Coca-Cola South Pacific is asking its customers to embrace the fun side of life in its latest multi-million dollar Fanta soft-drink marketing campaign. Named ‘Be More Fanta’, Coca-Cola South Pacific says the campaign is ...
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Sonoco Consumer Products Europe is planning to close two of its tobacco production plants in Germany, resulting in the removal of 100 employees. The Bunde plant in Northwest Germany will be closed by May 2016 and Hockenheim 3 plant in ...
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Despite receiving numerous criticism from residents, West Berkshire Council defended its multi-million pound LED streetlight replacement project. About 50% of the district’s streetlights were replaced with LED lamps in the scheme, ...
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Yorkshire-based bedding and mattress company Duvalay has appointed Jim Harrower its commercial manager, to help launch its new Hilary Devey collection. Jim joins with a wealth of experience in the bed industry. He was previously the MD of ...
Publicly-listed organic infant food producer Bellamy’s has entered into a multi-million dollar agreement with dairy producer Fonterra. The strategic agreement has been made for five years and Fonterra Oceania Managing Director ...
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Streets has dramatically dropped the price of its individually sold Cornetto ice creams to just AUD$2.00. The Cornetto had a previously recommended retail price of AUD$3.30. Along with the introduction of the new price, Streets is ...
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Constantia Flexibles has opened a new research and development (R&D) center for polymer films and film laminates for flexible packaging in Germany. The move is in line with the company's multi-million investment for upgrading equipment ...
Cadbury is launching a new chocolate brand Cadbury Coco in Australia. The brand will be available in blocks as well as gift package form. Cadbury Coco will consist mainly of dark chocolate but will come in different varieties. It will ...
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UK-based Jiffy Packaging is investing in new extrusion technology to produce polyethylene foam of varied thicknesses. Acquired by Airpack in 2014, the firm aims to make mass market penetration with the new expansion. The firm will make ...
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Spencer Coatings Limited, the East Midlands-based industrial coatings manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of West Bromwich-based Protega Paints in a multi-million pound deal. The company enjoys a rich heritage in the industrial ...
Midsummer AB of Järfälla, Sweden, a supplier of turnkey production lines for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, has received a multi-million dollar order for its ...
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IBM has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) to move its Asia Pacific customer planning and relationship management systems to the IBM Cloud. Hosting the workloads in IBM’s two SoftLayer cloud centres in ...
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REI announced its support of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 through a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership with the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The ...
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UK-based thermoformed packaging specialist LVF has produced its 100-millionth punnet for Gomersal based cress and salad produce grower WS Bentley. A punnet is a small container for packaging and selling fruit and vegetables, primarily ...
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Quintessential Brands has acquired French spirits producer Lafragette & Legier (L&L) from French American Vintners. The acquisition marks an important step in the company's growth as an international drinks business. This ...
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