The Valspar Corporation has reported fiscal fourth quarter 2014 net sales of $1.2 billion, an increase of 11 percent over the prior year. Reported net income and earnings per diluted share for the current year include nonrecurring items, ...
Ratos has signed an agreement to acquire approximately 67% of the shares in the Finnish LED optics company Ledil Oy from the company's founders. The purchase price (enterprise value) for 100% of the company amounts to EUR 97m, of which ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED optics company, Lights
Specialty chemical supplier Mayzo Inc. has has announced the appointment of Van Horn, Metz & Company, Inc. as its North American distributor of additives to the plastics, coatings, inks, adhesives, rubber and lubricants markets. ...
Tags: plastics, coatings, lubricants marketsc, Construction
British upholstery group Sofa Brands International has today launched research showing that almost half of the UK population wrongly believe that Britain’s manufacturing industry is on the decline. The research also shows that one in ...
Tags: Goods, Sofa Brands, Furniture
Huntsman Corporation has inaugurated its new India corporate office, in Andheri, Mumbai. The 220,000 square feet, seven story building will initially house 300 Huntsman associates, including more than 100 technical staff spread across three ...
Southern Glove, a US-based manufacturer of industrial work gloves, aprons, sleeves, safety, and protective products, has chosen the enterprise apparel software solution by Simparel Inc., a leading developer and marketer of next-generation ...
Tags: natively-integrated solution, industrial work gloves, Textile
Wisconsin-based Baker Cheese Factory is expanding its St. Cloud cheese production facility by investing $7m in equipment for its modernisation. Baker Cheese also proposes to invest in new waste water treatment plant to assist its whey ...
Revenue in the third quarter of 2014, surged 29 percent from a year ago quarter at apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company, from many reasons, among which are incremental sales from its new China JV and newly-acquired prAna brand. ...
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For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
Corrugated packaging solution providers inspirepac will open a new 100,000 ft2 factory at Markham Vale, North Derbyshire as a part of its growth strategy. A part of the Logson Group, inspirepac will invest about £6m in a high ...
Tags: high quality post print, latest print technology, Agriculture
Truett-Hurst today reported results for its first quarter fiscal 2015 (FY15), which ended 30 September 2014. Truett-Hurst operates an innovative and fast growing super-premium and ultra-premium wine sales, marketing and production company ...
Tags: DTC net sales, wine club sales, room sales, Agriculture
The speciality label and packaging giant is to buy the £2.5m business specialising in pre-die cut pressure sensitive labels in sheet form for use on professional digital printers. Label Connections will trade under the Avery UK ...
For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (ended 27 September 2014), JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported revenue of $433.6m (exceeding the high end of the $405-425m guidance range). This is down 3.3% on $448.6m last quarter but up 1.1% on $429m ...
Tags: JDSU, Optical communications
Spy Inc. reported third quarter sales were $11.0 million in 2014, an increase of 8.1 percent or $0.8 million more than in the third quarter of 2013. The increase in net sales was primarily driven by strong goggle sales and continued growth ...
Tags: goggle, prescription frames
Columbia Sportswear Company reported record net sales of $675.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, an increase of $152.2 million, or 29 percent, compared with net sales of $523.1 million for the same period in 2013. Third ...