Areva and China National Nuclear Corp, or CNNC, signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing Monday involving the "possible" acquisition of a minority stake by CNNC in the French nuclear company's capital, Areva said in a statement. ...
Land O’Lakes and Villa Crop Protection of South Africa have entered into a partnership, effective 26 October, that will capitalize on the growth potential of the South African agricultural market. The two organizations are joining ...
Tags: Land O'lakes, agricultural market
US-based food company General Mills has embarked on a new journey with the launch of its 301 Inc., a new business venture unit that will focus on building partnerships with emerging food brands to come up with groundbreaking innovation in ...
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. and Evonik Industries AG have announced agreements on transactions where Orion will acquire Evonik’s 52 percent percent stake as well as Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH’s ...
Tags: QECC, Carbon Black
Coca Cola is said to have dropped its plan to buy minority stake in Greek yogurt maker Chobani, as the beverage company believes that it may not fit its portfolio. Sources familiar with the matter told CNBC that the soft drinks giant is ...
So far, China has become the world's largest coating production and consumption country. In 2014, China's coating output reached 16,482 kt, accounting for 38% of the global total and consisting of 5,357 kt of construction coatings and ...
Tags: Coating Industry, Coating, Paints
London-based Diageo and Dutch firm Heineken plan to exchange brewing assets in emerging markets, a move which will help Diageo generate a profit of £440m ($671m). Diageo is divesting its stakes in its joint ventures in Jamaica and ...
BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have already been cooperating successfully for a quarter of a century: The two companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in autumn 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...
Tags: BASF, Gazprom, natural gas
Soft drink giants PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co are said to be holding separate talks to acquire minority interest in US-based yogurt maker Chobani. The move indicates that beverage companies are making efforts to diversify their business ...
Tags: Soft drink, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Co, carbonated drinks
“The (Chinese) LED industry is in deep waters, and only a few manufacturers will survive in the next few years,” said several industry insiders during recent interviews with LEDinside’s editorial team in China. With the ...
Tags: LED industry, Chinese LED market
The London-listed SABMiller has agreed to sell itself to Belgium-based brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev for $104bn (£68bn). While AB InBev is the world's biggest brewer, SABMiller is its competitor. The boards of the two companies said ...
Leyard announced recently it will acquire Guangzhou Leafun Culture Science and Technology and Glux Visual Effect Tech. Leyard is to acquire 100% of Guangzhou Leafun Culture Science and Technology’s shares with cash and 99% of Glux ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, Leyard, Acquisition
Kingsun Optoelectronic is to acquire Lumileds with capital collected partially from surplus capital of different LED lighting business and the company’s raised funds. Kingsun Optoelectronic plans to indirectly acquire 6.15% share of ...
“Epistar has set many investment precedents, including in LED package manufacturers Edison Opto, Prolight Opto and others, since it is not involved in the LED package manufacturing,” said Chu. “This is mainly because ...
Tags: LED package, Epistar, Malaysia, investment strategy
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Yang Hwa Technology owner Shih-Hsiung Chan was detained by police on Sept. 11, 2015 for suspected accounting fraud and market manipulation, according to a report by China Times. In mid-June, Chan was ...
Tags: insider trading, Yang Hwa Technology, market manipulation