“The China Blog” by Nina Ying Sun
Plastics orders move from China to Vietnam (April 26)
Export orders of plastics products are increasingly shifting from China to Vietnam due to rising production costs in China, according to the Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre (the Youth). ...
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Walkout ends at instrument panel supplier (April 30)
A strike by a parts supplier that shut down Chrysler Group's Windsor assembly plant early in the morning April 30 ended after workers voted today and overwhelmingly approved the contract — allowing Chrysler to restart production this afternoon. ...
Dan Knott, former Chrysler purchasing chief, dies at 51 (April 29)
Dan Knott, who as Chrysler Group purchasing boss restored the automaker's reputation with suppliers, died April 29, just over two weeks after taking medical retirement. He was 51. ...
Fire damages Spanish auto parts molding plant (May 1)
Fire seriously damaged a section of the production plant of Spanish automotive parts injection molder Ubiplast in an industrial zone of the central city of Burgos. ...
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From basketballs to flash mobs to out-of-this-world exhibits, check out a a sampling of exhibit hall happenings that generated buzz during NPE2012.