<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the Manufacturing community of Kenya</title><link>http://retail.bizcommunity.com//111/399.html</link><description>Kenya Manufacturing news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>Manufacturing news - Kenya</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:40:10 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Finlay shuts down Mara Mara factory</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/111/87/40607.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0910/37742.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="65" align="left"  /&gt;James Finlay (Kenya), a local tea extracts manufacturing firm, has announced the commencement of a phased shutting down of its Mara Mara Tea Extracts factory located in Kericho, Rift Valley. Finlay's sales volumes have been affected by the economic downturn and increasing competition from lower cost production centres.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/111/87/40607.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=111&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=40607"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/111/87/40607.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:42:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/111/399.html</source></item></channel></rss>