Swiss food ingredients group Givaudan has booked an increase in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net profit increased 67.5% to CHF201m (US$207.9m). Operating profit amounted to CHF295m, a 27.7% increase on the ...
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TMS320C6748 DSP development kit comes pre-loaded with TI's new C6748 SYS/BIOS Software Development Kit Texas Instruments has introduced a new development kit,TMS320C6748 DSP for real-time analytics applications, enabling systems to sense ...
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Canadian food manufacturer and retailer George Weston has said it expects sales from its Weston Foods business to fall in 2012 after sales slid in the third quarter. George Weston, which supplies branded and own-label bread and biscuits ...
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Tesco's US venture Fresh & Easy has extended its private-label offering with the launch of a 'Made Easy' convenience line. The range, which includes 39 varieties of bag salads and kits, micro-steamers, and sliced & diced vegetables has ...
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General Mills has extended its Yoplait yoghurt brand with the introduction of Yoplait frozen yoghurt, which will be available in original and Greek varieties. The launch marks Yoplait's first entry into the frozen category. The new ...
Canadian food group George Weston has secured a deal to market cookies sold under the Mrs Fields brand at stores in North America. Interbake Foods, the cookie and cracker unit of George Weston, will manufacture and sell Mrs Fields ...
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Tokyo Electron (TEL) has signed $252.5m agreement to acquire FSI International Tokyo Electron (TEL), a supplier of semiconductor and flat panel display production equipment, has signed $252.5m agreement to acquire US chipmaker FSI ...
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Dairy giant Fonterra has lowered its forecast for annual earnings in its next financial year, blaming currency fluctuations and "difficult" trading conditions in Australia and New Zealand. The New Zealand company said today (28 August) it ...
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The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013 Dutch chipmaker ASML has agreed to acquire the US based Cymer for €1.95bn to accelerate the development of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) semiconductor lithography technology. ...
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The Forest Stewardship Council of Australia (FSC) has named third-party auditor SCS Global Services as 'Certification Body of the Year' at its 2012 excellence awards. SCS, which is accredited to perform audits under FSC's standards for ...
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Amid the sweeping impact of fire accident at Tarzeen factory on garment sector in Bangladesh,readymade garment(RMG)manufacturers in the country are enforcing fire safety norms in factories. Mr.Mohammad Hatem,first vice-president of ...
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and British Retail Consortium (BRC) have published a report that claims UK retailers and manufacturers are "reaching the limit" of what they can achieve on salt reduction. The project, undertaken by ...
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Tourism Calgary,in partnership with internationally acclaimed fashion designer Paul Hardy,recently unveiled an unparalleled couture"Tweet Dress",the result of a first-of-its-kind social media campaign that highlights Calgary's unique style ...
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The advanced system intellectual property addresses demand for energy-efficient 'many-core' applications for the enterprise market ARM has introduced its new advanced system intellectual property (IP), CoreLink CCN-504 cache coherent ...
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The global billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipments declined 2% in 2Q12 Global billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipments reached $10.34bn in the second quarter (2Q) of 2012, recording a 2% decline when compared to the ...
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