Stranded on the barren red planet Mars with few supplies available, astronaut Mark Watney played by Hollywood actor Matt Damon in The Martian is fighting for survival against harsh natural elements. To sustain himself, Damon’s ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has developed a near ultra-violet and all-organic light emitting diode (OLED) that can be used as an on-chip photosensor. It’s a first in a rather specialized field of research ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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BASF is presenting numerous new solutions for the packaging and furniture industry, automotive and electrical engineering at this year’s Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, in Friedrichshafen. From October ...
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The printing industry is changing tracks: These days, more and more specialist firms are switching from the traditional analog approach to digital printing procedures, preferring in particular the use of inkjet printers that increasingly ...
General Mills is voluntarily recalling 1.8 million boxes of its Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereal due to the presence of an undeclared ingredient, wheat, which can be a potential allergen. The items being recalled were produced on ...
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Brazilian meat producer JBS has completed the acquisition of European poultry company Moy Park for $1.5bn from Marfrig Global foods, following an approval from the European Union. The deal, which was announced in June, required certain ...
Arla Foods Ingredients has introduced Nutrilac LowCal, a yogurt-based solution that makes it easy for dairy firms to tap into the weight management category. Nutrilac LowCal comes in two variants - with whey protein and with whey protein ...
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Ajinomoto is investing JPY2.4bn ($20m) on a new production line for frozen rice products at the Oakland facility in the US, as part of its aim to boost production capacity. This line will become operational by 2016. The North American ...
Anuga in Cologne from 10 to 14 October 2015 records an excellent number of registrations for all 10 trade fairs. A few months before it begins, the world's biggest and most important business platform for the international food ...
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Idahoan Foods will offer a new option with the introduction of Idahoan Steakhouse Potato Soup: an Idahoan Foods first-ever soup line, starting this month. Real potatoes from Idaho are in every spoonful of these new soup flavors, which ...
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Washington-based superfoods manufacturer Baobab Foods has opened a new production facility in Washington City in Missouri to expand the company’s offerings of BaoBites Superfruit Snacks. The company has entered into a joint venture ...
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Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, has acquired Whole Harvest Foods, a refiner and packager of expeller pressed commercial cooking oil. Whole Harvest Foods products, which including frying oils, pan ...
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Butler Automatic, the inventor and global leader of automatic splicing solutions, announces that its SP1 Series Automatic Film Splicer is ideally suited towards food and beverage packaging applications. The SP1Automatic Film ...
Ball Corporation has increased its production capacity with the opening of a new aluminum aerosol can plant in northwest city of Ahmedabad, India. The move is in line with the company's Drive for 10 vision strategy of expanding its ...
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