Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has signed a deal to take over the remaining 50% stake in Delta Egg Farm from Sunbest Foods of Iowa for $17m. With this development, Delta Egg Farm will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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Arla Foods is seeking to double exports of European dairy products to its strategic growth markets outside the EU including, Russia, China, the Middle East & Africa with a major investment to boost its production capabilities. As part of ...
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Solvay plans to increase its annual production capacity of natural soda ash at its Green River plant in Wyoming by 150,000 metric tons as of early next year, to meet growing demand of its U.S. export markets. "This capacity expansion ...
Arkema and Jurong Chemical have formed Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprised of the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of ...
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FP International’s production facility, based in Brackley, Northamptonshire, will become Storopack’s second production site in the UK for loose fill. The FP International production team have been retained, alongside some ...
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RadiciGroup, one of the world’s leaders in the polyamide 6 and 6.6 industry, is refocusing on its core nylon business (PA synthetic fibres) in Brazil. It has suspended Crylor acrylic fibre production at its Brazilian site Radici ...
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The Chinese subsidiary of Haikui Seafood AG has successfully signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of land use rights with the local authorities in Dongshan, paving the way for the construction of its new production site. The ...
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Since it was first identified in the United States last May, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) has created significant losses to some pork producers in many parts of the country. Manure is a primary way the virus spreads from pig to ...
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SIBUR and Gazprom Neft have signed an agreement for construction of a new gas processing plant (GPP) with an annual associated petroleum gas (APG) processing capacity of 900 million cubic metres on the basis of existing Yuzhno-Priobskaya ...
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The German based company, a developer and manufacturer of polymer optics received a transfer project with a production volume in the mid six-figure range. The company is demonstrating once again that it has the knowledge and capability for ...
Continental AG announced plans to significantly expand its truck and bus tire production facilities in Otrokovice, Czech Republic. This five-year expansion program will ultimately double the truck and bus tire production capacity at that ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ended 27 October 2013), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported a fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, to a record $290.7m. This is ...
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German-based plantmaker SMS Meer has announced that it will supply a premium quality finishing tube rolling mill for the global pipe and tube producer Tenaris' Bay City site in Texas, US. The first seamless tube plant to be set up by ...
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Alliance Grain Traders (AGT), a Canadian pulse, staple food and ingredient processor, has outlined plans to expand its Minot, North Dakota pulses ingredient production site with the installation of a second production line. The $4m ...
KP Snacks and Intersnack UK are set to establish a new £16m nut processing and packing facility in Rotherham, Yorkshire. The new facility is expected to produce all of the nuts volume required by the combined entity in the future. ...
Tags: Nut Processing, Snacks