As the demand for spicy snacks grows, America's favorite ready-to-eat popcorn brand has answered the call with the launch of Smartfood Spicy Jalapeno Ranch Popcorn. The all-new popcorn flavor combines the spice from jalapenos with a cool ...
Tags: spicy snacks, Popcorn Flavor
Nestlé's Kit Kat has launched a number of "limited edition" Kit-Kat's in Australia plus a gold leaf option selling for the hefty price of $88. The new Kit Kats coincide with the celebration of the approaching Chinese New Year. The ...
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The world’s most established luxury brands are facing the toughest challenges in their history as consumers’ expectations and perception of what constitutes luxury evolves more rapidly than ever, according to preliminary ...
Tags: Volvo Cars, Luxury
More than 5,000 British students will be taught Mandarin in schools, after a 15 million US dollar funding boost announced Wednesday by the British government. Last year, only about 2 percent of state funded primary schools in Britain and ...
Tags: British students, Mandarin, Chinese
There appears to be a growing trend for global manufacturers and their shipping partners to over-charge importers on Australian port charges for sea freight shipments, according to an Australian Customs broker. Just this month, successful ...
Tags: freight shipments, Fancy Dress, logistics
Decorex International has announced its highly-anticipated seminar programme for 2015. With an interesting and diverse selection of names, this year’s panel offers an insightful exploration of the theme for the show – the future ...
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I’ve just returned from several weeks travelling across the United States. It is fabulous to be home – and to appreciate just how lucky we are in Australia to live in an amazing part of the world. We see so much ...
Tags: food opinion, food culture
US automobile major Ford now offers its customers the option to download 3D digital paintings and get them printed onto car through the maiden Ford 3D Store. Empowering customers to contemplate their own model and bring completion to ...
Tags: Digital Prints, automobile
The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled a plastic bottle made entirely from renewable plant material. The US beverage giant claims the bottle is fully recyclable and the first to use PET plastic (a common type of polyester) that is entirely ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Packaging, plastic bottle, renewable bottle
Harvest Specialty Mills has raised funding to build a grain cleaning, milling and packaging facility in Greater Toronto Area, Canada. The C$2.6m ($2.12m) funding will be invested in a 21,000ft2 Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points ...
The food industry is capitalising on a booming licensing industry by ensuring big names such as Frozen feature on more packaging. Streets Ice Cream is leading the way in Australia, announcing it will bring to life the favourite ...
Tags: Frozen Franchise, food industry, booming licensing industry
Consumers in Europe are now almost spoiled for choice in the range of colors available in most coatings sectors. As a result coatings and colorant producers, as well as suppliers of materials running in-plant coatings facilities, are ...
Leading suppliers of LED components are increasingly diversifying, in order to produce LED modules and light engines, according to the latest Research Note from market analyst firm IHS Inc, whose 'Next Generation Lighting' report projected ...
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With an expanding social infrastructure comes an increasing dependence on electrical energy. Against this backdrop many technologies now considered “indispensable” have emerged. Devices like converters for electrical power, and ...
Tags: Film Capacitors, Power Electronics
In step with green building trends in commercial and institutional architecture, Dow Coating Materials (DCM) introduced two new resin technologies for low and ultra-low VOC coatings this week during the 2015 SSPC Conference and Exhibition. ...
Tags: VOC Coatings, SSPC 2015