Sherpa Clinical Packaging has commenced the construction of a new facility adjacent to its 38,000 ft2 headquarters building in San Diego, in a bid to provide better services for the customers. The new 24,000 ft2 facility is being ...
Showa Denko (SDK), Showa Aluminum Can (SAC) and Carabao Group have agreed to set up a joint venture (JV) to manufacture and sell aluminum cans in Thailand. The joint corporation is part of CBG’s plan to meet its increasing demands ...
Tags: Showa Denko, Aluminum Cans
Spirits-marketer Castle Brands has acquired an additional 20.1% stake in Gosling-Castle Partners, a global export venture with the Gosling family. GCP holds the exclusive long-term export and distribution rights for Goslings Rum and ...
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Pernod Ricard has completed the sale of Domecq brandies and wines to Bodega Las Copas, a joint venture between Emperador Group and González Byass, for €81m. The sale includes Pernod Ricard’s portfolio of brandies ...
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Mars has announced plans to reinvest $70m in its US supply chain, with the creation of around 250 jobs at sites across the country. The company said the move will ensure that over 95% of its chocolate products for the US are made here. ...
Tags: Mars, chocolate products
Halewood Wines & Spirits has acquired a stake in the City of London Distillery for an undisclosed amount. The deal allows the City of London Distillery to reap the benefits of Halewood’s marketing and promotional activities. The ...
Everlight Electronics has disclosed it will expand its annual LED packaging capacity from 4.5 billion chips currently to 5.5 billion, with most of the additional capacity to be used for fine pixel pitch displays and automotive lighting. ...
Tags: LED packaging, LED lighting
WitsView, a division of the market intelligence firm TrendForce, estimates that worldwide shipments of LCD TV panels for 2017 will total 255.6 million units, down 1.8% in unit volume from 2016. This year’s increase in the average size ...
Rodenbach Brewery has unveiled plans to develop new packaging for its beer range. The company will invest $3m to upgrade its brewery infrastructure in Roeselare, Belgium. The investment will also be used to expand it brands and markets. ...
Edison Solutions is exhibiting Packsize International’s EM7-35 on demand packaging system at this year’s Global Shop event in Las Vegas, US. The event is being held from 28 to 30 March. Packsize has developed the custom ...
New Zealand exporters will soon be allowed to send chilled meat to China under a new agreement signed by the two countries. Significant revenues are expected to be made by the New Zealand meat sector following a Memorandum of Cooperation ...
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The Renault-Nissan alliance has established a new global light commercial vehicle division in order to increase sales. The division, which will be known as the Renault-Nissan LCV Business Unit, will draw on synergies from Renault, Nissan, ...
Tags: Renault-Nissan, Commercial Vehicle
UK fresh fruit and veg supplier Fresca Group has formed a joint venture (JV) with Colombian Hass avocado grower Cartama. The joint venture company, dubbed Cartama UK, will handle the commercialization of the avocados produced by the ...
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JBS USA has agreed to acquire Plumrose USA, the bacon and deli-meats business of Denmark's Danish Crown, for $230m. The acquisition is in line with JBS' plans to diversify its product portfolio and expansion of prepared foods and branded ...
Tags: deli-meats, bacon
The European Commission has approved German plans for an infrastructure network for charging electric vehicles throughout the country. The German government plans to invest €300m over four years to the increase access to high-speed ...
Tags: EU Approval