BMW has reported a 11% increase in its profits for the second quarter of this year due to strong sales of its three car brands. The net profit for the period between April and June end was €1.94bn, compared to €1.74bn for the ...
KION GROUP AG, already one of the two largest suppliers of forklift trucks, warehouse equipment and related services with Linde and Baoli, amongst others, will become one of the largest global providers of intelligent intralogistics by ...
Associated British Foods (ABF) is reportedly contemplating the sale of its unprofitable sugar business in China to remain focused on its sugar operations in Europe and Africa. For this purpose, the food company has invited bids for five ...
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The Food Revolution Group has signed what it describes as “significant distribution deals” with Woolworths and Coles to expand its juice brands. Both deals are expected to be worth a total of AUD $15 million in sales annually ...
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The results from Dun & Bradstreet’s March Business Expectations Survey have highlighted a second consecutive decline in expectations, with businesses issuing subdued forecasts for the three-month period to June 2016, despite reporting ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will cut nearly 1,300 jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly plant starting from 5 July. The layoffs come in the wake of reduced production at the facility due to declining demand for Chrysler 200 midsize ...
Petainer, a provider of high performance and sustainable packaging, has expanded its distribution footprint in the US with a new partnership with ProStar Distributing. ProStar will exclusively sell petainerKeg products, targeting ...
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Constantia Flexibles announed that strong sales growth resulted from all business divisions and was achieved primarily by strong volume increases in all regions. Constantia Flexibles, one of the world's leading flexible packaging and ...
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Helen of Troy Limited, designer of consumer brand-name housewares, health and home, nutritional supplement and beauty products, closed its previously-announced acquisition of Steel Technology, LLC., which does business under the brand name ...
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Murray Goulburn says it is feeling the impact of a troubled dairy industry, revealing a slump in net profit to shareholders. The dairy company, which owns the Devondale brand, announced a net profit of only AUD$10 million for the six ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has signed Japan's largest electronic components distributor UKC Holding Corp as its ...
Coopers Brewery is adding Danish beer Carlsberg Mid 3.5% to its portfolio. The beer will be brewed at Coopers’ Regency Park factory in South Australia and is planned to be sold nation-wide by March. Coopers National Sales and ...
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DFS-owned contemporary furniture retailer dwell continues the second phase of its nationwide expansion with the opening of a new concept store in Oxford over the Boxing Day weekend. Creating nine new jobs in the area, the 5500 sqft space ...
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The production value of PCB products manufactured by Taiwan-based makers in Taiwan and China totaled NT$147.5 billion (US$4.544 billion) in the third quarter of 2015, up 7.1% on quarter but down 0.3% on year, according to the ...
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Fischer Skis U.S. LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of privately-held Fischer Sports GmbH of Austria, named Ryan Leach as its president and CEO. Fischer is a global leader and supplier of ski and hockey products, and will look to ...
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