Hong Kong-based Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd (SFCE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire a 51% ownership stake in Lattice Power Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to have been the first company to realise ...
Tags: silicon LEDs, LED lighting
H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company. The merger will form the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the ...
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Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets) has entered into a definitive ...
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China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Iron Steel
Minibar Delivery, a New York-based technology company that provides on-demand access to wine, liquor, beer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Booze Carriage, an alcohol delivery platform based in New York City, the US. As per ...
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. (President Katsumi Kitagawa) announced that, effective January 1, 2015, it has merged two wholly-owned subsidiaries Toyo Ink Chemicals Taiwan Co., Ltd. and Toyo Ink Taiwan Co., Ltd. into a single operating ...
Tags: printing inks, SC Holdings, Taiwan Subsidiaries, pigments
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is not considering a merger with Taiwan-based Edison Opto in order to expand LED packaging capacity, according to Everlight chairman Robert Yeh. News recently spread in the market ...
Tags: Everlight, LED packaging
The European Commission (EC) has given its approval for the acquisition of Austria-based Constantia Flexibles by French investment group Wendel Group for €2.3bn ($2.8bn). Constantia Flexibles specialises in producing foil, paper ...
Tags: Constantia Flexibles, plastic-film packaging, packaging
Chicago based Levy Acquisition has agreed to buy Mexican-American fast-food chain Del Taco, in a $500m deal. The blank-check acquisition firm Levy Acquisition, which is controlled by restaurateur Larry Levy, will now change its name to ...
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China's two largest trainmakers, CSR Corp and CNR Corp, inched one step closer to their impending merger after getting necessary approvals from overseas antitrust authorities, according to company announcements on Wednesday. The merger ...
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The merger date of Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc. has been extended by 60 days from March 8 to May 7 because of the scheduled anti-trust hearings to be held in May, said food distributor Sysco in a filing with the US Securities Exchange ...
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China's high speed rail manufacturers China North Railway (CNR) and China South Railway (CSR) announced that their merger had passed overseas antitrust scrutiny. According to local laws, antitrust regulators -- in this case in Australia, ...
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China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive said on Saturday. But as it waits for domestic projects to ...
Tags: Nuclear Industry, Nuclear
Fresh produce firm Univeg is exploring the possibility of a merger with fruits and vegetables processor Greenyard Foods and agribusiness Peatinvest. Univeg believes that the combination of three companies will be capable of offering the ...
Tags: Greenyard Foods, Univeg
Italian coffee maker Luigi Lavazza has sole rights to consider the acquisition of Carte Noire coffee business from Mondelez International, as part of its contractual agreement with the latter. Lavazza was quoted by Reuters as saying: ...
Tags: Lavazza, Carte Noire Coffee