Producers are in high spirits at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines today. Hog markets are profitable and herd disease levels low, at least for the time being. The deadly PED virus, which infected about 60% of the nation's sows last ...
Tags: Pork Congress, Agriculture
The 2015 National Technical Forums are one of AUSPACK’s greatest drawcards. This year, eight internationals and thirty-seven speakers will cover the topics that matter to your business across four days, 24 to 27 March. The 2015 ...
Tags: packaging technologist, Packaging
Adidas has entered a five year agreement to be the official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand of Catawba College, a small liberal arts college in Salisbury, NC that fields 18 NCAA Division II sports teams. Adidas will partner ...
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FOREMOST GROUPS, INC. announced it is launching a new indoor furniture brand called Craft + Main™. Craft + Main™ offers versatile, feature rich, multi-use furniture; skillfully crafted with distinguished design and creativity to ...
Tags: Indoor Furniture, existing decor, Furniture
Beijing-based Hosen Capital’s New Hope Investment Fund has acquired Chicago’s beef processor Ruprecht. Ruprecht is the oldest operating beef processor in the region and this acquisition will bring more investments and help to ...
Tags: boxed beef, boxed pork, chicken, Agriculture
Adidas and Arizona State University announced an eight-year partnership in which the Portland, OR, based company will be the official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand of the Sun Devils through the 2022-23 season. ...
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Niagara Ventures has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Blu-Dot Beverage Company. As a result of the Transaction, Blu-Dot became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NVC. The ...
Tags: Beverage, Agriculture
The BOSS Federation will be holding a one day conference considering the ‘Future of the Office Products Industry’ on 14 January 2015 at the prestigious St Bride Foundation in London. The event is completely free to BOSS members ...
Tags: Office Products, Office Supplies
Packaging machinery and integrated systems providers Pro Mach has been acquired by affiliates of AEA Investors (AEA) from The Jordan Company for an undisclosed amount. Pro Mach sells more than 25 equipment brands across the world. ...
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Professor Venkat Selvamanickam at the University of Houston has received a $1,499,994 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative to produce high-efficiency, inexpensive thin-film photovoltaics. The SunShot Initiative ...
Tags: Thin-Film PV, Metal Foil
Canada-based food packaging company CKF will be producing its Earthcycle line of agricultural trays at its Hantsport, Nova Scotia facility. The move follows CKF's acquisition of Earthcycle Packaging in May 2013. The first ...
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Interim Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Peter Anderson has urged political parties to ‘take the blinkers off” and look at the bigger picture rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Mr Anderson said the ...
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An interdisciplinary team at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has received the Japan Society of Applied Physics’ 2014 Outstanding Paper Award. The award is only given to a select group of papers that present excellent ...
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Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
Tags: Apple, NFC Chip Technology
CALGARY, AB—Maverick Oilfield Services announced that it has acquired Latigo Trucking Ltd. "The opportunity to add Latigo to our portfolio of companies enhances our growth strategy,” said Chris Challis, Maverick CEO. "Finding ...
Tags: Maverick Oilfield Services, Latigo Trucking, Transportation