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Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has reached an agreement to sell its P&WC (Asia) Pty Brisbane, Australia, MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility to Vector Aerospace Corporation. The sale applies to the assets and facility associated with its …

Factors including cost concerns, privacy rules, multicountry business processes and the deep euro crisis will conspire to delay cloud computing adoption in Europe by at least two years when compared to the US, experts predict.

The Eurozone crisis is hitting smaller suppliers where it hurts with cash-flow problems and uncertainty posing an increasing risk to corporate supply chains.

Chemicals and materials giant DuPont has named Shelley Stewart, Jr. as vice president of sourcing and logistics and chief procurement officer, effective July 9.

The Indian government has issued guidelines for short-term (less than one year) procurement of electricity by distribution licensees.

The UK government has been urged to improve efforts to boost social mobility by facilitating greater access to professional careers.

China’s top five aluminium producers are expected to cut production by 10% from June because of changes in the supply of bauxite imports from Indonesia.

Office Depot, the office product supplier, has promoted Mike McCreesh to the position of supply chain director of the UK and Ireland.

Shell has signed a Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) deal covering its upstream, midstream and downstream project and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) requirements in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. …

International companies are redirecting marketing spend from recession hit Europe to focus more on the still growing and developing markets of China, industry insiders have noted.