Consumer Technology Association (CTA) director of environmental policy and sustainability Allison Schumacher expressed concern regarding the passage of the packaging task force bill (S.B. 233) by Senator Ted Kennedy, Jr. "We share Senator ...
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For full-year 2015, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €12.8m, down 23% on 2014's €16.6m. This is due ...
Maanshan Iron and Steel or Magang, the largest steelmaker in eastern China's Anhui province, on Monday announced it was cutting its ferrous scrap buying price by Yuan 30/metric ton ($5/mt), a company source said. The move followed the ...
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Under Armour Inc. reported revenues in the first quarter increased 30 percent in the first quarter of 2016 to $1.05 billion compared with net revenues of $805 million in the prior year's period. Wall Street's average expectation was $1.04 ...
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China collected 2.98 trillion yuan ($458 billion) in taxes in the first quarter of 2016, up 9.8 percent year on year, data from the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) showed on Wednesday. Tax collected from tertiary industry rose 12 ...
Performance Sports Group Ltd. swung to a net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended February 29 as expected due to a precipitous drop in baseball and softball sales, retail bankruptcies and the impact of currency exchange rates on its ...
Australian packaging company Amcor has signed an agreement to acquire flexible packaging manufacturer Alusa for A$570m ($435m). Amcor expects the acquisition to complement its newly created flexible packaging business in the Americas. ...
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Tyson Foods is planning to construct a new chicken processing facility at an investment of $136m, near its existing poultry plant in Green Forest, Arkansas. The new 200, 000ft2 processing facility will be located across the street from ...
On 23 February 2016, Wesfarmers announced a restructuring of Kmart and Target into a single Department Store division, led by Guy Russo as chief executive officer and Marina Joanou as finance director. On 24 March 2016, it was brought to ...
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US-based agribusiness company Monsanto has announced to invest $975m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing site in Luling, Louisiana. The investment will also support the launch of Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, a seed ...
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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...
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XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, has concluded the construction of another large ...
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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is calling on the Federal Government to apply heavier taxes to cheap alcohol including wine sold in casks. Although the wine cask was invented in South Australia in the 1960s, the RACP ...
China is introducing a new tax which will impact Australian food companies that rely on selling their products online. Details of the tax are not yet clear however it is expected that online purchases from outside of China will be ...
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Plant-based ingredients provider Naturex has divested its stake in the joint venture with Aker Biomarine which was created to krill extract production. As part of the agreement, Aker BioMarine will pay Naturex an undisclosed sum ...
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