Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to acquire 50% stake in the sweeteners and starches business of Russia-based Aston Foods and Food Ingredients. ADM Europe, Middle East and Africa president Pierre Duprat said: “ADM has ...
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The Hain Celestial Group, a US-based organic and natural products company, is exploring sale of its pure protein business to focus on core brands. The business, known as Hain Pure Protein, comprises the company’s organic poultry ...
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Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is cutting down production at its Halewood plant, amid Brexit uncertainty and concerns over the future of diesel vehicles. The company said that it is a temporary move and does not affect any of the ...
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Packaging firm DS Smith is installing the second HP T1100S machine in a bid to expand its digital printing capabilities. The machine is being installed at the company's facility in Fulda of Germany, helping to meet the increasing demand ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.2m, down 5.8% on $258.1m a year ago due to softer ...
Tags: optical component, subsystem
For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (to end-September 2017), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $155.6m (split about 48%:52% between ...
Tags: components, modules, optical communications
Packaging Corporation of America has reported third quarter 2017 net income of $139m or $1.47 per share and $1.68 per share excluding special items. Third quarter net sales were $1.6 billion in 2017 and $1.5 billion in 2016. Special ...
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Sustainable packaging solutions provider Ball has announced plans to stop the production of food cans at its packaging facility in Arkansas, US. The company intends to cease food can production at its tinplate food and aerosol packaging ...
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Source Photonics Inc of West Hills, CA, USA (which provides broadband access optical components and modules) and the Jintan Economic Development Zone have announced the establishment of a new optical laser production plant in Jintan, China. ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks in telecom and data-center applications) ...
Sustainable packaging solutions provider Ball has announced plans to shut down three beverage packaging facilities in the US. The company also intends to build new and advanced beverage packaging facility in Goodyear, Arizona. Expected ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to purchase all assets of Sacramento Container and acquire 100% membership interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets for $265m. As per the agreement, PCA will take over ...
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CTI Industries, a manufacturer and marketer of flexible packaging and storage products, laminated films and novelty balloons, has reported net sales of $12.81m for second quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared to $14.15m for the same period ...
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Canadian packaging company Intertape Polymer has reported a 4.3% increase in its revenue to $210.2m for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $201m for the same period last year. The company's gross profit fell from 25.7% to 22.5% from ...
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For second-quarter 2017, POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical ...
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