US-based middle-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has acquired organic, sugar-free and traditional confection products maker Hillside Candy for undisclosed sum. Hillside’s brands include GoOrganic, GoLightly, Pick Your ...
The White House has open-sourced the code for its Facebook Messenger bot that's been receiving messages sent by the public to President Obama. Back in August, The White House made it possible, essentially, for anyone to send a message to ...
Google has admitted that demand for the new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones "exceeded" its expectations. The new Google Pixel smartphones have proved extremely popular, with several models of both the Pixel and Pixel XL now unavailable to ...
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Singapore based global agri-business company Olam International has acquired 100% stake in coffee specialist Schluter for $7.5m. A combination of internal accruals and existing debt facilities will be used by Olam to finance the ...
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Smithfield has announced to launch seven new products to encourage consumers to explore the latest in cooking trends and flavor innovation. With the rise in slow cooker cooking, all bacon everything and holiday entertaining, the brand ...
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Canada’s Transcontinental has acquired Flexstar Packaging, in a bid to expand its packaging operations in North America. Based in Richmond of British Columbia, Flexstar Packaging produces custom printed, laminated, flexible ...
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US-based specialty hydrocolloids producer CP Kelco has expanded its Dubai office, including a new laboratory for food and beverage applications. The expansion is aimed at providing technical capabilities and customer service throughout ...
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Performance Food has announced that more than 92% of the imported and domestic farm-raised seafood volume in PFG brands is certified sustainable by the Global Aquaculture Alliance. In addition, more than 97% of the fresh and frozen, ...
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Nissan Motor has acquired a 34% equity stake in Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) and became its largest shareholder. MMC will also become part of the global Alliance with Nissan and Renault. With the addition of MMC, the Alliance will be in the ...
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Georgetown's first brewery Rentsch Brewery is planning to triple its building footprint and increase production by ten-fold. In addition, the craft brewery plans to add an outdoor beer garden where patrons can socialize and enjoy ...
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Lable printer Telrol Group has purchased six Xeikon CX3 high-speed production presses. The presses have been selected to produce quality print with standard conventional substrates, helping to increase its capacity to serve European ...
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US engineering firm Aecom has won a contract to build the $1bn electric car manufacturing facility for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The 3 million ft2 and 900 acre development will create about 4,500 direct jobs over a ...
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Swedish firm AR Packaging Group has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Indonesian paper packaging firm PT Maju Jaya Sarana Grafika (MJSG) for undisclosed amount. Maju Jaya provides services from design, prepress, ...
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China Yiwu International Commodities Fair (Yiwu Fair) has been held since 1995. The event has been jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province and other relevant authorities. The Yiwu Fair ...
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Walmart Wellness Day is the largest single-day health event in the nation For a four hour period on Oct. 15, nearly everyone in America will have access to free health screenings, education, services and products as Walmart stores ...
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