The world's largest consumer tech show last week was mostly about new ultra-high-definition TVs, with four times the pixel resolution of current 1080p HDTV, notebooks, phones, wireless headphones and speakers and thousands of accessory ...
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Warbutons aims to double its free-from sales during 2013 with a view to becoming the largest brand in the growing free-from sector. As part of this drive, the company is rebranding its line-up of gluten-free and wheat-free products, which ...
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UK-based R&R Ice Cream has completed the acquisition of yoomoo, a frozen yogurt brand, for an undisclosed amount. Yoomoo, founded in 2011, is a leading frozen yogurt brand in the UK. The brand has achieved retail sales through ...
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TAGSYS RFID, the leading provider of item-level inventory management systems that streamline the supply chain, announced it is rolling out a global deployment of its FiTS (Fashion-item Tracking System) integrated RFID system with one of the ...
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Facebook is rolling out a major new search engine designed to give users more options in sorting through topics and interests based on their friends. The social network is positioning the tool, dubbed “Graph Search,” as a way ...
US-based INX International Ink introduces new AquaTech ION Label ink systems into the market. AquaTech ION Label ink systems offers performance with press stability for better printability at a wide range of press speeds. ION-P series ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder that, if the ...
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A sandwich manufacturer was shut down as an emergency measure, after environmental health inspectors from Glasgow City Council discovered “significant infestation” on its premises. 'Extensive infestation' was found at the ...
British baking firm Warburtons has relaunched gluten-free and wheat-free bakery products under Newburn Bakehouse brand. The brand's portfolio also includes white, brown and fruit loaves, as well as white and brown sub rolls, and two ...
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The Canadian Competition Bureau has confirmed that it does not intend to challenge US-based ConAgra Foods’ acquisition of Ralcorp for $6.8bn. This decision by the agency satisfies one of the conditions for the completion of the ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers will also take on 20 of Hostess' bakeries and ...
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US-based baking company Flower Foods has signed two agreements to acquire certain bakery assets of Hostess Brands. The value of the total deal is approximately $390m. One of the agreements includes purchase of the Wonder, Nature's Pride, ...
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Lincoln, the luxury vehicle brand of the US based Ford Motor, is planning to unveil the new MKC concept sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, being held during 14-27 January 2013. The new ...
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US-based equity investment company Wynnchurch Capital has completed the sale of Webex to Bertram Capital for undisclosed sum. Webex designs and manufactures precision engineered rolls, converting components and specialized machinery ...
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Private equity investment firm Bertram Capital has purchased all the assets of Webex from Wynnchurch Capital. Webex's commercial products include precision engineered rolls and specialized machinery modules designed for web handling and ...
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