Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has acquired Institut Nehring, a food testing laboratory in the German market. Institut Nehring was established in 1905; today the company is well-known in the German market thanks to its ...
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Hilton Food Group will invest nearly NZ$54m ($38.7m) to build a new meat processing facility in South Auckland, New Zealand. The UK-based meat processing company will exclusively supply the meat products from the new facility to New ...
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Aurora Plastics has acquired US-based S&E Specialty Polymers for an undisclosed sum. Based in Lunenburg of Massachusetts, S&E Specialty Polymers produces polymers, custom plastics and compounds for use in various applications, including ...
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After narrowly missing out on entering IHS Markit’s top 10 for 2016 and first-quarter 2017, Nationstar (whose primary markets are lighting and signage) has broken into the top-10 ranking for packaged LED firms for Q2/2017, according ...
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US-based Valvoline has introduced new Easy Pour Bottle for customers in the automotive industry. The company developed the new packaging to easily change oil, providing a simplified shopping solution for the automotive do-it-yourself ...
API is set to introduce new custom-designed labels at this year’s Labelexpo Europe event in Belgium. The event is being held from 25 to 28 September in Brussels. At the event, the company will also showcase latest foils for the ...
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California-based BakeMark has acquired Best Brands from CSM Bakery Solutions. This acquisition includes the brand and product portfolio. Jim Parker, President & CEO of BakeMark, noted, "The Best Brands line offers a rich history of ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has announced volume production of its lithium niobate (LiNbO3) polarization-multiplexed quad Mach-Zehnder (PM-QMZ) modulators, ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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GAC Motor, China-based automaker, has unveiled two SUVs, the 5-seat GS7 and the GS3 in watertown Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China. These two next-generation SUVs, which have inherited the excellent genes of the GAC Motor family, are ...
Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has signed an agreement with Agrifoods to acquire Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods was a 50-50 joint venture by two of Canada’s leading cooperatives; Agrifoods and Agropur. With more than 40 years of ...
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Chromatic Technologies (CTI) has introduced Tamper Alert, a new irreversible and heat-activated ink technology which can identify tamper evidence in labels and packaging. The company claims that the new ink is useful for products ...
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NAPCO has agreed to purchase the assets of Vulcan Information Packaging (including Binders.com), a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, for an undisclosed sum. Post acquisition, Vulcan Information Packaging will function as NAPCO’s ...
US-based Hormel Foods has entered into South America with the acquisition of Brazilian meat company Cidade do Sol for about $104m. Cidade do Sol offers over 70 products in 15 categories that include meats like mortadella, sausage and ...
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Food packing firm Hilton Food Group has signed a long term supply agreement with Tesco Central Europe to produce fresh food. This development supports Hilton’s strategy of providing key retail partners globally with a diversified ...
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