The Chairman of Tycoons Group, one of the major steel long products suppliers in Taiwan said that it planned to complete the construction of its electric furnace (EF) mill in Thailand at the end of 2013. Also, once the new mill starts ...
UK-based McCambridge has sold its private-label cake division to private equity firm NBGI Private Equity. Currently, the cake division has a workforce of 637 at its bakeries across Manchester, Bradford, Blackburn and Salisbury. The ...
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US-based eco-friendly protective packaging firm Geami has chosen Sigma Supply as its channel partner for GreenWrap packaging materials in the South West and South regions of the US. According to the firm, the channel partnership provides ...
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Investment company Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF) has announced its participation in a funding round into plastic bottle recycler PlasticsECO to finance continued expansion over 2013. According to LEF, ECO Plastics is raising a total of ...
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Kemper Corporation has reported that its net income for the first quarter of current fiscal declined by 17.6% to $43.6m, or $0.73 per share, compared to a net income of $51.5m, or $0.85 per share during the same quarter a year ago. ...
Aviva is gearing up to dispose more than half its remaining shareholding in Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurer, in an strategy of its restucturing plan. The UK insurance major said nearly 37 million shares will be disposed at €10.75 a ...
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Medifast, a US-based producer of portion-controlled weight-loss products and programs, has launched its new Lean & Green Meal Helpers category and introduced Macaroni & Cheese to its product range. The products have been developed for ...
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Aviva, a multinational insurance company headquartered in London, is all set to shut down two regional offices and start a voluntary redundancy program throughout the regional offices. The underwriter is implementing restructure plan to ...
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Israel-based export company Arava has introduced a new line of packaging of strawberries in the Gaza Strip. Arava spokesperson Omer Kamp said the company has tested the fields with ZERO tolerance with all certified growers and all came ...
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Australian confectionery firm Darrell Lea has been sold to Quinn family,which owns the Queensland-based VIP Petfoods. Darrell Lea,which operated company-owned stores and sold confectionery products to network of 1,200 licensed ...
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Verallia North America, a glass container manufacturer has announced the introduction of a new line of single serve yogurt glass jars for national distribution. According to the US-based Verallia, the new four and six ounce capacity ...
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It's reported that Posco Specialty Steel (Posco SS) announced to leave its domestic prices for austenitic stainless steel wire rod and bar unchanged for December. Also, the firm has already remained its list prices for austenitic ...
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Forum Packaging has replaced over 450 fluorescent tubes and sodium lamps with environmentally friendly induction lights, in a bid to annually save energy and more than £20,000 on its electricity bills and maintenance costs. The ...
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US-based Northeast Packaging is currently promoting wide range of packaging options to companies wanting to meet multiple goals. According to the company, there are many specifications companies must take into account while developing a ...
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Flint Group has announced the launch of its new series of solvent flexo lamination whites, OmniLam PT for the North American flexible packaging market. The OmniLam PT series of lamination whites has good opacity, bond strength, and print ...