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Conagra Brands to Acquire Meat and Seed Snack Firm Thanasi Foods

Mar 28, 2017

American food giant Conagra Brands has agreed to acquire Thanasi Foods, which makes Duke's meat snacks and BIGS seeds. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties. Based in Colorado, Thanasi Foods is a small ...

Tags: Seed Snack, Meat

Uber Halts Self-Driving Cars Tests in Arizona After Crash

Mar 28, 2017

Ride-hailing company Uber has reportedly suspended its self-driving car tests, after one of the vehicles met with an accident in the City of Tempe, Arizona, US. The accident involved a Volvo SUV from Uber, which was carrying two engineers ...

Tags: Self-Driving Cars, Uber

Ajinomoto to Invest $15m in Hinoman

Mar 28, 2017

Ajinomoto has agreed to invest $15m in Israeli plant-based protein company Hinoman. Ajinomoto has also agreed to acquire the exclusive sales rights in Japan for Mankai, Hinoman Ltd.’s high-protein plant material with extraordinary ...

Tags: Ajinomoto, high-protein plant material

Mazda to Manufacture All New CX-5 at Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi, Japan

Mar 27, 2017

Mazda Motor said, starting from November, it will manufacture the all new CX-5 at its Hofu plant in Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan, apart from the Hiroshima plant where it is being produced currently. The move will help the automaker ...

Tags: Mazda Motor, SUV

Toyota to Invest £240m to Upgrade UK Car Manufacturing Plant

Mar 27, 2017

Toyota Motor Europe has announced a planned investment of £240m in its UK manufacturing facility at Burnaston in Derbyshire. The factory will be upgraded to allow the production of vehicles on the Toyota New Global Architecture ...

Tags: Car Manufacturing Plant, Toyota

Kraft Food Launches New Ketchup and Sauce Products

Mar 27, 2017

Kraft Food Ingredients has launched Heinz Ketchup and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce in addition to a range of Heinz vinegars, relishes and sauces to its portfolio of ingredient solutions. These products are now available in several ...

Tags: Food Ingredients, Heinz Ketchup

Nissan Exhibits Seamless Autonomous Mobility System at CeBIT

Mar 27, 2017

Japanese automaker Nissan is demonstrating its seamless autonomous mobility (SAM) system at CeBIT computer expo in Germany. The SAm system, which was developed from NASA, was initially demonstrated at this year’s CES. SAM works in ...

Tags: Nissan, Autonomous Mobility System

Baltika Extends Capacity for Non-Alcoholic Beer Production

Mar 27, 2017

Russia-based Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, has expanded its capacity for production of non-alcoholic beer. The company increased the number of sites where innovative non-alcoholic brewery equipment is installed. ...

Tags: Baltika Breweries, Beer

Unilever Plans to Sell Certain Food Brands for £6bn

Mar 27, 2017

British-Dutch multinational company Unilever is reportedly planning to divest certain food brands from its consumer goods portfolio for £6bn. Flora margarine spread and Stork butter brands are among the brands that are likely to be ...

Tags: Unilever, food brands

OFD Foods to Construct $25m Manufacturing Plant in New York's Monroe County

Mar 27, 2017

OFD Foods, a supplier of freeze-dried food for the US Military, will expand its operations in New York State with a new $25m manufacturing plant in Monroe County. The company has selected Henrietta in Monroe County to build a new ...

Tags: OFD Foods, freeze-dried food

UK Sets Aside £23m for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles Infrastructure

Mar 27, 2017

The UK government has announced a £23m funding for hydrogen vehicles infrastructure to speed up adoption. Hydrogen fuel providers will be able to bid for funding in partnership with organisations that produce hydrogen vehicles to ...

Tags: Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles, zero emission

HERE Releases Toolkit for Developers to Build Ride-Hailing Apps

Mar 27, 2017

HERE has launched HERE Mobility On-Demand, a flexible toolkit with built-in location-centric features for developers of on-demand app developers. HERE Mobility On-Demand is priced and packaged specifically for on-demand companies, ...

Tags: flexible toolkit, HERE

BMW to Release 40 Models to Compete Against Mercedes

Mar 27, 2017

German luxury car-maker BMW plans to launch 40 new or revised models under its brands BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce by 2018 as it looks to compete against its rival Mercedes. The company will focus on top end and premium segments in its ...

Tags: BMW, luxury car

Toyota Secures License to Microsoft's Connected Car Patents

Mar 27, 2017

Microsoft has agreed to license a batch of patents to Toyota to enhance connected car experience for consumers. Financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed. The deal will give Toyota access to a suite of in-car technologies ...

Tags: Toyota, Microsoft

Impossible Foods Launches First Large-Scale Production Facility in Oakland

Mar 27, 2017

Impossible Foods has launched its first large-scale production facility, which could allow the company to make about 1 million pounds of meat a month, directly from plants, when fully ramped up. The goal for the East Oakland site is to ...

Tags: Impossible Foods, Large-Scale Production Facility