Tetra Pak, in collaboration with Henkel, has launched a range of hot-melt adhesives and lubricants to be used with its own filling machines. The new adhesives feature improved bonding, lower adhesive consumption and reduced maintenance ...
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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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Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported positive volume growth and an improvement in return on sales (ROS) for the full-year 2014. Excluding incidentals, ROS was 7.5 percent (2013: 6.1 percent). Operating income excluding incidentals grew 20 percent ...
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Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported sales increased 10 percent to $84.9 million in the fourth quarter ended Oct. 3 compared with $77.3 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013 due to double-digit growth in both Marine Electronics and Outdoor ...
Shareholders owning 6.3 percent of Perry Ellis International, Inc.'s outstanding shares took their efforts to break up the apparel and brand management company public late Tuesday by publishing a letter they sent to the company's board of ...
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Avery Dennison, a producer and marketer of apparel labels said its profits in the third quarter ending September 30, 2014 climbed 38 percent year-on-year. Avery Dennison's third-quarter of 2014 profit rose to $64.3 million or $0.68 per ...
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Brazilian juice maker Cutrale and investment firm Safra Group have agreed to acquire American banana producer Chiquita Brands International, in a $680m deal. A definitive merger agreement to this effect was signed between Cutrale-Safra ...
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With today’s increased pace and volatility of business, access to timely, accurate operational information is more critical than ever before. As globalization and outsourcing have extended supply chains to every corner of the world, ...
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The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) presents the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), its new business-driven service aimed at supporting retailers and importers to improve environmental performance of supplying factories ...
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Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd (STIL), a leading manufacturer of value added synthetic, cotton and blended yarns, fabrics & home furnishing has announced its results for the quarter and year ended 31st March 2014. The Company ...
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Jarden Corporation reported sales declined 1.6 percent to $684.1 million at its Outdoor Solutions segment in the quarter ended March 31 and that earnings fell 22.3 percent to $55.3 million compared with $71.2 million in the same quarter of ...
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PPG Industries reported record first quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.6 billion, up $528 million, or 17 percent, versus the prior year. First quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $277 ...
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NABERS provides four environmental rating tools - NABERS Energy, NABERS Water, NABERS Waste and NABERS Indoor Environment - to measure the actual operational performance of existing buildings and tenancies. NABERS can be used to rate ...
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Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 and earnings per share of $0.07 for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended February 28, 2014. The Metals Recycling Business delivered a substantial ...
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AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (“AMG”, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: “AMG”) reported fourth quarter 2013 revenue of $284.0 million, a 3% increase from $275.2 million in the fourth quarter 2012. EBITDA decreased 45% to ...
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