US-based meat-processing company Smithfield Foods has acquired Kansas City Sausage for an undisclosed price to grow its packaged meats business and boost its supply chain. Kansas City Sausage is a pre-rigor sausage producer and processor ...
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The LED lighting market grew 18.1% to $47,303m in 2016, accounting for almost 60% of global lighting, according to the report ‘Global LED Lighting Market (2017 Update)’, part of Frost & Sullivan’s Homes & Buildings Growth ...
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Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) was recognized with the 2016 United States Overall Best Heavy-Duty Truck Engine Supplier Product Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan at its North American Growth, Innovation, & Leadership Awards Gala in Santa ...
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Scientific testing company LGC has completed the acquisition of London-based food safety and quality standards programme provider BRC Global Standards from the British Retail Consortium for an undisclosed price. The acquisition results in ...
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Antarctica Advisors, the Seafood Industry-focused advisory firm, acted as the investment banking advisor to Ocean Choice International ("OCI") in the CAD 240m ($177.6m) refinancing of its credit facilities with a syndicate of Canadian and ...
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Toyota has broken ground on Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (TMMGT), its fifteenth manufacturing facility in North America. TMMGT will produce Corolla, the top selling car in the world, beginning in 2019, and will employ ...
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Supremex, a North American manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of stock and custom envelopes and growing provider of packaging and specialty products, announced its results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended 30 ...
Netflix is readying up a new offline viewing mode that will let users download content to watch later, apparently. The media streaming giant is working on a “download-to-go” option for users who want to watch TV and movies ...
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Despite ruling out offline playback in the past, Netflix now admits it is “looking at” the long-requested feature. Boosting the hopes of millions of Netflix viewers around the world, Netflix has teased that video downloading ...
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Polaris Industries has entered into an agreement to acquire Transamerican Auto Parts (TAP), a manufacturer of off-road Jeep and truck accessories, for $665m. After adjusting for the $115m estimated net present value of future tax ...
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Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of ...
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The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
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Mason Companies, a retailer of footwear, apparel and general merchandise, has purchased new CVP-500 automated packing solution from ProShip. The firm will install the CVP-500 to optimize all steps of package fulfillment while facilitating ...
Prolamina, a division of ProAmpac and a global flexible packaging company, completed its Westfield, Massachusetts facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. More than 100 Prolamina employees, numerous friends, and state and local officials ...
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Hertz Global Holdings has announced that its Hertz Green Collection - known as Green Traveler Collection in the US - has been launched in Mexico with a fleet of 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles. Hertz Mexico is the first car rental ...
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