Members of The Furniture Makers’ Company are gearing up for a 450-mile bike ride to the French wine capital in September to raise money for the industry’s charity. Twenty-two people have signed up for the London to Bordeaux ...
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South African retailer Steinhoff International, owner of retail brands Harveys and Bensons for Beds in the UK, plus trade brands including Slumberland, Myer's, Dunlopillo and Relyon, reports unaudited revenue growth of 33% to €13.1b ...
Global supply chain risk Q2 2016. Global supply chain risk climbed in the second quarter of 2016, reaching the highest levels since records began in 1995, according to the CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. The Index, ...
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CSafe Global, a manufacturer of temperature-controlled air-freight containers for the biopharmaceutical industry, has acquired France-based temperature-controlled packaging solutions supplier Kalibox. Established in 2001, Kalibox has two ...
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Annual Export Trends of China's Refrigerators & Freezers from 2012 to 2015 China's refrigerators & freezers export has trended up during the period from 2012 to 2015. The export value in 2015 was USD 7,879,000,000, growing 10.4% on ...
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Annual Export Trends of China's Gas Turbines from 2012 to 2015 China's gas turbines export has trended up during the period from 2012 to 2015. The export value in 2015 was USD 3,375,000,000, growing 77.8% on 2012. Monthly Export ...
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UK based printed packaging films producer TCL Packaging has purchased new automatic core cutting machine from Universal Converting Equipment in order to increase reel core production capacity in Suffolk. The new machine is planned to be ...
Hair care manufacturer Schwarzkopf & Henkel has selected RPC Bramlage’s 130ml Ultra jar to pack its new Taft Looks Electro Force Plasma Gum. RPC is providing the Ultra jar in different sizes ranging from 130ml to 1250ml, enabling to ...
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French scientists have launched a new device which can trick the brain in thinking that food contains more fat, salt or sugar than what it actually has. The device was unveiled by scientists of the Centre des Sciences du Goût de ...
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The net turnover of the Ebro Group grew by 16.1% year on year in 2015, rising to €2462m (€2.4bn). The EBITDA, or gross operating profit, was considerably better than year-end projections, closing at €314.8 million, up 9.6% ...
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Flirtey and Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (Domino's) announced they have partnered on the first commercial pizza-by-drone delivery model. The two companies exhibited the first stage of their partnership with a demonstration of pizza ...
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University of Montpellier in France claims the first continuous-wave (cw) operation at room temperature of a 15μm indium arsenide (InAs) quantum cascade laser (QCL) [Alexei N. Baranov et al, Optics Express, vol. 24, p18799, 2016]. "To ...
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Mainfreight has opened a new branch in the United Kingdom, providing the full range of air and ocean services. With this Mainfreight extends its global network to 239 branches in 21 countries. In Europe it is now present in Belgium, France, ...
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BIO4MAP project of Europe will introduce an innovative food packaging in the market which claimed to improve the shelf life of fresh pasta and cheese. Developed by BIO4MAP consortium, the food packaging material is said to cost 25 % less ...
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Germany-based KHS will exhibit the latest innovations for PET bottle applications at All4Pack 2016 in Paris, France, which will take place from 14 to 17 November. The company will showcase Nature MultiPack PET bottle that is individually ...
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