Nordic food company HKScan has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with Zhejiang Qinglian Food to sell Finnish pork products to Chinese consumers. HKScan is looking to establish a new presence on the Chinese market by launching products ...
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European meat company HKScan Group will soon commence the exports of Finnish pork to China. The firm's pork slaughtering facility at Forssa in Finland is expected to receive export certification from the Chinese food authorities, who ...
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Meat company HKScan Group has announced plans to restructure its production capacity in Denmark in a bid to streamline its operational footprint. The actions will enable the company to improve operational efficiency and will help create a ...
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Finland-based meat specialist HKScan has announced plans to invest in new production facilities in western Finland and Rakvere, Estonia. The proposed facility in western Finland will see an investment ranging from €35-65m, while the ...
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Finland-based HKScan has signed a deal to sell its 50% stake in Saturn Nordic Holding to Danish Crown, which holds the remaining 50% holding in the firm. As per the agreed terms, the company will receive €180m in cash as well as a ...
HKScan, a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, has opened its expanded Tabasalu facility, which will handle slaughter, cutting, deboning and processing of poultry meat operations for the Baltic region. Starting from 2014, the ...
Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products HKScan is set to lay off 123 workers at its operations in the country as part of its restructuring plan. Of all the jobs, 49 jobs will be eliminated through permanent layoffs while the ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan booked an increase in profits in 2012 but said the group's performance last year was "below expectations". Earnings amounted to EUR16.4m (US$21.8m), a 34.4% increase on the prior-year period. Operating ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has said its plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country will not affect production. The firm this morning (7 January) said it will begin labour ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country under a cost savings programme announced last week. The company last week revealed its HK Ruokatalo Oy ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has streamlined its subsidiaries in its home country as part of a cost savings programme. HKScan said today (2 January) that HK Ruokatalo Oy has become a wholly owned subsidiary of HKScan Corp. The ...
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Finnish meat firm HKScan has booked an increase in third-quarter profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. In the three months to the end of September, the company earned EUR6.9m (US$8.8m), a 23.2% increase on the prior year period. ...
Finnish meat firm HKScan has reported widening half-year losses and reiterated its warning that annual EBIT will fall this year. In the six months to the end of June, net losses amounted to EUR5.1m (US$6.3m) compared to a net loss of ...
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Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King this week welcomed moves from its UK retail rivals to invest in product quality and service after the retailer reported an increase in annual underlying profits. Also in the UK, the Government ...