Food manufacturing and consumer goods giant Unilever has demonstrated skill in navigating choppy global waters by delivering a solid performance in its fourth quarter results to December 31, with sales up by 10.5% to €1.3bn and profits ...
APP, one of the world’s largest paper and packaging producers, announced an end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect. Greenpeace said that after a decade of public ...
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Vortex Overhead Stirring Systems from Asynt Ltd have helped Parogle Technologies improve the efficiency with which they synthesise novel dendritic vinyl polymers using solution or emulsion free radical polymerisation reactions. Parogle ...
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Consumer goods company Unilever is all set to unveil new compressed aerosol deodorant cans for the Sure, Dove and Vaseline brands, in a bid to make packaging greener. According to Unilever, aerosol deodorants were introduced in late 1960s ...
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British-Dutch multinational company Unilever has completed the sale of its global Skippy business to Hormel Foods, excluding its operations in China where the transaction is pending regulatory approvals. The pending transaction is ...
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Unilever will cut up to 125 jobs in the US after announcing plans to close close its Atlanta-based spreads factory. The group said late last week that it will close the plant by 30 June this year. "The action is being taken to address ...
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AkzoNobel announced that Graeme Armstrong will become managing director Surface Chemistry and country director for North America. Armstrong is currently executive committee member responsible for Research, Development and Innovation ...
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David McGowan has been appointed as packaging innovation director with a brief to keep the design agency at the forefront of developments in packaging technology and sustainability. According to the design agency, McGowan brings with him ...
Unilever has booked an expectation-beating increase in underlying sales as growth of its personal care division offset a "weak" food performance. The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant said today (23 January) that underlying sales in the ...
Findus Group has announced that Unilever's chairman for Italy, James Hill, will become its new CEO. Hill will take up the role at Findus on 1 April, the company said today (17 January). At Findus, Hill will be asked to use his experience ...
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Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions, today announced that it has made a binding and irrevocable offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to purchase from it the entire ...
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that the 2013 International CES will feature a record amount of exhibit space, with the show floor totaling more than 1.87 million net square feet. The previous record was 1.862 ...
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Indian food giant Britannia Industries has appointed Vinod Menon to the role of CFO as part of a management shuffle. Menon will take up the role of CFO and vice president with the bakery and dairy group with effect from 1 February, the ...
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Last week may have been the first week back at our desks after the new year, but we hit the ground running with news that Unilever sold its Skippy peanut butter business to Hormel Foods. At first glance, a mainstream brand like Skippy ...
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US-based Hormel Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Skippy peanut butter business from Unilever United States for $700m, as part of its strategy to expand lunchtime offerings in the US and accelerate growth in China. The ...
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