Coca-Cola has extended its partnership with US bottlers Coca-Cola Bottling and Clark Beverage Group by expanding their territories. The drinks major has signed letters of intent with the two bottlers, while definitive agreements on a ...
Michigan-based thermoplastics distributor Chase Plastics has broke ground for a new distribution center at South Bend, Indiana. Construction work will start tomorrow, and the plant is scheduled to become fully operational by December. ...
JDA Software Group has been positioned by Gartner Inc., in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant of all four magic quadrants focused on supply chain. With the recent release of the ‘Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning ...
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The denim unit of Arvind Mills has become the first denim unit in the country to be certified under ISO 50001, the company said in a statement. ISO 50001 is an International Standard for Energy Management System providing a robust ...
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Bangalore based startup, Proyog, see themselves as the flag bearers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. It will soon launch a global yoga wear brand designed, developed and manufactured entirely in ...
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Packaging, serving sizes and health consciousness will be the key to profit growth for Coca-Cola Amatil according to its CEO Alison Watkins. Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting yesterday Ms Watkins said she was ...
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey last night handed down the government’s 2015 – 2016 budget with some surprises and minor wins for some people in the food sector. The government has stepped away from the harsher politically ...
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Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire 65% majority stake in Vietnamese food testing company Sac Ky Hai Ang (EDC-HD) for an undisclosed amount. EDC-HD, a merger between the Ho Chi Minh City Center of ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
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China is set to boost local debt swap by admitting municipal bonds as collateral for borrowing. Under the new rule, banks can pledge municipal bonds as collaterals in the central bank's repurchase agreement operations and other liquidity ...
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is contemplating plans to develop new food labeling laws to give consumers more accurate and easy-to-understand information about the products' place of origin. This ...
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Low-fat snacks producer SnackWell's, which was recently acquired by Back to Nature Foods, is planning to reformulate its products by eliminating several ingredients, as well as expand its product range. The company plans to produce its ...
U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.7 percent year on year to $5.386 billion in March, as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales dropped 1.5 percent to ...
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At a ceremony today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NevadaGov. Brian Sandoval officially granted the first license for an autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the United States to Daimler Trucks North America ...
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Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has introduced the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, the first licensed autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the US. The company secured a license from the Nevada Department ...
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