The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of making ‘made-in’ labeling mandatory for non-food products sold on the single market, as a measure to tighten up product safety requirements and market ...
Tags: apparel, clothing accessories
In January this year, European stainless crude steel production decreased by three percent to 670,000 metric tons, with German production decreasing by 19 percent, Sweden's production down four percent and Slovenia's production up 24 ...
China-based white-box tablet vendors have become increasingly competitive in the face of international vendors by offering a host of hardware upgrades, such as LTE support, ultra-thin bezels and 13-megapixel cameras, according to ...
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Burton's Biscuit, a UK-based biscuit manufacturer, is strengthening its manufacturing operations in the UK, with an investment of £14.75m. The investment will be made at the company's facilities in Llantarnam, Blackpool and ...
ArrowStream, Inc. ("ArrowStream"), a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for supply chain management, announced that it has partnered with US Foods, Inc. ("US Foods"), an innovative food company and leading distributor, to help ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Chinese ...
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Two months ago, Freedom Foods' Pactum Dairy Group commissioned a new $45m UHT (aseptic) dairy beverage facility in the northern Victorian city of Shepparton for manufacture of high value added dairy beverages for key customers in China and ...
Tags: Dairy, Agriculture, Food
Simparel, Inc., a leading developer and marketer of Simparel concept-to-consumer software solutions for apparel and softgoods retailers, top tier brands and manufacturers, announces its participation in the Technology Solutions Pavilion at ...
SEAMS, the National Association for the U.S. Sewn Products Industry, will present its largest-ever Supply Chain USA Pavilion at the Texprocess Americas trade show on May 13-15 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2014 edition of Supply Chain USA ...
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Mahindra ShubhLabh Services, a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, has entered into a fruit supply chain joint venture (JV) agreement with Belgium-based fresh produce firm Univeg. Mahindra will have 60% holding in the JV, while Univeg will ...
Tags: fruit supply, domestic supply
JBS USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazil’s JBS, has selected Quintiq’s optimization platform for 13 of its processing facilities in the US. In order to meet customer demand, conversions, grades, product age and other ...
Two members of the Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) have been selected as winner and runner up of the prestigious Sustainability Award for the furniture industry. Premiere Furniture has been announced as the winner of ...
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Picodeon, a Finnish coating technology specialist announced that Fergus Clarke has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Clarke brings over 25 years of global high technology management experience. His appointment comes at a point ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
The issue of food safety has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years but despite huge improvements, some concerns and problems still persist. Fears about our food are moving away from issues about ensuring an adequate supply and ...
Tags: Food Safety, Agriculture, Food
Arcos Dorados announced plans to further raise its leadership in animal welfare in its supply chain. Arcos Dorados announced it will require its pork suppliers to submit documented plans within two years to limit the use of gestation ...
Tags: Arcos Dorados, Pork Supply Chain