After nine regional and three central rounds of negotiation, BAVC and IG BCE have reached an accord in the wage dispute: remuneration for the 550,000 employees at the 1,900 plants of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries will rise 2.8 ...
Tags: Wage Agreement, BAVC, Construction
The government of the northwest Indian state of Punjab is set to establish five primary processing centres for the proposed mega food park being set up by Punjab Agro Industries. Punjab Agro Industries will set up a food park on 100 acres ...
Tetra Pak is rating its past year a success, with higher recycling rates, lower CO2 emissions and commercialisation of the world’s first 100% bio-based carton achieved. Tetra Pak has continued to make progress towards its 2020 ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Initiatives Reward, Packaging
At a seminar organised recently in Dhaka, experts recommended framing rules for making the Bangladesh textile industry environmental complaint due to the rise in demand for green products. The seminar titled ‘Legal and Regulatory ...
Tags: textile industry, green products
Accoding to CIL paint, the color you paint your kitchen can enhance your eating experience. That’s the message of CIL paint in unveiling its digital Culinary Collection of paint colors, featuring what it calls a mouth-watering palette ...
Twenty five innovative projects in the British food sector will receive £16m funding from government and industry as part of an initiative to develop business ideas and boost UK agriculture. Within this £16m, £9.8m ...
Tags: UK agriculture, Sunshine Egg, Agriculture
Egg producer Bird Bros has succeeded in overcoming downtime, increasing efficiency and eliminating wastage by upgrading to a fully automatic Endoline case sealing system. Based in Bedfordshire, the company supplies high quality eggs to ...
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US chemist David McGarvey, Ph.D, at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and his team of researchers who are a part of a team led by the Natick Soldier Systems Center, is developing ...
Tags: army uniforms, protective suits, Self-Decontaminating Suits
At 85.6 per cent, the proportion of supply chains exposed to elevated, high or severe risk of natural disaster is highest for the apparel sector, as it has a high proportion of manufacturing and raw material sourcing based in politically ...
Tags: BSI, apparel sector, raw material
The North Face announced the 2015 Explore Fund grant-giving program is now open through Apr. 17, 2015 for applications and $500,000 will be awarded to organizations this year. The Explore Fund provides grants to organizations that connect ...
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Nestle Malaysia has launched a campaign to educate its consumers about spotting fake products after Malaysian authorities seized imitations of Milo chocolate drink worth RM250,000 (S$94,058) in Negeri Sembilan. The raid conducted by the ...
Tags: Nestle Malaysia, spotting fake products, Milo chocolate drink
Agribusiness Company Cargill has introduced a high-oleic sunflower version of IngreVita EPA/DHA omega-3 oil, allowing food manufacturers to include long-chain omega-3s (EPA and DHA) in their products. EPA and DHA are long-chain ...
Packaging company International Paper's US corrugated packaging container plants servicing food product customers will soon become Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified. The certification will be measured against the ...
Tags: Packaging, Food Packaging
After two tough years of stagnation, in 2014 the power semiconductor device market returned to growth, rising by 8.4% to $11.5bn, according to the report 'Status of the Power Electronics Industry (February 2015 edition)' from Yole ...
Canadian food safety organisation Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) has received a $549,278 funding from Harper Government to purchase new equipment to expand and modernise its testing efficiency. This new financial support will help PDS ...
Tags: Food Safety, New Equipment