On Jan.1,2013,Theresa K.Lee,senior vice president,chief legal and administrative officer will retire after 25 years of distinguished service.Effective upon her retirement,Lee's responsibilities will be assumed by two new executives. David ...
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Price increases to offset higher commodity costs has boosted sales - and therefore profits - at US nut firm John B. Sanfilippo & Son. The company booked net income of US$7.5m for the quarter to 27 September, compared to $2.2m a year ...
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Construction company Silcar,which has won a significant slice of the NBN building contract,is set to lay off 160 employees January next year. The company said in a brief statement that it would terminate the employment of 160 staffs after ...
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SCHOTT has received"Brand of the Century"honors from German Standards for its CERAN®brand.SCHOTT has been setting the standards for cooking comfort and quality for more than 40 years and can be considered indispensable to the kitchen ...
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Spanish food group Ebro Foods has recorded an increase in profit in the first nine months of the year driven by the integration of businesses acquired last year and innovation. Ebro posted a net profit of EUR110m (US$141.6m) in the ...
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Hormel Foods has promoted James Snee to lead the US group's international operations. In an announcement today (26 September), Hormel said Richard Bross was retiring as president of Hormel Foods International Corp. Snee's appointment ...
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This month marks the 60th anniversary of Corning Incorporated's precision glass plant in Harrodsburg,Kentucky.It's a special occasion not only for the people who work at this storied facility,but for all of us at the company.The plant ...
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Hormel Foods is preparing to launch Jennie-O Turkey Tacos Mini Soft Taco Kits in a bid to appeal to US consumers looking for a "better-for-you" snack or light meal. "At Jennie-O, we understand people want quick and easy solutions to make ...
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FirePro S9000 and S7000 are designed to meet the multiple data centre deployment requirements Semiconductor firm AMD has launched two new server graphics cards, FirePro S9000 and S7000, for compute, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) ...
Latest savings programme is aimed to compete with rivals Siemens is intending to focus on reducing production costs and plans further job cuts in a bid to compete with its rivals under company's latest savings programme. The firm had ...
Hershey has teamed up with Mexican cocoa supplier AMCO to re-introduce the cultivation of the commodity in the south of the country. The US confectioner has launched the Mexican Cocoa Project to help cocoa growing in a country where ...
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Architectural aluminium glazing systems specialist,Technal,has opened a new purpose-designed and highly sustainable headquarters in India featuring its Géode-MX curtain walling and brise soleil sun shading systems. The 4,000sqm ...
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HD 7970 GHz Edition uses Graphics Core Next architecture to deliver enhanced gameplay AMD has launched HD 7970 GHz Edition, a faster graphics processing unit (GPU) that uses the company's Graphics Core Next (GCNarchitecture to deliver ...
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Seven employees at Sun Chemical's US Ink Plant,located in East Rutherford NJ,were transported to Hackensack University Medical Center following what appears to have been an explosion or flash fire in the pre-mix room of the plant at ...
Boosted by growth in all segments,Jotun Group announced strong tertiary and year to date numbers in its latest financial report. "We are happy with the continuous sales growth and EBITA development after a challenging 2011,"said Morten ...
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