Chinese-built power plant helps Ugandan woman fulfill dream

STORY: Chinese-built power plant helps Ugandan woman fulfill dream DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: KIRYANDONGO, Uganda CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the power plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ENGLISH): SYLVIA MWAGALE, Electrical Engineer, Karuma Hydro Power Plant 3. various of the power plant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (ENGLISH): SYLVIA MWAGALE, Electrical Engineer, Karuma Hydro Power Plant STORYLINE: As dawn breaks, Sylvia Mwagale, quickly prepares herself to head to work, deep 150 meters underground. Mwagale must get there by 8 o'clock in order to meet her Chinese supervisors at the 600 MegaWatt (MW) Karuma Hydro Power Plant, constructed by a Chinese company. Mwagale is among the thousands of local employees who have gained knowledge and skills from this mega project. SOUNDBITE 1 (ENGLISH): SYLVIA MWAGALE, Electrical Engineer, Karuma Hydro Power Plant "Engineer has been my passion ever since I was little, literally, my parents told me I would fix things. You would find me on torches, on radios

China's fiberglass giant opens new production line in Egypt

STORY: China's fiberglass giant opens new production line in Egypt DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: AIN SOKHNA, Egypt CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG WENCHAO, Oversea director of China Jushi 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WALEID GAMALELDIEN, SCZone Chairman STORYLINE: China's giant fiberglass producer Jushi on Thursday inaugurated a new production line at its Egyptian factory located in Ain Sokhna of the Suez province. The inauguration ceremony was attended by several Egyptian and Chinese officials, businessmen and diplomats. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG WENCHAO, Oversea director of China Jushi "The new line has an investment of 350 million U.S. dollars. It's recruiting nearly 600 local employees. It has a production capacity of 120,000 tonnes of fiberglass. The fiberglass produced here can be exported to many places in the world, mainly Europe, the United States and the Middle East." Established in Suez in 2012, Jushi Egypt complete

Special bonus in greenbacks

Special bonus in greenbacks

Employees of Taiho supermarket in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, are all smiles after receiving Aug. 25 a fistful of U.S. dollars in a special August bonus. Taiho managers say they paid their 600 employees in dollars as part of the ''Big Bang'' financial deregulation in Japan.

Michelin Plans To Cut 530 Jobs

Michelin Plans To Cut 530 Jobs

Michelin will cut 530 jobs and plans to retire 670 people in the first year of its "simplification and competitiveness plan", its management said on Wednesday. The plan, announced in early January, calls for 2,300 job cuts from 17,000 employees in France over three years, with no forced departures ---- File - Coronavirus crisis - Major retailers and manufacturers suspend production - File - Le groupe Michelin a annoncé son intention de fermer son usine de La Roche-sur-Yon, qui emploie plus de 600 personnes, avant la fin 2020. La Roche sur Yon (85), Usine Michelin., Jeune ouvrier avec tee-shirt Michelin (logo) au travail sur un pneu (undated) Photo by Bigot/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:ANDBZ/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Kanden Engineering's Newly Introduced VR Device for Experiencing Danger

Kanden Engineering's Newly Introduced VR Device for Experiencing Danger

Kanden Engineering Co., Ltd. (Kita Ward, Osaka City) expanded its facilities for experiencing dangerous acts during construction, inspection, and diagnosis of electrical equipment, etc., and opened the new "Safety and Technology Training Center" (Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture) on April 14. The facility will be used to train about 600 people a year, including all employees and subcontractors. The company analyzed past occupational accidents such as electric shock, crashes and falls, and equipment accidents caused by mishandling, and compiled a booklet with mottoes and lessons learned, "100 Failures of Engineering Version," which took two years to complete. The related investment was about 45 million yen. Mr. Aoshima hopes that the booklet and the facility will "help people improve their sensitivity to danger with their minds and bodies. (November 14, 2019, Safety & Technology Training Center, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Special bonus in greenbacks

Special bonus in greenbacks

Employees of Taiho supermarket in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, are all smiles after receiving Aug. 25 a fistful of U.S. dollars in a special August bonus. Taiho managers say they paid their 600 employees in dollars as part of the ''Big Bang'' financial deregulation in Japan. ==Kyodo