Columbia-A DiGiCo SD8 is the latest mixing console purchased by Colombian company Grupo Hangar,which provides technical production services to events in and around the city of Medellín.Already used successfully on the city's highest ...
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Grupo Bimbo saw its third-quarter earnings tumble 82% after it incurred a jump in pension costs and charges from the integration of the Sara Lee business the bakery giant acquired in North America. The Mexican company reported net income ...
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French retail giant Casino has booked a 35% jump in third-quarter sales, boosted by a strong international showing and a contribution from acquisitions. In a sales update released yesterday (15 October), Casino said group sales increased ...
French retailer Casino has taken control of CBD, Brazil's largest retailer. Casino chairman and CEO Jean-Charles Naouri was appointed chairman of Wilkes, the holding company through the French retailer and fellow CBD investor Abilio Diniz ...
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Retail giant CBD has booked a 64.6% rise in third-quarter profit as sales benefited from the Brazilian government's stimulus package. CBD's third-quarter net profit totalled BRL210m (US$103.4m) up from BRL128m in the same period of last ...
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
Tags: chocolate maker, chocolate, gourmet business, chocolate products
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut insisted it is "confident" on the outlook for the coming fiscal year after investments weighed on the group's bottom line. Barry Callebaut booked a drop in net profit this morning, with earnings for ...
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Production of molybdenum concentrates during the Q3 (July to September) of 2012 by major miners was 66.92 million pounds reflecting the downward trend since the beginning of 2012, following 69.28 million pounds during the Q1 (January to ...
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Mexican packaging company Grupo Gondi has invested in Bobst F&K 90SIX CI preprint flexo press and peripherals from Bobst Bielefeld, which will be used for preprinted linerboard and coated boxboard applications. According to Bobst, the 2.2 ...
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Perstorp has announced that during the second half of 2012, a new and extended distribution agreement was signed between Perstorp AB and Grupo M.Cassab. Besides its role as distributor for Perstorp's range of Caprolactones in the ...
Tags: Grupo M.Cassab, Perstorp, building blocks, coatings and coalescing agents
Canadian dairy firm Saputo has signed a deal to acquire the Morningstar business of Dean Foods. The US$1.45bn deal will be financed through a newly-committed bank loan, Saputo said today (3 December). The acquisition will help expand the ...
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Grupo Phoenix's subsidiary Phoenix Packaging Operations, which manufactures thermoformed rigid plastic packaging, has announced plans to expand its operations in Pulaski County, Virginia, US with an investment of $20m. Phoenix Packaging ...
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The ACE Group, a provider of insurance and reinsurance services, has appointed Juan Alberto Vélez Arredondo as its new regional president for Latin America, ACE Life. Reporting to ACE Life president Russell Bundschuh, Velez will be ...
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IRL has announced the publication of a new and fully updated edition of its popular"Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paints Industry." This report covers the markets for paints and coatings in eight Central American ...
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