Canada Bread has announced that its shareholders have approved the company’s proposed sale to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo. At a special meeting on 3 April, the deal received approval from shareholders holding around ...
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UK-based Beacon Packaging has installed a new packaging machine worth £1.1m to increase its production volume. The new machine is manufactured by Italian firm Sipack. Beacon has received funds from a hire purchase facility from ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Printing Machine
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total February exports of $190.4 billion and imports of $232.7 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.3 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
European polyethylene converters have rejected contract prices increases for April announced by PE producers, they said this week. PE producers announced increases of Eur20-40/mt, while converters were eyeing at a rollover in prices. ...
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According to a nationwide survey and analysis from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Americans' satisfaction with their shopping, buying, and consumption experiences is at a 20-year high. "A satisfied customer is often a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The European Parliament has announced that about 98 percent of the customs duties that Ukrainian iron, steel, farm produce and machinery exporters pay at EU borders will be removed by a proposal backed by the European Parliament on ...
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Saffron Road, a packaged food brand owned by American Halal, has added two new flavors, Korean BBQ and Chipotle, to its Crunchy Chickpeas range. The new varieties complement the company's existing flavors, including Wasabi, Falafel and ...
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Latest industry data – published today ahead of the European Commission 2012 figures expected at the end of 2014 – confirm average glass recycling rates in the European Union have passed the 70% mark. This means that over 25 ...
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Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) announced plans to again expand 2-EH capacity at its Longview, Texas, site. The expansion will increase capacity by approximately 20,000 metric tons per year. The company expects to complete the expansion ...
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In honor of its 90th anniversary, Montblanc hopes to write history with a new limited collection of items that will pay homage to its iconic pen, the Meisterstuck. Starting today, the brand will launch a limited collection of items at their ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, leather goods, Arts, Crafts, jewelry
Atlantic Canada's truckers will pay more for ferry service to Newfoundland and Labrador as of April 1, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association has announced. Marine Atlantic Inc. has hiked its rates by three percent for the 2014/15 ...
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Once quitting smoking was simply a matter of a patch, gum or tablet, but new research from Mintel sees smokers in the UK increasingly turning to E-cigarettes to beat the habit, with the market for such products in the UK growing an ...
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According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in February this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.2 percent in both the euro area and in the European Union member states ...
U.S. manufacturing grew at a slightly faster pace in March compared with February as factory output recovered from disruptions caused by severe winter weather. Manufacturers also received more orders, suggesting that production could ...
Tags: Manufacturing, factory output