Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has completed the acquisition of the cocoa ingredients business of Singapore-based Petra Foods for $860m. This acquisition makes Barry Callebaut the world's leading cocoa and ...
Tags: Cocoa Ingredients, Food
Amcor Australasia has signed an agreement to acquire packaging and industrial distributors in Far North Queensland, Joe’s Cartons business for an undisclosed value. Joe's Cartons' distribution warehouses centers at Innisfail, Tully ...
Tags: Cartons Business, Packaging
Almost 70 per cent of Australians would pay more for their clothes if they knew overseas workers were paid a decent wage and that garment factories had safe working conditions, according to a new Oxfam Australia survey. The survey, which ...
The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. ...
Tags: ABB, Processing Machinery
German ingredients firm Symrise has commenced operations at its flavored powdered mixtures facility for sweet and savory foods in Holzminden, Germany. The new plant, which also features a raw materials warehouse, will allow the company to ...
Amyris announced the selection of Laserson as the new exclusive distributor of Amyris squalane in the European market. The joint announcement was made in Paris at incosmetics. “Since our first sale of Amyris Squalane two years ago, ...
Global supplier of advanced packaging technology Baumann has introduced its new high speed blister packing line for safe product packaging. According to Baumann, the line is made up of modular machines that work synchronized with each ...
Dematic, a global supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, announced today that REO Speedwagon will perform the band’s classic hits such as Golden Country, Riding the Storm Out and Can’t ...
Tags: REO Speedwagon, Material Handling, Processing Machinery
Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision micromachining applications. The new laser delivers high finesse with exceptional beam quality (M2< 1.2), high ...
Georg Fischer announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Hakan Plastik A.S. in Cerkezk?y (Istanbul, Turkey). Hakan Plastik is the leading provider of plastic piping systems in the building technology and water infrastructure markets ...
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. a leading global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, announced that it is scaling up its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) project with ...
Tags: RFID Penetration, Textile
Dematic, a global supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, announced today that Jay Leno will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Material Handling & Logistics Conference in Park City, Utah, September ...
Tags: Dematic, Processing Machinery
The adidas Group marks a new milestone in the management of its supply chain as it explores new ways of direct communication between factory management and workers. The adidas Group published its 2012 Sustainability Progress Report, ...
Tags: Water-Less Dyeing Process, Adidas
US-based Lineage Logistics has commenced operations two cold storage facilities in Arlington and Murfreesboro, Tennessee on behalf of Rich Products Lineage’s management team. The Arlington warehouse was constructed in 2005 and it ...
Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, announced the launch of EVOLVE Exclusive E10, a range of Radio Frequency (RF)- and Radio ...
Tags: Checkpoint, Retailer Transition