US seafood importer South Pacific Specialties is upgrading its Miami processing operations with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) technology amid vertical integration push in South America and Asia. The company also expects to ...
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American canned and frozen vegetables producer McCall Farms is planning to close its yam processing plant in Wilson, a move that will slash 64 jobs. The operations from the Wilson plant will be transferred to the company's other plant in ...
Tags: butter peas, triple succotash, cut okra, Agriculture
Cardia Bioplastics has secured a two-year supply contract with Cleanaway and has received its first year order to deliver 7.8 million Cardia Compostable kitchen tidy bags and 50,000 Kitchen Tidy Bins for commercial roll out. Cleanaway ...
American establishment Simmons Foods has halted poultry processing operations at its plant in Delaware County, Jay, Oklahoma. The move comes in response to the inconsistent supply of hens to process and the subsequent underutilisation. ...
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Freedom Foods signs dairy deal with China’s New Hope Group Australian food manufacturer Freedom Foods and its major shareholder the Perich Group have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s ...
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JBS, a Brazilian beef exporter, has announced that it will resume its plan to raise BRL4bn ($1.8bn) from the initial public offering (IPO) of its pork, poultry and food-processing operations in Brazil as early as next month. Following ...
Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that military action in Avdiivka and Yasinovataya in Donetsk region has disrupted the company's supply chain, threatening the finished steel output at its Azovstal and ...
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Canada-based dairy cooperative Agropur has agreed to acquire the assets of US-based cheese and dairy ingredients company Davisco Foods. As part of the acquisition, the company will acquire three Davisco cheese processing factories in ...
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Canadian food retailer Sobeys has agreed to sell its dairy processing operations to Agropur Cooperative, in a deal worth $356m. A strategic partnership agreement to this effect has been concluded by both the companies. Agropur CEO ...
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service, Energy
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
Tags: Titanium, EPA, Certification, Service
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered Molycorp Minerals, LLC, to pay a $27,300 penalty for improper management of hazardous waste at its San Bernardino County mine and mineral processing facility. The violations were ...
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Altatech of Montbonnot, near Grenoble, France (a subsidiary of Soitec since January 2012) has received an order for its Orion LedMax wafer inspection and metrology system from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany. Osram ...
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Adjusted Operating Earnings(1)(2)(3) for the fourth quarter was a loss of $21.7 million compared to Adjusted ...
Tags: Maple Leaf Foods, Food
Agropur Cooperative today held its 75th Annual General Assembly with some 600 members, employees, business partners and guests from the Agri-Food industry in attendance, and reported solid financial health and a strong market position, ...