Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) has signed a basic agreement to buy beverage business of Japan Tobacco (JT) for $1.2bn. According to SBF, the deal also includes acquisition of canned coffee brand Roots and peach-flavored drink brand Momono ...
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Sports sandals are designed to provide support and comfort to a hiker’s feet while they are hiking. There are many popular styles of sport sandals, each of which has pros and cons, and choosing the best sport sandal is not a simple ...
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Porsche has gone black for its sports cars 911 Carrera and Boxster, bringing out a special series involving paintwork and interior in the darkest shade. Christened 'the Black Edition', the models flaunt Porsche Communication Management ...
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Leading extreme outerwear maker Woodland recently marked its fourth year of support to UNICEF’s WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in schools programme. Woodland’s marketing manager Harkirat Singh along with UNICEF Uttar ...
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Net sales for the first quarter ending March 31, 2015 slipped 9 per cent over the prior year first quarter at American Apparel, Inc., a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel. An American Apparel press ...
Dr Greg A. Constable of Australia has been declared the winner of 2015 the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) researcher of the year, the committee said on its website. The ICAC awards the researcher a shield, an honorarium of ...
Tags: cotton industry, cotton production
General Motors is planning to capture 5% of the car market in India as it expects the annual sales in the country to rise to eight million vehicles by 2025. The Detroit based automaker aims to make India the new global manufacturing and ...
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Volkswagen has launched a new integrated commercial vehicles group, Truck & Bus GmbH, bringing together a structured framework for business with mid-sized and heavy trucks and buses. Led by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft management ...
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According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued to fall, and prices of production means in circulation stopped falling and picked up last week (April 27-March 3). Last week, ...
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Driven by currency translation effects that had a positive impact on sales in euro terms, Adidas reported a 17 per cent year over year sales surge in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Adidas Group ...
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Paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa has launched a new automatic Bag-in-Box filling machine, the BIB 700 Double Head. The machine is a continuation of its BIB 700 range and has been developed for large industrial production ...
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North Face, an apparel and footwear brand owned by VF Corporation said it has expanded its ‘Clothes The Loop’ recycling programme to all of its retail and outlet stores in the US. In tandem, it will also run an in-store and ...
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The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) has re-launched International Cotton (ICotton) contract which is duly approved by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), it said in a statement. The contract aims to offer opportunities ...
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A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the UK's University of Cambridge has ordered its Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, Power Electronics, LEDs