BASF SE inaugurated a new global Research and Development (R&D) Center at its Thane site in Navi Mumbai, India, focusing on organic synthesis, advanced process and formulation research, discovery chemistry for modern agricultural solutions, ...
Tags: BASF, Textile, R&D Center
Food packaging is not dangerous, Australian experts have said Australian experts have reassured Australians that the chemicals in plastic food packaging are not harmful to human health. Dr Ian Musgrave, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty ...
Tags: Food Packaging Chemicals, chemicals in plastic food packaging
Scientists at the University of Auckland, New Zealand have developed a wearable electromagnetic energy harvester that could take vibrational kinetic energy generated by the wearer and convert it into usable electricity for medical devices. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Instruments, Meters
In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free region, or polynya, stayed open for three full winters before ...
Tags: Global Warming, Service
Woolworths has announced a profit increase for the first half Supermarket group Woolworths has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year of $1,321.7 million, up 14.5 per cent on the same period in the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
"The result for the first half of the financial year reflected solid growth in emerging markets, ongoing operating improvements and the benefits from recent acquisitions. Earnings per share, for the continuing operations, increased 22% to ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Amcor
Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group has partnered with Wageningen University to establish a new R&D center in the Netherlands. Wageningen University and its R&D center are the leading scientific research ...
Tags: Yili, R&D Center, Milk
Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced a net profit after tax of $502.8 million, before significant items. Net profit after tax (including significant items) decreased by 82.5 per cent to $79.9 million for the twelve ...
Tags: operating cost structure, Results Decline, Capital Expenditure
February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Australian-based dairy businesses have coped differently with 'difficult' market conditions Food and beverage company Lion has announced its Dairy and Drinks business experienced “significant ...
Tags: Bega, Lion Dairy, WCB, RTD
A University of Otago, New Zealand, research breakthrough from the Sir John Walsh Research Institute is helping pave the way for novel antifungal drugs designed to overcome the world-wide problem of growing resistance to current treatments. ...
Tags: Aids, Drug Resistance, expand the array of antifungal treatments
February 10, 2014 Gemma Mainland Woolworths good sales growth story continues Woolworths Limited on 6 February 2014 released its sales results for the first-half of the 2014 financial year (27 weeks to 5 January 2014) with key figures ...
Tags: Woolworths, sales growth, Home Improvement, Merchandise
February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC
February 10, 2014 Joe Lederman, principal FOODLEGAL Australia’s proposed Front-of-Pack-Label scheme goes offline for now Last week, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and consumer group CHOICE were celebrating ...
Tags: PHAA, CHOICE, Front-of-Pack-Label Scheme, Forum
10 Feb 2014 Honeywell's Vocollect has found an ally. Voice Interface Design's VoiceID Connector software makes voice-directed warehousing as straightforward and as fast as possible. The Voice Interface Design software is able to rapidly ...
Tags: ERP, WMS, Voice, Packaging Warehouse
Stephen Andrew has replaced Pedro Demartini as the sales director at Groupe SEB, marketer of the Tefal, Rowenta, All-Clad, Moulinex and Krups brands. Andrew has previously led sales and marketing at accountancy software firms Attache ...
Tags: SEB, CCH, Demartini, Attache Australia