Farm produce prices posted mild declines last week, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The average price of six types of fruit fell 1.5 percent, compared to a drop of 0.7 percent a week earlier, according to the ministry's website. ...
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ABRA Auto Body & Glass acquires Four Sons Auto Glass and expands its auto glass operations in the Philadelphia market. Today's acquisition significantly expands ABRA's auto glass service area into the central and southern portions of ...
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Burnsville-based Valley Natural Foods has announced that it would invest $2m to open a wholesale meat processing plant in Northfield, Minnesota. The company has purchased 16 acres of land, including a building, for the new plant, Valley ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to extend the food embargo imposed by the country on Western food products until the end of December 2017. The ban was first introduced by Russia in the summer of 2014 on a range of ...
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits has completed combining the businesses Southern Wine & Spirits of America and Glazer's forming Southern Glazer's. Southern and Glazer's announced the signing of a definitive agreement to combine their ...
Finnish meat processor Atria has announced that it would invest €14m to improve operations at poultry firm Lagerberg which was recently acquired by it. The company will make investments over the next three years to improve the entire ...
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CSC’s chairman Sung confirms his company’s investment valued at NT$4 billion in developing solar power business (photo courtesy of UDN.com).The Taiwan-based China Steel Corp. (CSC), the island's largest steelmaker by size, has ...
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Turkey Hill Dairy starts a year-long celebration of its 85th anniversary and is introducing a new drink to pay tribute to farmers and farming roots, Haymakers. Haymakers, available in ciders, punches and teas, is made with simple ...
Advantis has signed an agreement to sub-license N2 Pack's patented packaging technology to marijuana dispensaries. N2 Packaging Systems LLC has developed a packaging system that hermetically seals cans for freshness, longer shelf life and ...
Weitmann & Konrad presented current solutions including DigiCon remoistening system for digital printing at the Drupa 2016. Using the motto "Don`t play - work with precision" WEKO presented innovative solutions and concepts with great ...
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Coca-Cola Sabco has launched a new bottling plant in Mozambique, boosting its operations in the Southern African country. Claimed to be the Coca-Cola Sabco's largest of its kind across its seven-country market in Southern and East Africa, ...
American sprits firm Sazerac has selected Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits (MBWS) as distributor for three of its brands in France. The agreement includes Benchmark, Fireball, and Southern Comfort brands. The brands add to MBWS' existing ...
Cascades,a recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, has announced plans to build a new tissue converting plant in Scappoose, Oregon, US. The US$64 million investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines ...
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Packaging solutions provider Georgia-Pacific (GP) Corrugated has acquired Southern California-based Reliable Container, for undisclosed amount. The deal also includes Reliable Container's converting plants in Santa Fe Springs, California, ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has begun commercial production at its 150MW Tohoku Plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Due to using ...
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