Sonoco Consumer Products Europe is planning to close two of its tobacco production plants in Germany, resulting in the removal of 100 employees. The Bunde plant in Northwest Germany will be closed by May 2016 and Hockenheim 3 plant in ...
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Supply chain logistics company Brambles has moved to 100 per cent ownership of keg logistics and distribution business Kegstar ahead of an expansion into the UK market. Brambles, which bought an initial 30 per cent in Kegstar in March ...
Unilever has announced that it has become a zero landfill company in Europe after achieving zero non-hazardous waste to landfill at its 242 factories. The announcement means that Unilever will not contribute to wastes from its premises, ...
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Wyke Farms, one of the UK’s largest independent cheese producers and milk processors, has launched a newly designed branding for their export range of cheese. Currently trading in over 160 countries world wide, Wyke Farms will now ...
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For the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, operating income soared 24 per cent year on year at apparel marketer and NASDAQ listed, Columbia Sportswear Company. According to a Columbia Sportswear press release, first quarter of 2015 ...
Sealed Air has launched a new protective packaging design – the Korrvu Lok. Korrvu Lok secures products safely in the centre of the packaging by utilising the latest in compression design technology, keeping them locked safely in ...
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Toy giant will move from country-by-country leadership structure to a pan-European approach to drive greater efficiencies across its European business. Toys R Us is taking ‘aggressive steps in the months ahead’ to achieve ...
Global fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced a decrease in global comparable sales of 1.7 per cent in February 2015, continuing a downward trend. In the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased by ...
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'Made in China' gains credibility, as makers of home appliances expand Chinese home appliances and electronics are increasingly gaining popularity among European consumers because of their price advantages and innovation. Leading the ...
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Despite an 8.4 per cent hike in sales, £19.8 million rise in costs hit underlying pretax profits by 31.6 per cent at Super Group, a marketer of apparel in the first fiscal half ended October 25, 2014. Super Group which markets the ...
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Opel is closing down its Bochum plant in Germany after 52 years of operation as the company looks to streamline cost in its European unit. Previously the plant was employing 22,000 workers and until recently it had 3000 employees. ...
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Protex International has acquired Chartwell International Inc., based in the United States. Protex International says it pursues its external growth policy by targeting acquisitions that bring scientific added-value products and expertise ...
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Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
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The initiative 'Align', driven Feria Habitat Valencia to strengthen entrepreneurship in the field of habitat, It has already covered its early formative weeks meeting expectations generated both twenty participants between projects and ...
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The European Union Chamber of Business in China has released its latest survey, based on 552 European Chamber member companies and produced in partnership with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The survey indicates that business ...
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