The acquisition secures a Southern Ireland footprint together with an established Eire customer base for the firm, which has six international offices - including the US, Australia and China as well as its European operations. Equator's ...
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Metsä says Carta Allura has 'exceptional' smoothness making it ideal for foil lamination, high-gloss varnish and other special effects. With high brightness and an attractive visual appearance it creates the right impression when ...
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The Navajo Nation is going to use sales tax policies to try changing food habits on the largest Indian reservation in the United States. The Navajo Nation Council on Jan. 30 approved an additional 2-percent sales tax on so-called ...
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Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
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Actega DS has registered a FoodSafe brand for sealant compounds and closures which it will be demonstrating at Interpack 2014. FoodSafefe stands for low-migration (falls short of the global migration limits) and certification for direct ...
Bubble Wrap?was first invented by Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes in 1957,with its initial intention to be sold as wallpaper.However,the creators soon realised that it would be a much better alternative to newspaper packaging. This ...
The Indiana-based group is to buy a 75% stake in Qingdao P&B Co, which is headquartered in the Qingdao free-trade zone. P&B, which has around 550 employees, is partly owned by Chinese drinks business Wuliangye Group, one of the ...
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Cinram will provide logistical services including packaging,warehousing,fulfilment,distribution and credit management for Cargo's variety of music and home entertainment products. Music distribution might be considered by the current ...
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Knitting together at least five New England states to impose labeling requirements on foods with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms(GMOs)just became more elusive. That's because in New Hampshire,the House of ...
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PMI Nutrition,LLC,of Arden Hills,MN,has initiated a voluntary recall of its 20-lb.bags of Red Flannel?Cat Formula cat food for possible Salmonella contamination,according to a U.S.Food and Drug Administration announcement issued ...
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Joint venture to build a sustainable health care center of excellence and strengthen health care services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated global energy and chemicals enterprise, and Johns Hopkins Medicine, ...
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Unilever reported that its 2013 turnover was down 3% to €49.8 billion with foreign exchange 5.9% and net acquisitions and disposal 1.1% Finance costs and tax The cost of financing net borrowings in 2013 was €397 million versus ...
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An index of leading economic indicators increased 0.1% in December after a 1% rise in November that was higher than originally reported, the New York-based Conference Board said Jan 23. The increase was lower than economists' medium ...
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The Chinese economy grew at an annual pace of 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013, which was enough to ensure that growth for the whole of the year matched that of 2012. According to preliminary data from the National Bureau of Statistics ...
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Greater attention must be paid to generating renewable heat if the climate protection targets set in Germany and around the world are to be met. At 40%, the heating market accounts for the largest proportion of energy consumed in Germany ...
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