Compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products providers Cardia Bioplastics has announced a merger with Australian privately held Stellar Films Group to create a leader in sustainable packaging. Cardia Bioplastics will ...
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Covidien described its new Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator as “simple, safe, and smart” when it won regulatory approval in the U.S. and Europe in early 2014. But half a year later, it is now the subject of a Class I-level recall ...
Irish paper-based packaging producer Smurfit Kappa has agreed to acquire corrugated packaging manufacturer Bates Container for an initial investment of $150m. Bates makes corrugated packaging and provides its services to the Texas region. ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced the preliminary results of its special meeting of shareholders held to approve its agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with RF front-end component maker TriQuint ...
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Fonterra to develop third dairy farm hub in China New Zealand-based global dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd (Fonterra) has announced it has signed an agreement with US pharmaceutical and health care company Abbott Laboratories ...
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McCain Foods has agreed to sell its North American frozen pizza business unit to Germany-based food establishment Dr. Oetker. An agreement to this effect was signed between McCain Foods and Dr. Oetker. The transaction includes the sale ...
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Sensata Technologies B.V. has reached an agreement to buy tire pressure monitoring systems manufacturer Schrader International Inc. from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1 billion. Sensata Technologies B.V. is a ...
St. Jude Medical and Volcano Corp. have apparently decided to stand down when it comes to lawsuits related to technologies including tunable lasers used in optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems. The two companies have agreed ...
Implantable heart pump maker HeartWare International recently announced that it has tapped a former Boston Scientific executive as its new chief medical officer, effective September 1. Katrin Leadley, MD, was most recently chief medical ...
Tyson Foods has signed a deal to sell its poultry operations in Mexico and Brazil to JBS for $575m, as part of efforts to pay down debt associated with its $7.7bn purchase of Hillshire Brands. Tyson's Mexican operations will be ...
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Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to develop a new dairy farm hub in China. According to Fonterra, the move comes in response to the growing demand for quality ...
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The a2 Milk Company Limited (a2MC) has announced it has achieved approval from regulatory agencies in China to resume shipments of high quality a2 Platinum infant formula. The Company said notification of the successful inclusion of a2 ...
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Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has signed an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to establish a new dairy farm hub in China. The move comes in response to the growing demand for quality milk in China. Both the ...
Tags: Fonterra, dairy farm, Food
Unilever has signed an agreement to divest its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Mizkan Group for nearly $2.15bn. The annual turnover for Ragu and Bertolli brands is more than $600m. The sale ...
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Norilsk Nickel is to sell its Avalon and Cawse nickel assets in western Australia to Wingstar Investments, the Russian producer said Wednesday. "The assets encompass the Avalon (formerly Bulong) nickel laterite deposit and processing ...
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