US-based dairy products manufacturer Berner Food & Beverage has been acquired by a partner of Texas-based private equity firm Peak Rock Capital. Berner is a manufacturer of private label cheese dips, alfredo sauce, salsa con queso, ...
US-based packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Boulder Brands for $975m, in a move that signifies the former’s expansion into health and wellness segments. The acquisition is expected to ...
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Tetra Pak and DeLaval, sister companies in the Tetra Laval Group, today signed a five year agreement with the Dairy Association of China to provide training to Chinese dairy farm managers. The signing ceremony was attended by both the ...
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British can maker Rexam has inaugurated its new£115m wall-to-wall manufacturing plant in Widnau, Switzerland. Located alongside the Rauch Trading can filling plant, the new facility will be capable of producing 2.2 billion Slim ...
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Terlato Wine Group and South Africa-based drinks company Distell Group Limited will merge two divisions of the respective companies - Terlato’s Artisan Spirits division with Distell’s US spirits division, to form a new joint ...
American actor George Clooney along with drink industry executives Rande Gerber and Michael Meldman established a drinks importing company called Casamigos Spirits Company in order to oversee all the functions of Casamigos Tequila brand. ...
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DB Schenker has expanded its logistics presence with the opening of a new 14,330sqm facility in Truganina, Victoria. The storage created in the new Truganina warehouse for an existing industrial customer is unique and provides significant ...
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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover is planning to double the size of its Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in Midland, UK by investing £450m. The company opened the 100,000m2 facility last year with an investment of £1bn ...
Africa-focused multinational consumer goods company Vasari Global along with UK-based asset management firm Duet Group, and the TIRET Group, which is an Ethiopian endowment fund, has unveiled an advanced brewery plant at Debre Birhan, which ...
Emerald Packaging has procured EFI Packaging Productivity Suite in a bid to optimize operations and provide greater accuracy in pricing. The EFI Packaging Productivity Suite comprises business intelligence and inventory-tracking ...
There were over 900 expats participating in the Beijing fair that just concluded last Saturday. [Photo/SAFEA] "Candidates have to be native speakers, with at least two years' teaching experience. And a TEFL certificate is a must," said ...
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Trillium US Inc of Clackamas, OR, USA has acquired the Oxford Instruments-Austin division of Austin, TX, USA (formerly Austin Scientific). Focused on the helium-compression-based vacuum and temperature management and control sector, Oxford ...
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When Congress announced the US Renewable Fuel Standard a decade ago the aim was to combat the growing need for foreign oil as well as increase the production and promotion of clean, renewable biofuels. As 2016 approaches, and the ...
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Alcoa has entered into a three-and-a-half-year agreement with New York state to increase the competitiveness of its Massena West smelter, previously been earmarked for shutdown, the US lightweight metals producer said Tuesday. Earlier ...
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Colombia in January will begin importing 39 MMcf/d of natural gas from neighboring Venezuela to meet domestic needs, ending decades of natural gas self sufficiency, the head of Ecopetrol said Monday. The country is negotiating to increase ...
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