Bosch Packaging Technology is all set to exhibit its Delta robot in the Big Bang Fair, London, taking place from 14 – 17 March 2013, in partnership with Nestlé UK and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). According to Bosch, ...
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Hambana Petrochemicals has announced plans to set up a $137.39m bottle grade polyethylene terepthalate (PET) packaging resin plant in the investment zone adjacent to Chinese-funded port in Sri Lanka. The company, which is promoted by ...
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Siemens Energy has been granted certification by the Global Wind Organization (GWO) for its training facilities in Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the States. This certificate, says the company, empowers Siemens to educate and ...
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Fever-Tree, a UK-based producer of tonic water and mixer brands, has sold its 49% stake to private equity group Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) for £48m to drive growth in countries all across the world with emphasis on Spain, the UK ...
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California Giant Berry Farms has signed an agreement with FoodLink to provide traceability data and smartphone friendly labels, through its item-specific tracking solution on every carton of the company’s strawberries grown in the US. ...
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The domestic cotton prices for the major variety of cotton viz., Sankar-6 has been stable from the beginning of the current cotton season (from October 2012) ruling at Rs.33, 500/- per candy of 355 kgs till the middle of February 2013. The ...
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Immunobiology (ImmBio), a UK-based biopharmaceutical company, has bagged £0.2m in funding from the UK government-backed Biomedical Catalyst (BBC) for the pre-clinical development of pneumococcal vaccine PnuBioVax. The pharma company ...
Merck, referred to as MSD outside the US and Canada, and Luminex have signed a deal to develop a companion diagnostic device to support patient selection for the clinical development program of investigational drug MK-8931 to treat ...
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The Board of Directors of Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A. – an Italian maison operating in the luxury goods sector, listed on 27th April last year on the Borsa Italiana Electronic Stock Exchange –reviewed and approved the consolidated ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent no. 8,394,608 to BioFire Diagnostics' patent application covering the FilmArray system. The patent covers methods for sample preparation and two-step multiplex polymerase chain ...
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H&M Group total sales in the first quarter, i.e. 1 December 2012 to 28 February 2013, sales increased by 6 percent including VAT in local currencies compared to the corresponding quarter last year. Sales in comparable units decreased by 3 ...
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Spacelabs Healthcare, a division of OSI Systems, has received $2m contract to supply its patient monitoring and connectivity systems to a prominent hospital in the Western US region. Spacelabs' solutions include modular, configured ...
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China-based solar material provider GCL-Poly has announced revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012, were HKD22.348 billion (US$2.88 billion), showing an on-year decrease of 12.4% compared to HKD25.505 billion in 2011. The firm noted ...
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US snack food manufacturer McKee Foods has been selected as the leading stalking horse bidder to acquire Hostess Brands' Drake's snack cake business for $27.5m. Hostess Brands stated that the deal will be presented to the US Bankruptcy ...
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new method to convert pulp from crushed wine grapes into a food preservative, biodegradable packaging materials and a nutritional enhancement for use in baked goods. For the study, ...
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