Ventura Foods has agreed to acquire Cargill’s dressings, sauces and mayonnaise (DSM) business for an undisclosed sum. Ventura Foods president and CEO Chris Furman said: "The acquisition of Cargill's DSM business is a strong fit ...
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US-based food company Hormel Foods has entered into an agreement to sell Diamond Crystal Brands (DCB) to a partner of private equity firm Peak Rock Capital for an undisclosed sum. DCB, which was founded in 1980, manufactures and ...
White Wolf Capital LLC acquired Stag Arms LLC. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Managing Director of White Wolf, Elie Azar, said, "We are very excited to add Stag to our portfolio of outstanding companies in the firearms ...
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Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France (a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications) says that its new Daphnis HD is entering production. Sofradir ...
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Researchers in Hong Kong and USA have developed indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dot (QD) microdisk lasers directly integrated on silicon (Si) with performance comparable to the best reported for similar devices on gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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delivery.com, an online ordering and on-demand delivery platform, has acquired BrewDrop, an alcohol delivery app. With this acquisition, delivery.com intends to boost its alcohol business and geographic footprint in key markets using ...
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Ford announced a plan to invest more than $1bn over the next 10 years to modernise its Dearborn, Michigan facility. It would be developed as a better workplace which will foster innovation as the company looks to transform itself from an ...
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Gelson's Markets has announced that it will convert all of its private-label packaged eggs to cage-free this year. The company projects that close to 90% of its packaged egg sales will be cage-free by next year, with available eggs ...
Tyson Foods has made significant progress in its transition from a protein producer to a branded, value-added food company with stronger, more stable earnings, company executives told investors at the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe annual ...
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is transitioning to 100% cage-free eggs – a process it expects to complete by 2026. "Ensuring the eggs that we use all come from cage-free chickens is the right thing for our company and our customers," said ...
Ingles Markets will support the industry-wide transition to cage-free hen housing by shifting its own egg sales to cage-free, joining a growing list retailers, restaurants, food manufacturers and egg producers that have announced similar ...
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Meijer is setting a goal to sell only eggs sourced from cage-free farms by the year 2025, joining a growing group of food retailers, restaurant chains and food manufacturers that have announced similar plans. "Although our current volume ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) says that its new non-hermetic 25Gbit/s 1.3μm distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes for 100Gb/s transceivers are now fully ...
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Del Monte Foods, a North American food production and distribution company, plans to eliminate the use of hazardous chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) lining in cans used for food packaging. Starting in May 2016, the company plans to commence ...
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Campbell Soup is planning to eliminate the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) linings from foods and beverages can packaging. The firm delivered two million cans with linings made from acrylic or polyester materials replacing BPA. The new lining ...
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