RiceBran Technologies announced that its board of directors has named Dr. Robert Smith, the company's chief operating officer, as interim CEO, effective immediately. Dr. Smith will succeed W. John Short, who will remain with the Company ...
Google is reportedly planning to launch a ride sharing service in San Francisco, California later this year in order to compete with Uber and Lyft. If this pilot project is successful, Google could expand it further. In May this year, ...
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Hung Hing Printing Group announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016, reporting a 6.2% decline in revenue to HK$1,323 million. Book and Package Printing, the Group’s largest business unit, and the Paper ...
KapStone Paper and Packaging announced that the Board of Directors elected Paula H.J. Cholmondeley as a director of the company, effective 11 August 2016. Ms. Cholmondeley joins the Board of Directors as a Class B director with a term ...
CCL Industries, a specialty label and packaging solutions for global corporations, small businesses and consumers, reported 2016 second quarter results. Sales for the second quarter of 2016 increased 33.1% to $960.2 million, compared to ...
French food giant, Danone, has acquired US organic food leader, WhiteWave, for approximately US $10.4 billion. Danone owns numerous dairy, water, infant nutrition and medical nutrition brands including Apatamil and Karicare infant ...
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China XD Plastics Company, a manufacturer of polymer composite materials primarily for automotive applications, announced the commissioning of its new Sichuan manufacturing facility in China. China XD Plastics Company chairman of the ...
At the IEEE Honors Ceremony in New York City on 18 June, Dr David F. Welch - co-founder & president of Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical transport networking systems incorporating ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has effected a one-for-ten reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock. The reverse stock split was approved by the board of directors on 7 January and by shareholders ...
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US-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Evans Food Group and its subsidiaries. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Evans Food Group, which was founded in 1947 and acquired in 1985, is the maker ...
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Cambridge Nanotherm Ltd of Haverhill, Suffolk, UK, producer of nanoceramic thermal management technology, has appointed solid-state lighting expert Jed Dorsheimer to its board of directors. The firm says that Dorsheimer's role as managing ...
Bed manufacturer Silentnight welcomed its local MP to the Lancashire site during National Apprenticeship Week (14-18th March), following the ongoing success of its award-winning apprenticeship scheme. Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP ...
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Li & Fung Limited, which designs, sources and distributes consumer goods for many of the world's leading consumer brands, reported sales 2.4 percent to $18.8 billion in 2015. “2015 was a challenging year," said Spencer Fung, Group ...
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Li Ning Co Ltd posted a profit in 2015 following three consecutive years of losses. The China-based sports giant posted an annual net profit of 14.3 million yuan ($2.2 million), compared with a 781.5 million yuan loss a year ago. ...
L.L.Bean announced its fiscal 2015 sales were flat as well as its intention to pay performance bonuses to employees. For the fiscal year ending February 28, 2016, L.L.Bean reported annual net sales of $1.6 billion, essentially level with ...