American food processing company Heinz has announced job cuts at its Kitt Green site in Wigan, UK, as part of a restructuring process. According to the company, almost 71 roles will be axed at its baked beans factory where some of the ...
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The automobile industry has officially become the latest battleground for China's three Internet giants after Tencent Holdings Ltd announced a foray into smart cars. The owner of China's most widely used instant messaging app WeChat has ...
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New research from market research organisation Mintel has found that the share of own-label food products launched in the UK carrying a ‘better-for-you’ claim reached a five-year high in 2014. Mintel found that almost two ...
From its beginning as a graphic arts company called EskoArtwork, Esko has built itself into the leading global player in packaging production and supply chain solutions, with its headquarters in Gent, Belgium, and R&D and manufacturing ...
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Columbia Sportswear Company's board of directors voted to expand the board to 11 members from 10 previously and elected banker Malia H. Wasson to serve in the newly-created position, effective March 19, 2015. The board also nominated ...
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Cadillac has previewed its new generation of 3.0L Twin Turbo V-6 engine, which the company claims to be most advanced six-cylinder gasoline engine. The 3.0L Twin Turbo engine will be capable of producing 400 horsepower 543 Nm of ...
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Leatherman Tool Group Inc. appointed Bobbie Parisi vice president of marketing for its Leatherman brand effective Feb. 16. Parisi will be located at Leatherman's Portland, OR manufacturing headquarters and report to Leatherman Tool ...
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The result of stable production processes and exacting quality requirements: The "coupling legend", ZF's AS Tronic, the automatic transmission system for heavy commercial vehicles, has achieved a landmark figure over the past few days. One ...
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A key challenge for food companies is to create a continuous stream of new products which are “UNIQUE” in the eye of the consumer. The pressure from periodic range reviews drives an “in with the new” and “out ...
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Lessons for food marketers as sugar consumption in UK tumbles As the health debate surrounding sugar continues, food marketers are reviewing their product formulation and marketing strategies. Nearly half (46 per cent) of UK ...
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Vibram hired Allon Cohne as its chief marketing officer and Chris Melton as its North American sales manager, Vibram Finished Goods. Cohne and Melton join a growing marketing team and will be based in Vibram USA’s Concord, Mass. ...
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Goodman Fielder CEO departs as sale to Asian giants settles It was announced today that Scott Weitemeyer will be appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Goodman Fielder, replacing Chris Delaney. The announcement ...
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Li Ning widened its loss in 2014 to RMB743.5 million ($125 mm) from RMB359.4 milion a year ago. Revenues rose 15.6 percent to RMB6.73 billion ($1.13 bn) from RMB5.82 billion. Li Ning warned in January that it expected to post a loss for ...
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Before you start kicking up dust this spring as planting gets rolling, make sure you're not only doing everything right but also avoiding the things you shouldn't be doing, whether it be small-scale agronomic matters or farmwide management ...
Tags: Soil test, Segments of the production equation, Agriculture
At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has announced the expansion of its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon technology ...
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