeze oil from a rock. About 200 feet (60 meters) below ground in northeastern Estonia, v... Thu, 30 May 2013 13:27:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2118194-estonia-eager-to-teach-world-oil-shale.html 2013-05-30T13:27:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104792-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting t... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104792-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html 2013-05-24T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2099634-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an Americ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2099634-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html 2013-05-21T14:36:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2090088-residents-shout-protest-refinery-china.html KUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in order to let the public vent frustration. The gathering in downtown Kunming — the second one in the city this mo... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:53:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2090088-residents-shout-protest-refinery-china.html 2013-05-16T11:53:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers t... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html 2013-05-13T23:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,034 bodies have been recov... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html 2013-05-10T04:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071148-bangladesh-garment-disaster-death-toll-nears-900.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world. Authorities had recovered 892 bodies from the rubble as of Thursday morning, acco... Thu, 09 May 2013 03:53:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071148-bangladesh-garment-disaster-death-toll-nears-900.html 2013-05-09T03:53:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2065844-brands-risk-image-varying-bangladesh-responses.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised compensation. Others denied they authorized work at factories in the building even when their labels were found in the ru... Tue, 07 May 2013 02:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2065844-brands-risk-image-varying-bangladesh-responses.html 2013-05-07T02:05:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2061160-japan-vows-high-safety-turkish-reactor.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Japan has learned from the Fukushima disaster and will offer technology with the highest safety standards while building Turkey's second nuclear plant, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday. Turkey chose a Japanese-French partnership for the construction of a nuclear reactor on its Black Sea coast and a nuclear cooperation a... Fri, 03 May 2013 17:36:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2061160-japan-vows-high-safety-turkish-reactor.html 2013-05-03T17:36:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060314-south-koreans-leave-factory-north-korea.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. The complex in the town of Kaesong, just north of the Koreas' heavily fortified border, was the rivals' o... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:36:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060314-south-koreans-leave-factory-north-korea.html 2013-05-03T16:36:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2058330-japanese-french-partners-picked-nuclear-plant.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says a Japanese-French consortium has been chosen to build Turkey's second nuclear plant. His ministry said Thursday that an agreement in principle to start technical negotiations with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva will be signed during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe'... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:07:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2058330-japanese-french-partners-picked-nuclear-plant.html 2013-05-02T13:07:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2054866-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html NEW YORK (AP) — The building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds of clothing factory workers last week put a spotlight on the sobering fact that people in poor countries often risk their lives working in unsafe conditions to make the cheap T-shirts and underwear that Westerners covet. The disaster, which comes after a fire in another Bangladesh fa... Wed, 01 May 2013 02:58:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2054866-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html 2013-05-01T02:58:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2050798-james-bond-studio-to-open-1st-us-facility.html ATLANTA (AP) — The British film studio that's home to the James Bond movie franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. film production facility, at a site near Atlanta. The large-scale film complex will be called Pinewood Atlanta, and Pinewood will manage the facility under an agreement with a group of private investors. Plans call for the studio ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:00:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2050798-james-bond-studio-to-open-1st-us-facility.html 2013-04-29T20:00:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2050654-germany-charges-4-with-sending-iran-reactor-parts.html BERLIN (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they have charged three German-Iranian dual nationals and a German man with breaking export laws for allegedly supplying Iran with parts needed to build a nuclear reactor in violation of the country's trade embargo. Prosecutors said in a statement Monday suspect Hamid Kh., 80, set up contact for Gholamali Ka., 70, an... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:31:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2050654-germany-charges-4-with-sending-iran-reactor-parts.html 2013-04-29T10:31:51Z