South Korea's STX Heavy Industries has said it has won a$150-million order to construct and operate a power plant in Amara,in Missan province. Under the turnkey contract signed with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity,STX will take ...
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ConAgra Foods has announced that it is investing around US$100m in expanding production at its Russellville, Arkansas, production facility for the production of its Bertolli and PF Changs brands. The move will create more than 80 jobs, ...
Tags: expanding production, production facility, frozen food interests
Mazda has no plans to introduce a fixed-or capped-price servicing scheme for its vehicles in the near future. Mazda Australia,which has experienced its best year on record in 2012 and remains a strong third in the sales tally behind ...
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Chinese meat processor Zhongpin has blamed higher costs and increased competition for a fall in quarterly profits. Zhongpin said its net income fell 40% to US$11m in the third quarter of the year. Sales increased 4% to $415.7m but ...
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BC Hydro says a new 500kV, 247-km transmission line from Merritt to Coquitlam that will improve power delivery to homes and businesses on B.C.’s Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island is now under construction. “Over the next ...
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ConAgra Foods has swooped to buy US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, a business that rejected a number of takeover bids from the company last year. The $90-a-share deal, which values Ralcorp at US$6.8bn, was announced today (27 ...
Tags: Ralcorp Holdings, Post Holdings, packaged food companies
UK-Channel 5 has chosen to specify eS21 Dimmers,a Palette VL console,a 301 Backup and a number of Selecon luminaires to satisfy the lighting requirements of its new suite of compact studios within London's Northern and Shell Building. The ...
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A court has cleared the proposed management buy-out of UK snack maker Lees Foods. The takeover, first put forward in April, had been delayed after some investors argued the GBP5.6m (US$8.8m) bid the directors made for Lees under-valued ...
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It's rare that a complex evolution leads to an effective solution,yet the China Broadcasting Performing Arts Group(CBPAG)has forged a laudable reputation,both at home and further afield.CBPAG did much to further the value of Chinese live ...
Tags: D&B, CBPAG, Chinese live arts, PA system
Opened in 1997 by Nelson Mandela,the multi award winning Durban ICC celebrated its 15th anniversary with a Grand Banquet.With 33000sq.m of space available to clients,the Exhibition Centre is the largest flat floor,column-free ...
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Sound Media,a sound and lighting production company located in Hollywood,Florida,having purchased the Turbosound Flex Array(TFA-600H)system a year ago,has experienced a growing presence in the south Florida market,necessitating further ...
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UK-The festival season drew to a close recently after a disastrous summer when many of the major festivals were cancelled due to the terrible weather.Luckily the rain stayed away for the final two major events in London's Hyde Park-the ...
Rental company Entec Sound&Light supplied lighting and audio production for award-winning Taiwanese Mandropop superstar Jam Hsaio's show at Wembley Arena. Entec offered a flexible,cost-effective,quality technical package and illustrated ...
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UK-Andy Bruce technical officer of the Kings Hall Theatre,Bradford,has chosen to upgrade the sound system using the Traction Sound SDS8i loudspeakers supplied by AC Entertainment Technologies. Bruce first heard the product range at PLASA ...
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ConAgra Foods has named former PepsiCo executive Bill Hutton as head of the company's consumer foods international business. Citing Hutton's FMCG experience in emerging markets, ConAgra also emphasised that he is adept at "creating value ...
Tags: consumer foods, international business, emerging markets