Austrian plastic packaging company Alpla has announced plans to invest $22.4m to open a new blow molding plant in Bowling Green in Kentucky, US by July 2013. Alpla bought the 108,000ft2 plant from the Bowling Green Economic Development ...
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Russian bottle decorating and packaging company Westpack has announced plans to set up manufacturing operations in Covington, Kentucky, US, with an investment of $4.49m in the Commonwealth. The Covington location will be at a 126,000ft2 ...
The Australian dollar moved higher with traders largely shrugging off Julia Gillard's surprise calling of a September 14 election. The announcement stunned political pundits but elicited little reaction in currency markets. At 4.30pm ...
The Australian dollar moved higher in Asian trading, largely ignoring the announcement of a federal election on September 14. The announcement stunned political pundits but elicited little reaction in currency markets. At 5pm AEDT, the ...
CBR rounds up expert comments on Gartner's new prediction that Worldwide IT spending will reach EURO2.28tn this year. Evanna Kearins, director of Jaspersoft, told CBR "Even though we still find ourselves in a hugely volatile economy ...
TSUU TINA NATION, AB, September 14, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- First Nations-owned GEObet Gambling Network is sponsoring an igaming conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan September 25th that will explore business opportunities that would be ...
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Packaging manufacturer for the food service industry Anchor Packaging has announced plans to invest more than $7.6m in order to establish operations in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, US, creating 150 new jobs. According to the company, the ...
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The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...
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As more than 12,000 unionized workers and supporters protested at the Capitol in Lansing, the Republican-led state House of Representatives gave final approval to a pair of "right-to-work" bills covering public- and private-sector unions. ...
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released a new quarterly update to its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlooktoday. The report, which is focused on the $628 billion equipment leasing and finance ...
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Food manufacturers and producers welcomed chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement yesterday(December 5)highlighting changes to the tax system as benefiting the food and drink manufacturing industry. The Food and Drink ...
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Taipei,Sept.28,2012(CENS)--Taiwan's Ministry of Economy Affairs(MOEA)recently organized two business alliance conferences,namely"Taiwanese Business Homebound Investment Summit Conference 2012"and"Taiwan Business Alliance Conference 2012,"to ...
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China has risen to become one of the world's main economic players.The country has transformed as an advantageous source of any customer item you can imagine.As it presents significant opportunities for businesses,most of wholesale traders ...
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UK frozen food manufacturer Iglo Group has booked an increase in first-half profits but warned it expects markets in the second half of the year to remain "challenging". EBITDA in the six-month period climbed 12.8% to GBP180.3m ...
Tags: frozen food, snacking, takeaway style, fish, poultry, vegetables
The U.S. plastics industry is continuing its long climb out of the depths of the great recession, with an expansion in 2011 expected to be followed by more growth in 2012, but looming threats and unanswered questions have created a market ...
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