Edited by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/10/2013 12:40:18 AM Leading dairy producer Arla Foods found a winning recipe for its Lurpak Spreadables packaging. A customized container from Superfos and a ...
The price spread between polyethylene terephthalate in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia jumped to a five-month high of $15/mt Wednesday, from $10/mt a week ago, as high inventory levels in Northeast Asia curbed price gains there. PET on ...
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Investors will be watching the Australian dollar closely this week following its drop of nearly US2c late last week to just above parity with the greenback. The Australian currency closed in US trading on Friday at $US1.0017 after briefly ...
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According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil exported 180,700 tons of steel flat products in April, jumping by 49.3% from March and soaring by 60.7% year on year. In April, the ...
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THE sharemarket has closed flat, held back by weakness among the major banks and expectations of a pause on interest rate cuts following the release of encouraging jobs figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.4 points, or 0.03 ...
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The Australian dollar shrugged off the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest interest rate cut today, clawing back almost half of the value it lost yesterday, on the back of better Chinese trade data. The local unit traded around ...
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Companies should be using the high dollar as an opportunity to invest in businesses offshore, says Francesco de Ferrari, a senior private banker with Credit Suisse. "Big companies should go on a shopping spree. The entrepreneurs get it ...
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The Brazilian steel long producer Gerdau said that its net profits totaled BRL160 million in the first quarter of this year, growing by 12% from a quarter ago but slumping by 60% year on year. In the first quarter of this year, Gerdau ...
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The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
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'Everything that can become digital will become digital – and print is no exception'; discuss. Well, actually, no need. An instinctive handle on digital technology comes hard-wired into the DNA these days; just check out the natural ...
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The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed ...
Tags: Finance, SME Growth
IACSC and IARW have published The Guide to Effective Warehouse Design, Maintenance, and Modernization, which provides engineers and operators of refrigerated warehouses with design, maintenance and repair guidelines for all major structures ...
Top industry speakers from big names, including Marks & Spencer and B&Q, will be descending on Birmingham's NEC next month to take part in the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition's seminar programme. The show runs from 4-6 June and ...
According to the data released by Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretariat,Secex showed that in April, Brazil exported 2334 million tons of iron ore, rose 3.4% year-on-year, decline 8.6%. In April, the Brazil's iron ore sales amounted to 2.54 ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Iron Ore
According to the survey published last Wedsday, global consumer confidence raised in Q1, especialy the U.S, Japan and northern Europe. Nielsen's survey showed that Indonesia has become the most optimistic consumers market in the world, ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, economy