Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has raised around NZD250m ($207m), under a five-year dim sum bond issue, in a move to develop its business in China. The dim sum bonds have been issued as part of Fonterra Treasury's ...
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John Swainston, MD of Maxwell International Australia (left) and Brad Anderson, Lexar VP of worldwide sales. Digital imaging distributor Maxwell International has today announced that it has picked up the distribution for Lexar memory ...
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Pie Face has signed a deal with convenience store chain in SA Australian pie restaurant group Pie Face Pty Ltd (Pie Face) has signed an agreement to retail a range of hot pastry products in approximately 80 of the On the Run (OTR) ...
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In February 1964 a group of aerosol manufacturers got together in Melbourne to discuss how they could go about raising quality and safety standards in the then rapidly developing industry. That group became the Aerosol Association of ...
Masland Contract's collection of area rugs, Elevate, showcases the natural beauty of New Zealand wool and is ideal for commercial interior design. The collection offers eight distinctive patterns, expressed in four contemporary color ...
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After decades of relying on imports for garment accessories, Vietnam has for the first time exported garment accessories in 2013, reports vov.vn. Vietnam exported garment accessories worth US$ 700 million last year, according to ...
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Anytime a product recall is quickly associated with illnesses it's never good. But for Fonterra, the world's largest dairy processor, the need in the last week to recall 8,700 bottles of cream for E. coli contamination could not have come ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Milk, Milk Powder
Minnesota-based craft beer company Summit Brewing is all set to expand its distribution into the Arkansas beer market. Summit will foray into Arkansas with the Arkansas Craft Alliance, made up of four core distributors: Arkansas Craft ...
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January 15, 2014 Sophie Langley Mundella Foods has been acquired by China-based Bright Food Group China’ Bright Food Group Co Ltd (Bright Food) has agreed to buy Western Australian dairy company Mundella Foods, expanding the ...
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Turk’s Poultry Farm Ltd has this to say about its suppliers: “Turk's Poultry has an excellent working relationship with a diverse group of suppliers who are involved in the business from raising the chickens and grain through ...
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Australia's proposed Health Star Rating System for food labelling New Zealand’s nutritional food labels are not as effective as once thought and could be impacting on the health of New Zealanders, according to new research from the ...
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Geologic time is shorthand for slow-paced. But new measurements from steep mountaintops in New Zealand show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible. The findings were published Jan. 16 in ...
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Despite affordable prices and high food quality, the United States tied with Japan for 21st place in a ranking of the world's food systems, according to the international advocacy confederation Oxfam. The report, released Tuesday evening, ...
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The Hardware GS1 Action Group (HGAG) has reported an industry barcode compliance rate of 80% to 85% at all levels of packaging. Formed in 2008 by the Australian and New Zealand Hardware Sector, HGAG set out to make sure supply chain ...
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After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain their latest measured value of the Planck constant ...
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