Nissan, Renault to boost ties in $3.8 bn savings bid: report
Nissan and France's Renault are planning to boost their alliance by bringing together production as well as research and development in a bid to save about $3.8 billion annually.
Walk this way, says China's heavy metal shoe maker
A Chinese factory worker says walking in huge iron shoes weighing more than 200 kilograms each can cure back pain, but faces hefty competition in his bid to build the country's heaviest footwear.
Head of Almaty-based Rakhat Confectionery to resign by November end
President of Almaty-based Rakhat Confectionery Anatoly Popelyushko will leave the enterprise in the end of November 2013.
Kazakhstan should stake on champions: Albert Rau
According to Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies Albert Rau, Kazakhstan should place its stakes on industry champions.
Mexico candy factory blast kills one, injures 40
A powerful blast rocked a US-owned candy factory in northern Mexico on Thursday, killing one person and injuring more than 40 as rescuers searched for any other victims.
Seven dead in Vietnam firework factory explosion: state media
At least seven people died early Saturday in an explosion at a fireworks factory within a military complex.
Kazakhstan and Turkey to build night vision equipment factory in Astana
Kazakhstan and Turkey and mulling a factory to produce electronic optical devices in Astana.
Apple China supplier imposes overtime, hires minors: group
Three Chinese factories making Apple products impose excessive overtime and employ minors, a US-based advocacy group said, renewing scrutiny of labour practices by the US tech giant's suppliers.
125,000 lethal doses of cyanide spilled in Japan
The equivalent of 125,000 lethal doses of cyanide leaked from a factory in Japan after a snowplough accident.
Bangladesh arrests fire factory managers amid protests
Thousands of workers protested for a third day Wednesday after Bangladesh's worst garment factory fire as police arrested three managers over claims they stopped employees from leaving the burning plant.
Bangladesh hunts owner after factory inferno
Bangladesh police said Tuesday they had launched a manhunt for a fugitive factory boss after 110 garment workers burned to death following claims by survivors that they were ordered not to flee the inferno.
Queen Elizabeth takes spin in motorhome
Queen Elizabeth II may be more used to palaces and state carriages but the British monarch nonetheless enjoyed a spin in a motorhome on Thursday, callling it a "real home from home".
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal opens huge Indonesia plant
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal on Wednesday opened its biggest factory in the world in Indonesia, as it seeks to profit from strong demand for beauty products in fast-growing Asia.
Top headache for China's new leaders: job creation
The factories that have powered China's economic miracle are reeling from the global slowdown, presenting the incoming leadership in Beijing with a restless workforce at a defining moment in the country's growth story.
Japan auto giants scale back China production
Japan's big three automakers shuttered some or all of their factory operations in China on Tuesday amid escalating anti-Japan protests centred on a bitter territorial dispute between the Asian giants.
Indian blaze death toll rises to 38
The death toll from a huge blaze at a fireworks factory in southern India rose to 38 on Thursday as police revealed that the plant's licence had been suspended only a day before the tragedy.
Asphalt mixing factory production launched in Kostanay
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev launched Kostanay factory for production of asphalt mixing units as part of the Industrial Forum in Astana.
Nazarbayev launched Arystan pipe factory in Stepnogorsk
New factories have been launched as part of the Industrial Forum in Astana on July 3.
Kazakhstan to produce 4000 train car sets a year
Kazakhstan is planning to produce train cars, drilling equipment, locomotives electric locomotives and diesel engines.