Agribusiness company Cargill is planning to relocate its meat slicing and packaging operations from its plant in Springfield, Missouri, to its facilities at Nebraska City, Nebraska, and Waco, Texas. The move comes after a thorough ...
Drinks and pubs business Liberation Group has acquired Butcombe Brewery in the UK for an undisclosed amount. The combined company will now have 94 pubs, bars and eateries, two breweries with the capacity to brew over 30,000 barrels of ...
Tags: beer, cider, Agriculture
Cara Operations has acquired a majority ownership position in the Landing Group of restaurants. The transaction is effective December 18th, 2014. With the addition of the Landing Group, Cara adds to its position as Canada's largest ...
Tags: restaurants, iconic brands, Agriculture
US based food processing products provider Hamilton Beach Brands has acquired Weston Products from Highgate Capital. With this acquisition, Hamilton Beach will gain access to the growing hunting, wild game processing, specialty food ...
Tags: hunting, wild game, housewares industries, Agriculture
US-based establishment Oskar Blues Brewery has extended its on-going partnership with MicroStar Logistics. The move comes as Oskar Blues expands capacity in both its Brevard, North Carolina, and Longmont, Colorado, facilities. ...
Tags: Oskar Blues, keg logistics, Agriculture
US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
Tags: merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging
Big Agnes, a leading manufacturer of camping equipment and apparel, has hired six new employees to support growth fueled by new category launches and increased consumer demand. The company recently unveiled its mtnGLO Collection of tents ...
Gildan Activewear Inc., which is the largest supplier of branded athletic socks in the United States, reported record fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, up 20.5 percent compared to last year, but projected a loss for the ...
Global food processing equipment manufacturer JBT has acquired protein processing equipment provider Wolf-tec for $54m to strengthen its protein processing and liquid foods portfolios. Wolf-tec offers ingredient preparation, blending, ...
Tags: protein, liquid foods, Agriculture
Drumheller Packaging is expanding its facility in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with a $360,000 corporate investment that is expected to create 20 new jobs. Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) and Coahoma County provided assistance for the ...
Tags: Drumheller Packaging, facility, Agriculture
Pierluigi Dinelli was named chairman and CEO of Pirelli’s NAFTA region, effective Janaury 2015. Pirelli Tire North America Inc. named new leadership to head its operations in North America, effective January 2015. Pierluigi ...
Tags: CEO, market share, Auto
Just like Australia Post, the UK's Royal Mail is experiencing a loss of profitability from the parcel boom and mail bust. It is, however, also looking down the barrel of Amazon’s own delivery network, which threatens future growth ...
Tags: Royal Mail, Parcel Pinch, Service
Soft drinks are being pushed and shoved from every corner – energy drinks at one, coconut water and iced teas at another, juices at a third, bottled water at the fourth. And it shows. According to the latest Australian Beverage ...
Tags: Soft drinks, Packaging
GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it is providing $107.7m in credit facilities to Mariani Packing, one of the world’s largest independent producers of dried fruit. Mariani Packing, headquartered in Vacaville, CA, sells ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer ...