Fonterra has officially opened its NZ$126 million UHT greenfield plant in Waitoa, New Zealand. The plant features state-of-the-art Tetra Pak processing and packaging equipment which will produce a range of products including UHT white milk ...
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Banana producer Chiquita Brands International shareholders have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival c. Post this development, Chiquita will now enter talks with Brazil's Cutrale and Safra following an offer of $14.50 a share. The ...
Nigerian Breweries has secured Securities and Exchange Commission approval for its previously announced merger with Consolidated Breweries. Both the companies are majority owned subsidiaries of Dutch brewing company Heineken. Heineken ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp ( PSMI ), said Friday the Japan Fair Trade Commission granted clearance of its proposed $465 million merger with Murata Electronics North America Inc. The approval is subject to a 30-day waiting period set to ...
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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is planning to step down at the end of 2018 after completing five-year turnaround plan for the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, reported The Detroit News. The merger has been in works for a long time, and back ...
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Lone Star Transportation has announced its merger with Texas based open-deck transportation carrier company, Daseke. Lone Star specialises in transporting heavy shipments and is also known for transporting wind turbine components in North ...
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Exceed Company Ltd., owner of China's Xidelong athletic brand, said it is negotiating with its Chairman and CE0 Shuipan Lin to again extend the deadline for him to close on his proposed acquisition of the company following news that he had ...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is weighing an antitrust lawsuit against the $3.5bn merger of Sysco and US Foods which was announced in December. FTC has been investigating the proposed merger, which according to it, has the potential ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and fellow RF front-end component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA have revealed that the holding company under which the two firms will combine will be named Qorvo Inc. The ...
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Following the hostile bid made by Dollar General to acquire Family Dollar Stores, Family Dollar confirmed that Dollar General has commenced an unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of the common stock of Family Dollar for ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced the preliminary results of its special meeting of shareholders held to approve its agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with RF front-end component maker TriQuint ...
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Aceros Carazo, a Costa Rica-based company dedicated to the import and marketing of steel industry equipment, announced this week that it has acquired Reimers Industrial, a 107-year-old distrubutor. With the acquisition of Reimers, Aceros ...
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Tabletop gamers know Days of Wonder as the team behind Ticket to Ride, Memoir 44 and Small World. French board game publisher and parent company of Esdevium, Asmodee has merged with Days of Wonder, the team behind popular titles such as ...
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Weidenhammer Packaging, headquartered in Hockenheim, Germany, is one of Europe’s leading providers of composite cans, drums and luxury tubes with around £1,100 employees and operates numerous production facilities across Europe. ...
American packaging company Sonoco has agreed to acquire Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging for an amount of approximately $383m (€286m). Sonoco president and chief executive officer M Jack Sanders believes the acquisition will help ...