Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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Inditex has reached an agreement to purchase the Zara franchise operated by the Stockmann Group in Finland. With this acquisition Inditex will begin to directly manage the operations of the four stores in the Zara Finland chain. The ...
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ComCables, a Colorado-based structured cabling solutions manufacturer, is welcoming David Meyers as the new director of sales, bringing with him more than 25 years of sales leadership and IT experience. Meyers also holds the leadership to ...
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N Brown Group plc, the online, catalogue and stores retailer, is delighted to announce the appointment of Angela Spindler as Chief Executive Officer. Angela has been CEO of The Original Factory Shop since 2009, where she has led the team ...
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Burcon NutraScience, a Canadian producer of renewable plant proteins, has begun the construction of a pea protein production facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The new facility will be the first commercial-scale plant to produce Peazazz, a ...
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Guyana-based JR Burgers fast food franchise has opened its signature outlet in a new building while expanding the location to accommodate a bar, a restaurant and a drive thru service. The burger joint has invested around $1m in the ...
YoCrunch, a US-based yogurt brand, has unveiled a new range of strained Greek yogurt – Yopa! Yopa!, a farm-fresh dairy product, will be available in vanilla along with four fruit flavor combinations such as blueberry, strawberry, ...
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The executive board of Rettenmeier Holding reached agreement with all of the institutes participating in the bank consortium on an extension of existing credit lines up to the end of 2015. Despite the fact that some of the guidelines for ...
The Egger Group has in the started with preparatory building measures for a new replacement adhesive/impregnating plant at the particleboard plant in Hexham, which trades as Egger UK. The adhesive resins produced at the new plant, which is ...
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The Canadian timber group Interfor aims to take over the Wood Products Business division of Rayonier for around US$80m. The deal essentially includes the three Rayonier sawmills in Georgia, USA, which boast a combined capacity of 360 ...
US-based Yasso has added three new flavors - Coconut, Mango and Vanilla Bean to its range of frozen Greek yogurt bars. Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Coconut contains real shavings of coconut; Mango is made with real mangoes and provides 60% ...
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GMB has pledged to resist compulsory job losses and changes to pensions at Pilkington Glass. The union has more than 500 members in St Helens and is undertaking a consultative ballot on proposed changes to pensions that could reduce final ...
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UK-based bakery, dairy and Healthy Super Foods manufacturer Linwoods has rolled out new packaging across its Super Foods range, as part of its sales strategy for its Healthy Super Foods division in 2013. Linwoods stated that its Healthy ...
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Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products in US, has selected affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos as stalking horse bidders for majority of its snack cake business, including Twinkies brand. Apollo Global ...
Allianz Life Insurance (Allianz Life) has introduced a new fixed index annuity (FIA) for field marketing organizations, broker/dealers, and agents associated with the Allianz Preferred platform. Allianz Life chief distribution officer Tom ...
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