NatureSweet Tomatoes announced seasoned financial executive Bo Meissner as its new chief financial officer. "Bo brings a depth of experience to his role as leader of our financial team," said NatureSweet CEO and President Bryant Ambelang. ...
Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) has announced the purchase of the assets of Mile Hi Specialty Foods to form QCD Rocky Mountain. The new business includes distribution centers in Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, and satellite ...
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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today announced that it will join forces with the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) and its newly-formed for profit subsidiary Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC) to expand the development of both ...
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Pure Leaf announced its expansion beyond the ready-to-drink shelves with the launch of bagged and loose teas. Available nationwide in 10 hot and iced varieties, Pure Leaf's range of new long-leaf teas share the brand's passion for ...
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Energy Local Storage Advanced system (ELSA), an EU project and Renault have formed a partnership to develop stationery energy battery storage system from second life electric vehicle batteries provided by Renault and Nissan. The EU ...
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UK-based packaging provider Collcap Group has merged with global packaging firm Quadpack Industries. The combined firm, which will retain the Quadpack name, will engage in the manufacturing and supply of packaging solutions to the beauty ...
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Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has formed a joint venture with California-based beef producer Pasture One to expand its product line. The joint venture which features a production and sales relationship between the companies will help ...
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Honda has announced $53m investment in Central Ohio facilities to strengthen North American operations. The 38,000 square foot Ohio Data Center will join a similar facility near Denver, Colorado, in housing key information technologies ...
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Electric car-maker Tesla Motors has agreed to acquire German company Grohmann Engineering. Accelerating a sustainable energy future is only possible with high-volume factories. They allow us to manufacture high-quality products with ...
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UK's Close Brothers Brewery Rentals (CBBR) and US-based MicroStar Logistics have collaborated to offer brewers quality, flexibility and efficiency with a combined scale of over 4 million kegs across the Atlantic. When it comes to ...
SpartanNash has agreed to acquire certain assets of Indianapolis based Caito Foods Service and its Blue Ribbon Transport (BRT) logistic operations for approximately $217.5m. Additionally, SpartanNash will bear certain transaction costs ...
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Olam Cocoa opened a new Cocoa Product Development & Innovation Centre at its llhéus processing facility in Brazil. The announcement was made to mark the 70th anniversary for Olam Cocoa’s leading Brazilian cocoa brand, Joanes, ...
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This week on The Refresh, Samsung officially ceases production of the Galaxy Note 7, the Sony Xperia X Compact gets reviewed, Microsoft Hololens comes to the UK and what's the best VR headset? We battle it out in our weekly Head-to-Head. ...
VR headsets are all the rage, but which one is best to buy for a different kind of hands-on? We asked the CEO of VR porn trailblazer BaDoinkVR for some hard insights. There's no shortage of virtual reality headsets to choose from these ...
General Motors (GM) and IBM have joined hands to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give ...
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