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...Are they as obsolete as tape recorders or diesel cars? (FT)...
...Berry, which supplies products including prescription vials, drinks cups and tapes and generated revenues of $7.1bn in 2017, was owned by Apollo before it was floated in 2012....
...The steel and aluminum tariffs benefit producers, and accordingly jobs in primary metals manufacturing rose in November. But those tariffs are a negative for steel and aluminum users....
...That could counterbalance the pressure the industry has faced from the strong Swiss franc, however, which has driven up manufacturing costs....
...This is not an original conclusion — as we mentioned last week, Cardiff discussed the problem in detail several years ago and also compared construction to developments in manufacturing....
...Mr Hurt gives the example of 3M, the conglomerate that owns the Post-it Notes, Scotch Tape and Scotch-Brite brands....
...It aimed to create 150,000 jobs over two years by harnessing Haiti’s genuine advantages in garment manufacturing, tourism and agriculture....
...As a country, France’s reputation for its red tape, inflexible labour markets and high taxes is legendary....
...One of the main attractions of DVDs has been their low manufacturing costs providing bigger margins to the studios than theVHS tapes they replaced....
...“Big investment would be needed in Europe but with the red tape that is not so easy.” See Editorial Comment...
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