The buyers of today on the hunt for price competitive production sites must take more than just price and the ability to supply into account:sustainability is needed in all aspects of production including the local working conditions,whilst ...
Tags: buyer, manufacturer, total process control, capacity
Overall, capacity utilization of spinning mills and margins continued to be stable and on a profitable level. However, downstream buying behaviour remained volatile. Financing for projects is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in ...
Tags: spinning mills, raw material prices, textile market, textile industry
Icelandic Group, a seafood producer in Iceland, has acquired the Belgian fish processing company Gadus for an undisclosed amount. The company specializes in processing and sales of chilled fish products which include salmon and cod. Its ...
Tags: seafood producer, salmon and cod, fresh and chilled seafood
Dutch food ingredients firm CSM expects to make a major progress on the sale of its bakery unit by early 2013. The company is currently undertaking preparatory work to divest the unit. CSM's bakery unit, which supplies ready-made muffins ...
Tags: ready-made muffins and croissants, bread and pastry mixes
UK-based consumer products maker Unilever has teamed up with US-based environmental research company Earth911 to check if it is economically viable to recycle deodorant packaging. The aim of the project, with supporting partners Next life ...
Tags: Unilever, Deodorant Packaging Recycling, deodorant packaging
According to report, a bidding group including steelmaker Posco is trying to purchase about US$1 billion stake in Canadian iron ore mine owned by ArcelorMittal. The group looks to acquire about a ten percent stake in ArcelorMittal ...
Tags: Mine, the raw material, steelmaker
WhiteWave Foods has booked a drop in third-quarter earnings as an increase in expenses hit earnings. In the three months to the end of September, WhiteWave, which was spun off from Dean Foods last year, posted a profit of US$26.3m, down ...
Tags: plant-based foods, beverages, coffee creamers, Silk Soymilk
Sweden-based Stora Enso Skoghall Mill's CKB packaging board is available with a polyethylene coating made from renewable raw materials. The development and launch of the bio-coated packaging board was a result of a cooperation with the ...
Mohawk Industries Inc. announced 2012 third quarter net earnings of $70 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01. Excluding restructuring charges, net earnings were $72 million and EPS was $1.04, a 25% increase over last year's ...
Tags: net earnings, Net sales, SmartStrand Silk, carpet market
DAK Americas'will increase the price for all Polyester Staple Fiber(PSF)products$0.06 per pound effective October 1,2012. This increase is necessary due to the continued upward movement of raw material costs. DAK is committed to ...
Motor oil manufacturer in the US, Universal Lubricants has introduced its ECO ULTRA retail motor oil packed in a sustainable, flexible stand-up pouch FlexPak. The pouch is made using a polyethylene barrier that provides burst and seal ...
Tags: motor oil packed, stand-up pouch FlexPak, packaging trend
Hot beverage solutions provider LBP Manufacturing and Henkel adhesive have teamed up to manufacture a new hot-cup EarthSleeve for the Starbucks Coffee Company in the US. The new EarthSleeve, which is currently being introduced into ...
Unifi Inc.released preliminary operating results for its first fiscal quarter ended September 23,2012.The Company reported net income of$2.3 million,or$0.11 per share,which increased compared to net income of$0.3 million,or$0.01 per ...
Tags: Unifi Inc., preliminary operating results, first fiscal quarter
Dexmet Corporation, the manufacturer of precision expanded metals, foils and polymers, has added a high performance polymer to its PolyGrid® portfolio. According to Dexmet, this was driven by the need to provide solutions for ...
Tags: precision expanded metals, foils, polymers, filtration
Eure Inox Srl of Italy, are now working with Stainless Wire Supplies Ltd from September 2012, who are acting a their Agent in the UK & Ireland, for the marketing & supply of their range of Stainless Steel Bar and Wire. Only founded in ...