It raised the money for a joint venture with house-building group Taggart to develop a site in east Belfast.

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Lagan Cement Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Quinn Building Products that may lead to a joint venture (JV) between the two groups whereby they would combine their cement and building products businesses based in Ballyconnell, Derrylin, Kinnegad, Belfast, Cork and Benelux.

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He charges the joint venture for research and development, engineering, machine-building and other services.

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Other initiatives, such as investing in a joint venture with Rugby Borough Council for a new crematorium and building new homes for private rent at Middlemore, are expected to result in additional income streams from 2014-15 onwards.

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Quinn Building Products and the Lagan Cement Group have signed a memorandum of understanding that may lead to a joint venture between the two.

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Remy, Inc. (formerly Delco-Remy, and formerly part of GM) is already building starters and alternators in China through both a wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) and a joint venture with a unit of ASIMCO.

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