The file photo shows a fragment of a letter from China's Mao Zedong to former Labour Prime Minister Clement Atlee in 1937. A letter written by China's Mao Zedong asking a leading British politician for help in fighting Japanese invaders ...
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Melbourne-based packaging and processing specialist Splatt Engineering has signed a partnership deal with Italian company PE Labellers, which has decided to add Australia to its growing global footprint. PE Labellers’ methodology is ...
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Glass and metal packaging company Ardagh Group won gold at this year’s Cans of the Year Awards in Scotland. Ardagh produced a partial internal lacquer in a DWI can for ConAgra Foodservice’s Hunt’s tomatoes in the US, and ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the releasing ceremony of a joint statement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations in Kuala Lumpur International Convention Center on the morning of November 22. It was ...
New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra will sell its 50% stake in DairiConcepts to US-based cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) for NZD$196m ($126.7m) . DairiConcepts is the joint venture between Fonterra and DFA. Under ...
New Zealand and Australian milk exports are expected to rise following the end of China's one-child policy, writes IndustryEdge MD Tim Woods. There are expectations of six million additional births in China per year, from 2017, for at ...
New Zealand's Anchor Cream has reached the Aussie market, with packaging designed to stand out on-shelf. Specifically targeting foodies and home chefs, the range has markers on the side of the bottle to ensure precise pouring and easy ...
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Fonterra has increased its forecast earnings for the 2015 financial year. The co-operative is now expecting to pay farmers $4.95-5.00 per kg of milk solids. Chairman John Wilson said performance between the 1 August – 31 October ...
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Food safety assurance provider AsureQuality is the first Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) in the world to be both accredited to the new FSSC22000-Q scheme, and to issue accredited FSSC22000-Q certification to a customer. First published ...
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Australian fresh bean exports have hit a record high says vegetable industry representative body AUSVEG. Australia’s fresh bean exports are valued at over 40 times the size of its frozen bean export market. “The export ...
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Australian parents are taking to social media in uproar as they stress over not being able to purchase their favourite infant formula brands. Expressing concerns through Facebook and other sites, consumers are saying that the popular A2 ...
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Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has expanded its Hue home lighting ecosystem to include the new Philips Hue Tap* in New Zealand. Powered by kinetic energy, the smart light switch can be mounted on the wall or left in a handy ...
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GE has partnered with Beacon Lighting to expand the reach of its LED business in Australia and New Zealand. Beacon, operating under Light Source Solutions, will be the sole distributor for GE's commercial and residential lighting ...
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Streamlined trade is said to be a step closer between Australian and New Zealand businesses, with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) formally agreeing to work towards the ...
Auckland Transport has begun New Zealand’s most ambitious LED replacement program. It is replacing 44,000 high pressure sodium (golden yellow light) street lights with energy efficient LED luminaires. Auckland Transport owns more ...
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