Axalta Coating Systems, a supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has acquired United Paint’s automotive interior rigid thermoplastics coatings business for undisclosed sum. Following the deal, production will temporarily remain at ...
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ConAgra Foods has entered into an agreement with Platinum Equity to sell its food ingredient sourcing and distribution company JM Swank for an undisclosed sum. The sale of JM Swank is part of ConAgra's strategy to restructure its ...
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Singapore food and beverage company Fraser and Neave has expressed interest in acquiring South Africa's SABMiller's Peroni and Grolsch beer brands in Europe. The expression of interest is occurring whilst beverage giant Anheuser-Busch ...
BASF has closed the previously announced transaction to divest its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a producer of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. Under a tolling agreement of ...
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Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets, has expanded its range of laser diode and avalanche photodiode ...
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The Dow Chemical Company has commenced its exchange offer for the split-off of a significant portion of its chlorine value chain. The split-off transaction is the next step in the separation, from Dow, of its U.S. Gulf Coast Chlor-Alkali ...
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NYSE listed Avery Dennison, a marketer of labeling, packaging materials and solutions reported a 6 per cent year over year slip in sales in the three months to June 30, 2015. An Avery Dennison press release informed that net sales ...
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Microwave and semiconductor devices supplier M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings (MACOM) has inked a pact to divest its automotive business to safety systems firm Autoliv in a deal valued at $100m. MACOM's automotive operations ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its ...
US-based diversified product firm Curtiss-Wright has disposed of assets and liabilities of its Engineered Packaging, erstwhile Hybricon, to custom engineering systems provider Atrenne Integrated Solutions, a wing of RFE Investment Partners. ...
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ConAgra Foods, an American packaged foods company, is planning to exit its private label foods business as it looks to boost profit margins, cut costs and focus on its growing consumer foods and commercial foods segments. The plans to ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
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Egyptian private equity firm Qalaa Holdings is contemplating the sale of its fresh packaged milk producing firm Dina Farms. The potential sale is in line with Qalaa's plans to generate around $300m from exits in the medium term. The ...
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"By adding Family Dollar to our portfolio of brands, Dollar Tree will soon operate more than 13,000 stores in 48 states and five Canadian provinces with annual sales exceeding $18 billion,” a top Dollar Tree official said. Bob ...
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Excluding impact from divestiture of Rockport business, currency-neutral sales at Adidas Group rose by 6 per cent from the previous year in 2014, based on preliminary unaudited figures. In euro terms, sales were up 2 per cent to ...
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