Otsuka Pharmaceutical has agreed to acquire Canada-based Daiya Foods which specializes in the manufacturing plant-based foods. The acquisition, reported at 405 million Canadian dollars, is expected to help increase Daiya's presence ...
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Great Little Box Company has acquired three new packaging production machines, which will be installed at its Richmond plant within the next three months. These acquisitions will allow GLBC to expand and enhance its offering of packaging ...
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Canada’s Transcontinental has acquired Flexstar Packaging, in a bid to expand its packaging operations in North America. Based in Richmond of British Columbia, Flexstar Packaging produces custom printed, laminated, flexible ...
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Hiro Sake, the handcrafted, premium sake from Japan, has unveiled a series of new developments. The company—which has grown in sales for each of its five years—has put the finishing touches on its most luxurious and high-end ...
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Premium Brands Holdings has acquired 100% of the shares of Ontario based Belmont Meat Products for $50m. The purchase price of the acquisition is subject to certain customary adjustments. Premium Brands will be paying $49.2m in cash ...
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Arctic Fuji, a genetically modified non-browning apple variety developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF), has been approved by the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS). OSF, which is a ...
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Today, LNG Canada announces that its joint venture participants – Shell, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and Kogas – have decided to delay a final investment decision on LNG Canada that was planned for end 2016. LNG Canada ...
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Owens Corning (OC) has acquired InterWrap, a British Columbia based manufacturer of roofing underlayment and packaging materials, for $450m. InterWrap, through its facilities in the US, Canada, India and China, produces synthetic roofing ...
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Reser's Fine Foods is recalling 19 refrigerated salad items due to notification from one of our ingredient suppliers that Listeria monocytogenes may be present in one lot of onions that was used in the manufacture of these salads. ...
Canada-based food manufacturing company Premium Brands has entered into agreement to acquire Montreal based C&C Packing and affiliate Premium Meat Packers for $146m, in a cash-and-share deal. The transaction, which is subject to ...
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In a major milestone in its mission to expand distribution of RWB Ultra-Premium Handcrafted Vodka internationally, the Aristocrat Group Corp. has announced that its joint venture partner, Westcoast Spirits Company, Ltd., is working to ...
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Scientists are currently in the process of developing pills which mimic the effects of exercise. A review published in the October 2015 edition of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, (Vol. 36) examines the work of several laboratories ...
Kruger Packaging will invest C$250m ($188.6m) to convert the newsprint machine at its Trois-Rivières mill in Canada to produce lightweight linerboard. The project is being backed by a C$190m ($143.3m) funding from the ...
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Specialty foods producer Premium Brands, through its subsidiary Hempler Foods Group, has acquired sausage brand Isernio's. Valued at around $12m, the acquisition will bring together two of the US Pacific Northwest's specialty packaged ...
Blue Gold's 2012 drilling program will focus primarily on testing the Main Target, a 1,400 metre by 500 metre zone of gold-copper mineralization associated with monzonite porphyry bodies. A total of 43 holes, averaging only 180 metres in ...
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