Sentences with phrase «than our factory in»

«Our Kerala factory could probably ship product to New York faster and less expensively than our factory in Fife [Wash.],» Paulose notes.

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They focused on new workforce improvements, and interviewed more than a dozen local NGOs to help with in - factory training sessions.

Tesla's factory in Fremont, Calif., can churn out more than 500,000 vehicles annually.

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthIn other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin a season, which lasts six months.

Though Del Vecchio started Luxottica as a tiny one - room enterprise in Milan, it now operates 10 factories worldwide, employs 35,000 people, and produces more than 65,000 pairs of glasses per day, holding a veritable monopoly on the eyewear industry.

The electric carmaker expects the factory, which will have more than 10 million square feet of operational space, to be the biggest building in the world once it's complete.

It encompasses aging projects in the North Sea, factory - like shale fields from Texas to Pennsylvania, and, oh, by the way, 43,000 gas stations ringing the planet — a larger retail network than that of either McDonald's (mcd) or Starbucks (sbux) x.

With more than 200 staff in factories and offices in Quebec, New York, London and Asia, the firm creates custom - made products for its customers, primarily banks looking to recognize important financial transactions and employee contributions.

Already in March most indicators have disappointed: the U.S. economy added a dismal 88,000 jobs last month, less than half as many as analysts expected; retail sales dropped 0.4 %, the largest decline since June of 2012; and this week durable goods orders, out last Wednesday, plunged 5.7 %, nearly twice the tumble expected and likely a sign that U.S. factories have entered a slump.

A survey Thursday showed that factories increased production and received a surge of new orders in July, propelling the fastest expansion in more than two years.

Tod Wilson is the owner of Mr. Tod's Pie Factory, a wholesale and retail bakery with locations in Somerset and Englewood, N.J.. He's also the first person ever to win «Shark Tank,» and his life and business have both changed considerably in the more than four years since.

In large part because of NAFTA, Mexican and Canadian factories are more partial to U.S. suppliers than any others in the world: Of Mexico's exports to the United States, 40 % of the value is made in America; for Canada, it is 25 In large part because of NAFTA, Mexican and Canadian factories are more partial to U.S. suppliers than any others in the world: Of Mexico's exports to the United States, 40 % of the value is made in America; for Canada, it is 25 in the world: Of Mexico's exports to the United States, 40 % of the value is made in America; for Canada, it is 25 in America; for Canada, it is 25 %.

Dozens of retailers signed on in May, meaning more than 1,000 Bangladeshi factories could soon fall under its auspices.

In the past decade, nearly 54,000 factories have been shuttered or moved offshore, including 40 percent of facilities with payrolls of more than 1,000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Li Ka - shing, a wartime refugee who used to sweep factory floors in Hong Kong for a living, retired after a career spanning more than half a century amassing one of Asia's biggest fortunes from building skyscrapers to selling soap bars.

In a press release announcing the factory opening, the company cited research from Canalys that forecasts global revenue for 3D printing totaling more than $ 20 billion within five years.

The Guardian spoke with several of the brand's workers at the PT Buma Apparel Industry factory, who told the publication that they are paid one of the lowest minimum wages in Asia — less than $ 6 a day — while at the same time being tasked with high production rates.

Two Goodyear managers who had been held hostage for more than a day inside a company factory in France regained their freedom Tuesday afternoon after police intervened.

Wages in Gildan's factories are still higher than those paid in Chinese factories: the average wage of a garment worker in Honduras is about $ 100 a week — four times what a Chinese worker makes.

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Nov 7 - Emerson Electric Co gave marginally weaker earnings guidance for 2018 than Wall Street had expected on Tuesday, sending shares in the U.S. factory automation equipment maker down as much as 2.8 percent.

The robotics it has installed in its factories have helped it crank out its 737 airplanes about 60 % faster than it did five years ago.

Earlier in the session, a report showed U.S. factory activity increased more than expected in December, in a further sign of strong economic momentum at the end of 2017.

Meanwhile, top executives spend most of their time in internal meetings poring over numbers rather than listening to employees in research labs, offices, and factories.

A report by the New York - based NGO China Labor Watch says the factories making devices and components for Samsung are guilty of a range of abuses: employees working more than 100 hours of overtime in a month; children under 16 working in factories; failure to provide safety clothing where appropriate.

«The incident at the Bangladesh apparel factory that claimed 1,000 lives is less an issue of domestic versus foreign manufacturing than it is about fast fashion and the hidden costs of disposable retail,» he wrote in his blog on the company website.

