Speaking at the AFR Retail Summit in Melbourne, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims stressed the importance of competition. “Competition is essential to our economic prosperity; it drives innovation and ...
Tags: ACCC, Retail Competition
2016 marks the tenth year of Match Attax and this year's new cards feature legends of the game to help mark the anniversary. Topps is kicking off the brand new football season in full force with the launch of Match Attax Premier League ...
Tags: Topps, Match Attax Trading Cards 2016/17, UEFA Champions League Stickers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose two separate proposals by consortia to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne, following careful consideration of potential cross-ownership interests and ...
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The payoff of Taiwanese fastener makers' effort on going upmarket is a major growth drive for the industry's sustainable development (in the photo are the high-strength, quality-approved bolts and fixings for rail construction). Although ...
Tags: Fastener, industrial parts
John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
High performance with competitive costs is among striking features of Taiwan-made machines. High performance, excellent energy efficiency and low requirements for manpower and space are growing trends in the global market for machinery. ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Heinz over nutritional claims made on its Little Kids Shredz infant food range. Little Shredz have been sold in major Australian ...
Tags: young children, Shreadz products
Australia's consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against H.J. Heinz Company, alleging that it made false and misleading representations in its advertisement for Little Kids Shredz products. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
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Porsche is responding to the growing demand for a built-in navigation device for vintage Porsche sports cars with its Porsche Classic Radio Navigation System. Following its successful market launch in Europe in February 2015, the Porsche ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved the £71bn merger of Anheuser Busch InBev and SABMiller, after concluding that the deal would not affect the domestic market. The regulator's decision came after ...
Responses to last week’s Australian Federal Court’s decision to impose a $300, 000 penalty on Free Range Egg Farms (FREF) has attracted a strong reaction in food industry and food compliance circles. In a decision handed down ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be commencing a market study into the Australian cattle and beef industry. The study will examine competition, efficiency, transparency and trading issues in the beef and ...
Tags: ACCC, Market study, Australian cattle, Beef industry
SMI has launched new EBS (Electronic Blowing System) ERGON series following a 2-year intensive R&D project for both the design and production of SMI's rotary stretch- blow moulders. The new EBS ERGON blow-moulder is more robust, more ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has introduced a new quad-seal flexible bag, which features Cross-Seal technology. Initially, the firm is commercially offering the new bag with Cross-Seal technology for coffee manufacturers. Sonoco said that ...
Tags: Sonoco, Pakaging, Cross-Seal technology, Coffee industry
The first ever review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will test whether consumer protections will suit the modern market place says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims. Speaking today at the ...
Tags: ACL, ACCC, Consumer protection