Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut is expanding production capacity at its American Canyon facility with $20m investment. The facility expansion is in direct response to the increase in demand for chocolate in the American ...
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As Iceland prepares to go to the polls for its Parliamentary elections on Saturday, a radical pirate party, made up of hackers and activists, is ahead in the polls. The country's once-fringe Pirate Party is led by a former WikiLeaks ...
Bacardi erected several large bat habitats at its rum bottling facility campus in Jacksonville, Florida, US. Within just a few months, the habitats – branded bat caves – will be full of tenants. Together, the organizations are ...
General Motors (GM) and IBM have joined hands to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give ...
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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has (14 October) published the results from its second Food in Scotland Consumer Tracking Survey, showing that while most people in Scotland are aware of healthy eating recommendations, the majority do not ...
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More than a dozen Chinese and the U.S. enterprises on Friday signed agricultural transaction contracts worth 2.1 billion U.S. dollars, under which Chinese enterprises will import 5.1 million tons of farm products from the U.S. companies. ...
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Tyson Foods has acquired a 5% stake in Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles-based producer of plant-based meat substitutes. The investment was provided via a fundraising initiative by Beyond Meat. It will provide additional capital to help the ...
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Global health and nutrition company DSM has introduced a new cheese culture to expand its range of continental cheese solutions designed to help manufacturers achieve a more sustainable production. A new cheese culture product dubbed ...
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The announcement comes as Pesky celebrates the show hitting the number three spot on the list of CBeebies top performers. Hit pre-school character Boj is entering the plush toys and stationery catefgories courtesy of SEGA Amusement ...
TAITRA held the first overseas pre-show press conference for COMPUTEX 2017 in India (photo courtesy of TAITRA). In a view of Taiwan's increasingly close economic ties with India, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a ...
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In 2015, the global market size of service robots reported USD8.49 billion, surging by 42.2% on a year-on-year basis, and it is expected during 2016-2020 to show an annual average growth rate of 16.5%, which will be mainly driven by: (1) ...
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Ice creams made in Russia are gaining popularity in China after Russian President Vladimir Putin brought them as a gift for President Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Hangzhou earlier this month. Xi, who turned out to be a fan of ...
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Cyberspace security, the Internet and information technology have been key in China's development, and the country has been striving to build itself into a major Internet power. At a study session attended by China's top leaders, ...
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The UK's Lee Tunnel project will increase storm water storage and prevent it from spilling into a local river. The project also includes the refurbishment of the Abbey Mills pumping station, a task undertaken by pump manufacturers, Sulzer. ...
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Mexican soft-drink bottler Coca-Cola Femsa has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian Coke bottler Vonpar for R3.5bn ($1.09bn). Under the terms of the deal, Coca-Cola Femsa’s Brazilian subsidiary Spal Industria Brasileira de ...