Swedish company Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Manor Farm, a chicken processor in Ireland, in a share-cum-cash deal. The deal values Manor Farm at an enterprise value of €94m. Under the deal terms, Scandi Standard will offer ...
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Daimler's division Mercedes-Benz has started production of the new E-Class Cabriolet at its Bremen plant in Germany. The new E-Class Cabriolet comes integrated with latest technology and offers long-distance comfort for its occupants. ...
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PureCircle has developed the first commercially viable stevia antioxidant product providing food and beverage companies new access to health and wellness ingredients for their consumers. While researchers have known that antioxidants are ...
Canadian agribusiness Richardson International has acquired European Oat Millers for an undisclosed price to expand its oat milling business. European Oat Millers, based in Bedford, England, is considered to be the second largest oat ...
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Volvo has said that its Polestar performance division is set to become a standalone high-performance electric car brand. Volvo acquired 100% stake in Polestar Performance in July 2015 and both the companies have been working together in ...
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Mercedes-Benz, a division of German firm Daimler, is commencing construction work for a new passenger car plant in Russia. “Establishing a passenger car production in Russia is a strategic investment in an important sales market for ...
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Nestlé USA has entered into a partnership with Rabobank and RocketSpace to support startups for the Terra Food + Ag Tech Accelerator program. Nestlé will collaborate with Terra and other corporate collaborators to select and ...
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A Brazilian federal court has blocked meat processing giant JBS’s proposal to divest its beef operations in three South American markets. JBS’ $300m sale of the select South American beef processing operations to rival ...
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US-based SkinnyPop Popcorn is launching its first ready-to-eat popcorn flavors, Aged White Cheddar and Pepper Jack, made with real cheese. The two new varieties are SkinnyPop's most flavorful and cheesiest popcorn yet! New Aged White ...
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German automotive manufacturing firm Continental has become a development partner and system integrator of the collaboration between BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye for automated driving. It is the goal of the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye ...
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Starting in summer 2017, BMW's new 530e plug-in hybrid will be produced at Magna's contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria. As a contract manufacturing partner for two premium electrified vehicles – the BMW 530e and the ...
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Ford said it will start importing Focus compact cars from China in the second half of 2019, cancelling earlier plans to build the small-car model in Mexico. Models will come from the company’s existing Focus plants globally. ...
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Costco has broken ground on a $300m poultry processing plant in the US state of Nebraska. Dubbed the Lincoln Premium Poultry facility, the project which will be built in Fremont is Costco’s first-ever chicken processing plant. ...
Mercedes-Benz has started construction on a new engine plant in Poland, which will be the company's second facility for engines outside of Germany. The company is building a 50ha plant in Jawor by investing €500m in the site and ...
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Neogen has made available next generation sequencing services for the food industry, which will allow food companies to accurately find all bacteria in a sample in a single genomic test. Neogen's new NeoSeek genomic services utilize a ...