Crocs, Inc. announced that Blackstone Group LP is making a $200 million investment that will give the private equity firm a 13 percent stake in the shoe company. Crocs also said late on Sunday that John McCarvel, its CEO, plans to retire in ...
Tags: Crocs, Blackstone Group LP, investment, John McCarvel, retirement
Bioanalytical Systems,Inc.(NASDAQ:BASI)today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2013,highlighted by net income of$252,000,or$0.03 per diluted share,for the fourth quarter and$773,000,or$0.09 per diluted share,for ...
Tags: Bioanalytical Systems, financial results for the fourth quarter
FLSmidth Pvt Ltd of India has won a $38.9m (OMR 15m) contract from Oman Cement for the supply and installation of a new cement mill, according to the Omani company. An agreement to this effect was signed at the offices of the Rusayl-based ...
Tags: cement, decoration
A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Necessity is the mother of invention, which is as true for package development professionals as for garage tinkerers. We spoke recently with Aron James Clarkson, designer-inventor and CEO of StarOne Group, who says he's in business to ...
UK-based beverage manufacturer Fruitbroo, which was founded by the man behind the popular global tea brand Clipper, has launched in Australia its range of drinks made with fruit juices, herbs and spices. The drinks are designed to be ...
Tags: Fruit Drink, Food
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, with support from the Vietnamese Embassy in Korea and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) collaborated with the Korean Textile Association, and organized a seminar in the South ...
Tags: Textiles Sector, Textile
A Federal Court ruling halting any variations to Toyota Australia’s workplace agreement is the latest roadblock threatening the car maker’s local manufacturing future. Justice Mordy Bromberg yesterday supported four Toyota ...
Tags: Federal Court, Toyota Australia
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) commends the federal government on the signing of two new Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) with Tanzania and Guinea. The FIPA with Tanzania came into force earlier today, ...
Tags: Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral
Once heavily reliant on the Chinese market, Lenovo is now looking to make acquisitions as it tries to expand its growing enterprise business to other countries. Lenovo, widely known as a PC company, started selling bare-bones servers in ...
Tags: Lenovo, acquisition, IBM
Asked where the focus for developments is on blister packaging lines, Bernd Webel, sales director with? Romaco, is unequivocal in his response: "Romaco Noack focuses on the constant improvement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) ...
Tags: Blister Packaging, Innovation
Designer Furniture Warehouse here has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to close all but one of its 10 stores. In its petition filed Nov. 13, the retailer listed assets and debts both in the $1 million to $10 million ...
Tags: Ohio, retailer, designer, Furniture Warehouse
The sound you heard Thursday afternoon was a whole lot of broadcasters' jaws hitting the floor upon news of a first-ever local TV news paywall. What a welcome thing it was; there's nothing like the sound of complacency being shattered. ...
Tags: Tv Paywall, Scripps, shattered, Industry Line
UK-based life insurance group Resolution is, reportedly, negotiating with prospective buyers to divest its Luxembourg-based Lombard division, which markets tax-efficient insurance products to high net-worth individuals. The business that ...
Tags: Life Group, Insurance Business
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, likely to be signed later this year, can strongly boost the Vietnamese garment sector, Le Tien Truong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), said while ...
Tags: TPP, Vietnamese Garment, VITAS