The European Commission competition authority has approved the previously announced acquisition of Swedish group SCA’s subsidiary SCA Packaging (excluding its two kraftliner mills) by UK-based DS Smith for about EUR1.6bn. According ...
Reuters reported that Indonesia nickel ore exports recovered in October, as biggest buyer China stocked up ahead of winter and more miners resumed production after meeting tough government rules that battered shipments this year from the ...
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Dutch food firm Wessanen has taken full ownership of Favory Convenience Food by purchasing an additional 35.9%stake from Rabo Capital for EUR5m($6m). Wessanen noted that this purchase follows strategic review of its frozen foods ...
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Nevella To Go, the brand owned by US-based Heartland Food Products, has launched portable liquid sweetener with zero calories. New Nevella To Go liquid sweeteners are available in easy squirt bottles that are small enough to fit in the ...
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Pfizer, a research-based pharmaceutical company, and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, have launched a joint venture, Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Hisun-Pfizer is expected to develop, manufacture and ...
The October 2012 book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of North American semiconductor-equipment industry hit a 12-month low of 0.75, with the three-month average of worldwide bookings amounting to US$743.2 million in October and the three-month average ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR50.2bn in its global automotive division and development of new technologies through 2015 in a bid to meet the challenges of the uncertain European market. Volkswagen Board of ...
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With the motto of "WashiON", ISKO invited all the important players in the denim field to step forward into fashion. Following the success of the May session at ISKOTECA, and the latest edition of the washing seminar, held in July at ...
Tags: Denim, denim industry, washing, fashion
Homag is to supply Swedwood with a second reacTec unit during the fourth quarter of 2012. The first plant had now been installed at an unnamed Swedwood location in Poland. The machinery ordered by Swedwood in the fourth quarter of 2011 ...
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HIGH POINT -- Luonto Furniture will have a new showroom and a larger product line at the High Point Market, and as a promotion will have a drawing for a chance to win a luxury, electric hybrid Fisker Karma sports car. This sectional is ...
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Swiss food and dairy giant Nestle has opened two production plants in South Africa. The facilities, based in the town of Babelegi in Gauteng province, will manufacture Milo and Cheerios breakfast cereals and Maggi noodles. This will be ...
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In the presence of high-ranking representatives of the Jiangsu province, OSRAM AG today laid the foundation of its new plant in the Chinese city of Wuxi. In doing so, the company is taking the next step in expanding its activities in China, ...
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Total investments in auto parts production in Russia is expected to reach €4.4bn by 2020, according to a recent forecast from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to Alex Rakhmanov, deputy head of the Ministry, up to ...
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L/LDPE The L/LDPE price bubble has truly burst with notations tumbling in June. Producers initially hoped to limit the downward price adjustment in line with the ?20/tonne drop in the June ethylene contract price but were swiftly forced to ...
Tags: market view, Plastics prices
NedGraphics, a subsidiary of NedSense enterprises n.v. announces that MS Mode in Amsterdam, the international head office of MS mode GmbH has selected NedGraphics Easy Coloring Pro and Color Reduction & Cleaning Pro to speed up its time to ...
Tags: NedGraphics, MS Mode, fashion, feminine collection