Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to invest about $230m to build a new car engine manufacturing plant in Indonesia, as part of its strategy to expand powertrain production in emerging markets by 20%. The new plant will be used to ...
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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), a Swedish-Danish producer of specialty vegetable oils and fats, has acquired Unipro - a leading supplier of oils and fats to the industrial and bakery markets in Turkey, from Unilever. Established in 1990 and ...
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US-based Zip International is recalling herring fillet in oil as it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product associated with the recall is 400g herring fillet in oil (Fosforel, Atlantika) bearing UPC code 4607095500208 ...
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Canadian Agricultural cooperative Agropur has entered into an agreement to acquire Coast Mountain Dairy, an ice cream producer based in British Columbia, Canada, for an undisclosed amount. Coast Mountain Dairy is a manufacturer of ice ...
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US-based candy maker Boyer Candy has launched a new butterscotch coated Peanut Butter Cup - Smoothie Cup. The new Smoothie Cup is a giant size bar that contains around 3.2oz of butterscotch, the company said. Boyer Candy noted that the ...
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US-based restaurant chain Aurelio’s Pizza has introduced two new specialty pizzas that will be available for a limited period of time. The new limited time pizzas include, Spinach Genoa Pizza and Spicy Italian Pizza. This launch ...
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US-based biotechnology company Life Technologies is expanding its global food safety solutions range with the worldwide distribution of its RT-qPCR assays. The assays are designed to detect Norovirus GI and Norovirus GII, Hepatitis A, and ...
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Italian transmission manufacturer Oerlikon Graziano has introduced a new 4-Speed Electric Drive (4SED) transmission for electric and hybrid vehicle customers around Europe. Based on the manufacturer's original eDCT, the 4SED uses two ...
Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) plans to acquire 83% stake in Russia Baltic Pork Invest (RBPI) from Capman Russian Fund in a deal estimated to be worth THB3.15bn ($101.2m). RBPI is a large-scale grain and pork producer ...
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General Motors (GM) has reported a net income of $1.2bn for the second quarter of 2013, a 16% decline compared to $1.5bn it reported during corresponding period previous year. For the second quarter of 2013 the company posted a revenue of ...
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Goldfish, the snack brand owned by a US-based bakery firm Pepperidge Farm, has launched new Goldfish Puffs – which offer bigger Goldfish-shaped bites. The new product is available in the following flavors - Buffalo Wing, Cheddar ...
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Sensient Technologies, a US-based manufacturer of colors, flavors and fragrances, has announced that Paul Manning has been elected to the position of president and chief executive officer, effective 2 February 2014. Paul Manning is ...
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UK-based Randox Food Diagnostics is set to unveil a generic Tetracyclines ELISA screening kit based on Biochip Array Technology for veterinary residue testing. The company will launch the ELISA kit by the end of this month to complement ...
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US-based New Belgium Brewing has signed an agreement with eight distribution partners in Utah to supply its beer in the state. All the distributors are part of the Anheuser-Busch InBev network, which include General Distributing, Big Four ...
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Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi is planning to recall about 650,100 vehicles in Japan over a defective air intake duct. The recall will affect Minica, Toppo BJ and Toppo BJ wide model vehicles manufactured between 1998 ...
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