With many planned wafer fabrication facilities on the drawing board, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger worries about the ability to be able to purchase the semiconductor manufacturing equipment needed to fill those future fabs, as some chipmaking systems are not easily available due to certain microchip shortages. "To us, this is now the No. 1 issue, is in fact the delivery of equipment," Gelsinger told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The biggest challenges for Moderna are hiring skilled workers, growing the company and building a supply chain that allow for vaccines to be rapidly deployed, says Chief Financial Officer David Meline. "We're still a very small company and so our main constraint to expand and continue to develop is really around the management bandwidth we have," Meline says.
The Kind brand is on-track to hit $1 billion in US retail sales by mid-summer with the brand experiencing "robust growth" in 2022, said Russell Stokes, CEO of Kind North America. The key to Kind's success is maintaining its autonomy since its acquisition by Mars and a "lean, hungry" approach to innovation, said Stokes.
Holcim US has acquired Baton Rouge, La.-based Cajun Ready Mix Concrete's eight plants and the company's headquarters for an undisclosed sum. Cajun Ready Mix, which has more than 100 employees and 50 trucks, will not retain its name as part of the deal.
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The chemical industry can continue to move toward a lower-carbon future while maintaining plastics growth, asserts Bloomberg NEF. BNEF identifies lower-carbon investment opportunities for the industry, including cracker electrification and carbon capture and storage projects.
JE Dunn Construction recently worked with Southeast Toyota Distributors to build a new industrial facility that allows employees to be efficient, flexible, connected and comfortable at work. "At the end of the day we want our employees to feel valued and supported in an environment where they can do their best work," says Tammi Bailey of JE Dunn Construction.
