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levis
Fashion
3 min read

Levi’s unveils plant-based edition of its 501 jeans

Levi’s new jean is an example of how the food industry is setting fashion trends. The San Francisco-based brand unveiled the first 501 jeans made with at least 97 percent plant-based materials. Levi’s said the jeans “are an indication of what the industry…

Hyundai
Automotive
1 min read

Hyundai inaugurates 100,000-car plant in Vietnam

Hyundai Motor has inaugurated its second plant in Vietnam with a capacity of 100,000 automobiles per year. Covering an area of over 50 hectares in the northern Ninh Binh Province, the new plant will turn out eco-friendly and fuel-saving vehicles, said Thanh…

gm
Automotive
1 min read

Tesla Owner Gets Ticket For Parking At GM Plant

In a crazy incident, a Tesla owner was fined with a parking ticket at a GM plant in Wentzville in the US. Apparently, the parking ticket was issued as the attendant thought the vehicle was not an American car. In many American factories, they have dedicated…

Chicken nuggets
Food
1 min read

Hybrid chicken nuggets launched by +Plant

Food company +Plant has launched a chicken nugget made of 50-per-cent chicken and 50-per-cent plant protein. The hybrid chicken nuggets are gluten-free, additive-free, and carry a four-star health rating. +Plant is part of The Positively Good Co, which aims…

Bosh Steering
Automotive
2 min read

Bosch Opens German Chip Plant

Robert Bosch opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) chip plant in Germany on Monday, a record investment by the leading automotive supplier as it stakes a claim to equipping the latest electric and self-driving cars. The plant, located in a semiconductor hub…

food 2
Food
2 min read

Tyson Foods to launch plant-based foods in Australia

Tyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the US, says it plans to launch plant-based products in Asia Pacific, including Australia. A range of three products will go on sale in Malaysia imminently under the First Pride brand – frozen Bites, Nuggets and…

wind mill
General
1 min read

Vietnam’s largest wind power plant enters operation

HCMC-based energy firm Trungnam Group Friday has put its wind power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province into operation, considered the country’s largest to date. The plant, which spreads over an area of 900 hectares in Thuan Bac District, has 45 turbines…

starbucks 2 1
Food
1 min read

Starbucks expands plant-based range in Asia Pacific

Starbucks has rolled out a new plant-based menu in selected Asia-Pacific markets. The brand has added two new seasonal plant-based beverages – Oatmilk Cocoa Macchiato and Almondmilk Hazelnut Latte. The beverage range will be available across eight markets:…

Toyota Production
Automotive
1 min read

Toyota Plans Limited Operations In France

Toyota Motor on Monday said it plans to restart limited production at vehicle plants in France and Poland from April 22 after closing them due to the Automakers make a push to reopen plants. Global automakers reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are…