Mauritius sugar mill expands, despite European cuts
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SAVANNAH, Mauritius  - Boiler-suited builders scramble along girders as a heavy crane lifts equipment for new construction at a sugar mill in Mauritius, even as the Indian Ocean island grapples with a sharp fall in sugar prices.
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A $45 million investment by Palmer Manufacturing of Malden to expand its plant on Medford Street has won the company a mix of state and local tax breaks.
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AMINAGAR, India  - Neerpal Singh looks at the morning mist hovering over his sugarcane fields and breathes in the brisk winter air, yet to be warmed by the rising sun.
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Joining the European Union has proved profitable for sugar farmers in Poland, but this could be about to change.
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Gradually, Belarus has become somewhat of a new business frontier for Lithuanians.
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The European Union head office on Monday reassured African, Caribbean and Pacific sugar exporters it would set up a new support system to help compensate for the loss of preferential treatment under upcoming reforms in the EU sugar sector.
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Ireland's lone sugar processor Greencore Sugar is to cease operating at its Carlow production facility in anticipation of the pending EU reform of the sugar industry, Tom Armitage reports.
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BHP Billiton will plough a further $US575million ($770million) into expanding its Western Australian iron ore operations in a message to would-be rivals that the company is intent on keeping and growing its market share.
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Carr's Milling Industries has agreed to acquire Meneba UK Holdings Ltd., which owns and operates United Kingdom flour mills in Kirkcaldy, Fife and in Maldon, Essex.
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Two local logistics operators last week announced plans to expand their activities in countries further east - moves that come in line with predictions and decisions by other industry players.
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By Francis Fernandez  PLEXUS Corp, a US-based electronics contract manufacturer, plans to expand its operations in Malaysia by opening a third plant in Penang, company officials said.
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Imperial Sugar appears to be a lot sweeter than it was a year ago, but challenges remain.
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The watchmaker is growing efficiently through acquisition and expansion.
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By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 22--It's not quite Willy Wonka's workplace, but a New Berlin factory that makes ingredients for the dairy industry has been sold to a Michigan company that is to expand production -- and add jobs -- with a line of popular ice cream flavors.
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One of the oldest textile operators on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last week shut seven factories and cut 900 jobs.
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Manufacturing activity marked its 18th straight month of expansion in November, a research group reported today, and the rate of growth was faster than economists had expected.
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Dell is expanding its manufacturing operations in Europe by building a facility at Lodz, Poland to meet increased demand and support the company's growth across Central and Eastern Europe. Scheduled to open in Autumn 2007, the new facility is expected to employ around 1,000 people initially.