2 Sisters Food Group has purchased the former S&A Foods site, just days after it had entered into discussions to acquire the East Midlands site that was owned by the Indian snack maker S&A, which fell into administration in October. 2 ...
Today Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, introduces the easiest smartest way to get flawless dimmable light at home. The Philips Hue wireless dimming kit is a no installation, straight out of the box solution for perfectly ...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Chicago Smart Lighting Project, which seeks to update the City of Chicago’s electric lighting infrastructure. The ...
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The US Air Force has awarded Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices as well as LEDs, a $4.1m follow-on contract, enabling qualification of a high-performance power ...
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The 14th International Textile Asia Exhibition will be held for the first time in Lahore, Pakistan from August 29 to 31, the Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has announced. PRGMEA is hosting the ...
The Taiwan Cabinet or its executive ministry plans to spend roughly NT$36 billion (US$1.16 billion) over the next nine years on its “Productivity 4.0” project beginning this year, with the aim of boosting the island's total ...
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McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
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Food storage technology provider Blumberg Grain is planning to invest over $250m during the next five years to expand its presence in India. As part of the expansion, the company will build a plant to manufacture components for scientific ...
PepsiCo Foods Canada will receive $3m in investment from the government of Ontario to revamp its manufacturing plant in Cambridge. The investment will be used to upgrade the food processing facility to meet world-class food safety ...
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Government's push of e-commerce in rural areas will stimulate online fresh food sales A government-backed drive toward e-commerce can help open up the agricultural sector and generate a rapid increase in incomes for farmers. At a ...
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PET packaging specialist APPE will invest £10m in its preform manufacturing platform at Gresford plant in the UK. PET preform production at the plant started 30 years ago. The capital will be used for the installation of five ...
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AR Packaging will invest €3m in the newly acquired plants at Krakow in Poland and Graz in Austria. With the investment at the two facilities, the German company is expecting to strengthen its foothold in the European packaging ...
Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK is participating in a £9.5m government initiative to modernize the UK energy infrastructure to cope with the unprecedented change in energy consumption, generation and distribution. UK ...
North American company Cascades that recovers, manufactures and converts green packaging and tissue paper products has installed a new converting line at its Candiac plant in Quebec, Canada. This line which will become operational in July ...
The Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia held its first discussion session on Thursday afternoon. For the first time, issues of China's inclusive approach to international finance and rural banking were high on the official ...
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