XMS Capital Partners has announced that it served as financial advisor to Veritiv on its acquisition of All American Containers, a family-owned and operated distributor of rigid packaging, including plastic, glass and metal containers, ...
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Rudolph Technologies will launch its new Truebump technology on the Dragonfly inspection system at SEMICON Taiwan, which is due to be held from 13 to 15 September 2017. The new Truebump technology delivers quick, accurate and repeatable ...
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Volkswagen has unveiled a plan to roll out 80 new electric vehicles, including about 50 purely battery-powered vehicles and 30 plug-in hybrids, by 2025. The company launched what it claims to be the most comprehensive electrification ...
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Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride has agreed to acquire JBS’ British poultry unit Moy Park for $1.3bn to expand its portfolio of prepared foods. By adding Moy Park’s operations in the UK and Continental Europe, Pilgrim's Pride ...
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Packaging products supplier Crown Holdings has unveiled plans to construct a new beverage can plant in Spain. The new facility will be developed in the Valencia region for the manufacturing of aluminum beverage cans. Crown has selected ...
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Impossible Foods launched production at its 68,000ft2 Oakland, California, production plant. The plant is now ramping up production and will eventually have the capacity to produce 1 million pounds of plant-based meat per month. ...
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Chocolate and cocoa products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has agreed to purchase the ingredients division of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates. This acquisition will strategically expand Barry Callebaut’s Specialties & Decorations business, ...
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Coca-Cola Great Britain has unveiled new Diet Coke limited-edition can designs, as part of its efforts to attract more customers to the brand. The company has designed new promotional packs, Diet Coke and Diet Coke Caffeine Free, for the ...
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Uno has partnered with ColorADD, creators of internationally recognised colourblind alphabet to bring a new colour-coding system to the game. World-renowned family game Uno has introduced its first ever colorblind-friendly edition thanks ...
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Tyson Foods has unveiled plans to construct a $320m poultry complex in eastern Kansas. A processing facility, hatchery and feed mill will be built near the city of Tonganoxie, in Leavenworth County, Production is anticipated to begin ...
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Bosch has revealed what it describes as a start-up powertrain for electric vehicles. It’s now common knowledge that a more powerful battery will increase an electric car’s range. But can a new powertrain have a comparable ...
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Feilo Sylvania, a lighting vendor owned by China-based Shanghai Feilo Acoustics, has announced its entry into the Taiwan market by launching LED light tubes, bulbs and streetlamps. Shanghai Feilo Acoustics acquired an 80% stake in ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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GAC Motor, China-based automaker, has unveiled two SUVs, the 5-seat GS7 and the GS3 in watertown Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China. These two next-generation SUVs, which have inherited the excellent genes of the GAC Motor family, are ...
Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has signed an agreement with Agrifoods to acquire Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods was a 50-50 joint venture by two of Canada’s leading cooperatives; Agrifoods and Agropur. With more than 40 years of ...
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