KeHE Distributors has signed an agreement to acquire Nature's Best, a distributor of health and natural food products in California. KeHE stated that the acquisition will help the company to expand its national distribution capabilities, ...
Tags: KeHE, California, Food
Sweden-based food processing company AAK has agreed to acquire the Turkish frying oil brand Frita from Unilever. Frita is engaged in the frying oil segment in Turkey and covers a significant part of the local Food Service market. The ...
Canadian agricultural cooperative Agropur has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with grocery chain Sobeys that includes the purchase of the dairy processing activities as well as long term supply agreements, in a deal worth $356m. ...
US-based food processing company Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has acquired Swiss flavor manufacturer Wild Flavors, the Switzerland-based producer of natural ingredients, in a deal worth EUR2.3bn. ADM will pay €2.2bn to acquire WILD ...
Tags: ADM, Wild Flavors, Food
Philips' has announced its LED-based sales grew 43 per cent during Q2. This area now represents 36 percent of total lighting sales, compared to 25 per cent in Q2 2013. The Q2 report also shows lighting comparable sales increased 1 per ...
Epistar Corp (Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) is to issue 174.612 million new shares (worth NT$10 each, totalling NT$1746.12m) to acquire fellow Taiwanese LED epiwafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc ...
Tags: LED epiwafers, LED chips
For first-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA has announced several innovations for the 2014 release of its suite of device modeling and characterization software tools. The suite comprises the Integrated Circuits Characterization and ...
Tags: GaN HEMTs, 3D Finfets
PPG Industries has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. ("Comex"), an architectural and industrial coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico. The transaction is valued ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
Constellation Brands, a leading beverage alcohol company, reported today its first quarter 2015 results. "We posted a great quarter reflecting outstanding results for our beer business as well as wine and spirits performance that was ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Pressure transducers have become an invaluable tool for the protection and optimization of industrial equipment, converting fluid pressure into variable electrical signals that can monitor and control a system. Nevertheless, while existing ...
Tags: Pressure transducers, Tools, Hardware, Pressure Sensors
Tara Minerals has completed the acquisition of FreshTec’s intellectual property for the preservation and protection of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers during extended periods of shipping and storage. Under the deal, the company ...
Flexible packaging manufacturer Coveris has acquired Cambridgeshire-based St. Neots packaging to expand its cartonboard business. The latest acquisition is expected to support the long-term plans of Coveris for growth in new as well as ...
Tags: Flexible packaging, packaging
Snyder's-Lance has completed the acquisition of Baptista's Bakery, a producer of baked snack foods and 'better for you' snacks. The deal was originally announced on 7 May 2014. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. ...
Tags: Bakery, snack foods
Amira Nature Foods, provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has reported a 32.3% increase in its fiscal 2014 revenues to $547.3m, compared to $413.7m last year. Profit after tax for the full-year 2014 was also up 98.1% to $38.1m, ...
Tags: Nature Foods, packaged specialty