The collapse, the third catastrophic incident at Bangladeshi factories in five months that have killed more than 200 people, could taint Bangladesh's reputation as a source of low - cost products and services and call attention to Western retailers and other companies that obtain products from the country.

In June 2011, for example, more than 280 workers vomited and fainted in a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienIn June 2011, for example, more than 280 workers vomited and fainted in a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienin a three - day period at the King Fashion Garment Company factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung clienin Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which made dresses and knitted tops for brands including H&M, a former Li & Fung client.

A faster ramp - up of the battery plant would be crucial as Tesla has said it would respond to brisk demand for the Model 3 by tooling up its factories to build 500,000 vehicles a year in 2018, two years earlier than planned.

But with major companies abandoning Canadian factories in favour of cheaper overseas alternatives, the opportunities are less likely to come from industrial expansion than from a shortage of technically - qualified workers to fill positions.

China's uneven economic recovery signals a looming dilemma for policymakers as official data released at the weekend showed inflation at a 10 - month high in February while factory output and consumer spending were weaker than forecast.

The news comes less than a week after Nestle opened a new pet food factory in Chile, with a $ 120 million investment.

It's a nice piece of PR, especially following April's horrific factory collapse in Dhaka that killed more than 1,100 people and soured many on the Bangladeshi garment trade.

But microorganisms behaved differently in factory settings, it turned out, than in labs.

It's one of countless tweaks underway by the Anglo - Dutch company in its more than 300 factories across the world, which churn out more than 400 brands for 2.5 billion or so customers — an astonishing one in every three people on the planet.

Stéfane Marion, chief economist at National Bank Financial, noted earlier this month Canadian factories currently are using 82 % of their production capacity, a historically strong number that is seven percentage points higher than the corresponding capacity - utilization rate in the United States.

He says nondisclosure agreements between the factory he operates in and other designer brands in the space have made the setup less than ideal.

Our company has more than 33,000 employees, with over 10,000 in the Fremont factory alone, so it is not humanly possible to stop all bad conduct, but we will do our best to make it is as close to zero as possible.»

In 2010, the census revealed that Detroit's population had dwindled to just 713,000 people, from a high of two million — fewer than in the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factorieIn 2010, the census revealed that Detroit's population had dwindled to just 713,000 people, from a high of two million — fewer than in the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factoriein the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factories.

The CEO also confirmed that Tesla doesn't plan to manufacture the Model Y at its Fremont factory and that it will instead announce a new factory location «no later than in the fourth quarter», which mean that it should be confirmed by the end of the year.

There are certainly no obvious hazards of the kind that are commonplace on construction sites or in factories, and many office workers enjoy the benefits of rigid working days, rather than having their body clocks thrown by changing shift patterns.

Factories and call centers in places like India and China, often providing services for U.S. - based corporations, have helped fuel rapid growth and pull more than one billion people out of extreme poverty.

In under two years, Harry's cofounders Jeff Raider and Andy Katz - Mayfield launched their online shaving service, raised more than $ 200 million in funding, and purchased German razor factory Feintechnik, where their products are produced, vertically integrating the companIn under two years, Harry's cofounders Jeff Raider and Andy Katz - Mayfield launched their online shaving service, raised more than $ 200 million in funding, and purchased German razor factory Feintechnik, where their products are produced, vertically integrating the companin funding, and purchased German razor factory Feintechnik, where their products are produced, vertically integrating the company.

Of course, today's factories are much more productive than those in 1955.

A purchasing managers index for factories across more than 40 countries rose to 53.5 in April from March's six - month low of 53.3, IHS Markit said in a report on Wednesday.

Its dominance has taken a toll in production in the US: More than a dozen US solar panel manufacturers have shuttered factories in the past six years, in part because they've been unable to compete with Chinese producers.

Compass Group serves more than 4 billion meals annually in schools and universities; offices and factories; hospitals and senior living communities; remote mining camps and offshore platforms; and major sports and cultural venues.

The plant's original plan called for producing enough solar panels to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, although Peter Rive, SolarCity's chief technology officer, said this month that improvements to the equipment design and factory layout could allow it to produce more than 1 gigawatt in panels.

Nevertheless I do worry that the fall in exports from a strong dollar is a bit stronger than the rise in exports from a weak dollar: I suspect because there is a hysteresis effect: Once a factory is shut down, it stays shut down — and if firms don't continuously invest to stay at the cutting edge of technology, it can be hard for a high - wage advanced economy to stay globally competitive.

Toyota Motor Corp., which plans to build a new $ 1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor Corp., said the administration's decision will «adversely impact» auto companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the U.S.. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel Asia's biggest carmaker needs in the U.S. is from the country.