Glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) is buying Mexican company Vitro's food and beverage glass container business for around $2.15bn, to gain a competitive position in the Mexican glass packaging market. O-I will acquire ...
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JDA Software Group has been positioned by Gartner Inc., in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant of all four magic quadrants focused on supply chain. With the recent release of the ‘Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
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TreeHouse Foods has recorded first quarter earnings of $0.41 per fully diluted share when compared to $0.38 per fully diluted share reported for the first quarter of 2014. The Company reported adjusted earnings per share in the first ...
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Processed food packaging company Sopakco will expand its operations in Marion County, South Carolina, by installing a new fitment pouch line. The expansion will see around $4.5m in investment, creating 56 new jobs, and will take place at ...
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Mamee TGU Factory, a joint venture between Mamee-Double Decker Sendirian Berhad and Top Golden Universe (TGU), will construct an instant noodles and snack foods factory at the Industrial Valley in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi ...
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The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon.com reported a net loss in the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 as against net income in the corresponding quarter of 2014. Net loss in the first quarter of 2015 stood at $57 million or ...
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Tetra Pak has launched a range of hot-melt adhesives and lubricants that make its own filling machines even more productive. The adhesives were developed with the world’s leading adhesive producer, Henkel. They offer improved ...
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In constant currency, sales at UK fashion retailer Primark were 15 per cent ahead from the first half of fiscal 2014, for the 24 weeks period ended February 28, 2015,. At actual exchange rates and as a result of the weakening of the ...
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PSA Peugeot Citron is preparing to boost its vehicles production by 10% at its European plants by the end of August. The move is part of the company's strategy to meet the increasing demand in the domestic markets. With the latest ...
Germany-based label printer Etibana Haftetiketten has joined UPM Raflatac’s recycling concept RafCycle that involves the reuse of self-adhesive label stock to create new materials. As a part of the programme, the company has used ...
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Tetra Pak, in collaboration with Henkel, has launched a range of hot-melt adhesives and lubricants to be used with its own filling machines. The new adhesives feature improved bonding, lower adhesive consumption and reduced maintenance ...
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North American company Cascades that recovers, manufactures and converts green packaging and tissue paper products has installed a new converting line at its Candiac plant in Quebec, Canada. This line which will become operational in July ...
The food safety management system ISO 22000 is undergoing a revision process in a bid to make necessary improvements to the standards. First published in 2005, the current revision of the ISO 22000 is expected to help players in the ...
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BMW breaks ground on vehicle distribution center in Galveston, Texas, US, to serve dealers within four states in the southern region. WWL Vehicle Services Americas will own and operate the facility under BMW Group on-site management. ...
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