Members of the ToyNews Retail Advisory Board have united in the belief that the attitudes of the world's major toy suppliers towards the UK's indie scene need addressing before they become too marginalised With talk of big name mergers ...
Dutch brewer Heineken has introduced a limited edition lager H41, the first drink in its lager exploration series, which has been brewed using rare ‘mother’ yeast discovered in Patagonia. The new lager features fuller ...
Tags: Heineken, Limited Edition Lager H41, Drink, Mother yeast
Rigid plastics, flexibles, and board, metal and glass packaging will drive industry expansion across the next five years. In global researcher Smithers Pira's report, called The Future of Global Packaging to 2020, it states that the $839 ...
Tags: Smith Pira, Rigid plastics, Packaging Market
Several companies have announced moves to support clean production and ban harmful chemicals such as plasticisers or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals from their production processes. In particular, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe/Penny, ...
Tags: Chemical-Free Packaging, PVC, The Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...
The line includes popular characters from the American Girl's Girl of the Year range including Grace, Isabelle, Saige, McKenna and Nicki. Mattel’s leading American Girl brand has made its first move into the construction toy ...
Tags: Mattel, Mega Bloks, American Girl
Bacardi has renewed a multi-year distribution agreement with Horizon Beverage for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Effective April 1, the exclusive agreement includes the sales and distribution of the entire premium portfolio of Bacardi ...
Tags: Bacardi, Horizon Beverage, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
As part of the brand exhibit "Fascination Sports Cars – The Future of Performance", Porsche is presenting seven select show cars at the Volkswagen Group Forum DRIVE in Berlin – for example the 718 Boxster. As part of this ...
VerifyMe agreed to provide its anti-counterfeit features for GuardLab's products and packaging. GuardLab is a custom mouthguard company using 3D scanning and printing technologies to provide athletes with the most custom fit and ...
American pet treat manufacturer, Lucky Dog is planning to unveil to new packaging and original dog treat shape at pet industry trade show and showcase. Growing on the popularity of the brand name, Lucky Dog treats will unveil its new ...
Tags: Lucky Dog, New packaging, Pet industry show, Global Pet Expo
Austrian packaging firm Alpla Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Egypt-based Taba Group to expand operations in Africa and the Middle East. Both firms have signed a partnership agreement to form a joint venture, which will ...
Tags: Alpla, Taba Group, Aquisition
Helen of Troy Limited, designer of consumer brand-name housewares, health and home, nutritional supplement and beauty products, closed its previously-announced acquisition of Steel Technology, LLC., which does business under the brand name ...
Tags: Helen Of Troy, Aquisition, Steel Technology, LLC, Hydro Flask
The event will take place at London's ExCeL in the October half term. A new consumer event that lets kids and families engage with toy and children’s entertainment brands is heading to the UK’s capital. Pioneered by the ...
Tags: Simon Pilling, Toytesters.tv, Gemma gallagher, Toytopia, Kidtropolis
The January Furniture Show (JFS) has reported a record re-booking with 85% of 2016 exhibitors already signed up for 2017. Over 450 companies exhibited at JFS 2016 and many renowned and well established names have booked again. They ...
WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat