New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra and Swiss food major Nestle have opened a new dairy distribution facility in Araras, Brazil, with an investment of NZ$45m. The facility was set up through the companies' South American joint venture ...
Tags: Fonterra, Nestle, Dairy Distribution
Trafigura's Mining Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 98.68% stake in Compañia Minera Condestable SA ("CMC") to Southern Peaks Mining LP ("SPM"). Completion of the sale is subject to certain conditions ...
Jesta I.S, a global leading provider of enterprise business solutions, announced its strategic alliance with Consciência Solutions and Technology, an enterprise solution provider firm based in Brazil, to strengthen its presence in the ...
Tags: Brazilian Market, ERP system
In the second and third quarters of 2013 South American planing mills ordered a total of ten cross-cut sawing lines from System TM. In June 2013 the contract for three optimisation cross-cut saws and charging systems was signed with saw ...
Tags: System TM, Cross-Cut Lines
The European Biodiesel Board, a major group of biodiesel producers, hailed on Tuesday a decision by the European Commission to slap definitive antidumping duties against what it called "unfair imports" of soybean- and palm oil-based ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
When a Chinese engineering firm sets off to build a road or a dam in a distant country, a Chinese bank is usually not far behind them. Bank branches bearing Chinese characters can be found on the streets of Lima and Warsaw, as well as Paris ...
Pathogenic bacteria already exist in even a healthy gut. But the healthy gut maintains a balance between beneficial and pathogenic bacteria of usually 80 to 85 percent beneficial to 20 or 15 percent pathogenic. This ratio is normal for a ...
Falke, the German luxury hosiery maker, has recently come up with a unique high-end sock collection, made from the rarest ultra-fine wool fibre derived from the Peruvian animal vicuña, mainly found in the Andes. The ...
Tags: Wool Made Socks, Apparel
The all-new Ford Ka Concept – a sleek, compact hatchback that features bold design, quality engineering and innovative technologies – envisions a new choice for entry-level urban consumers in Brazil and other key markets around ...
Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) announced today that its South American operation has been awarded a contract valued at US$190 million with Codelco, Chile's state owned copper mining company. Under this contract, Finning will supply ...
Tags: Finning International, award, finning, Codelco
Recently the rotary cylinder slag treatment technology and equipment system of Baosteel's sole proprietary intellectual property right will be applied in CSP steel mill in Brazil. Following the successive export to JSP India and Posco ...
Tags: rotary cylinder, CSP steel
Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has announced that its BSSF (Baosteel slag short flow) roller slag processing technology and equipment with independent intellectual property rights will be used at the steel production facilities of ...
Auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls has acquired 90% ownership in Colombian automotive battery supplier MAC. This move will strengthen the company's automotive battery business in the Central and South American markets. Johnson ...
Tags: Automotive Battery, Auto parts
Chinese authorities have inked a deal with Brazil to allow corn imports from the South American country. A Brazilian government official was quoted by Reuters as saying that this development provides a key market for the South American ...
Tags: Corn Imports, Grain Production
The textile and apparel industries of China and Brazil are complementary to each other, which makes great room for further cooperation and mutual development, Mr. Wang Yu, vice president of China Textile Import & Export Chamber of Commerce, ...