Embotelladora Andina, a Chile-based beverage firm and a Coca-Cola bottler, has outlined plans to offload $600m in international bonds due 2023. The amount raised by selling the bonds will be used to finance the acquisition of Brazil-based ...
Tags: Coke Bottler, Food
Supermarket chain Morrisons spent £27m developing its own online delivery system - before lashing out £170m in a deal with Ocado. The figures were revealed in the company's half-year results in which it saw pre-tax profits ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-June), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $375m, up 7% on $348.9m last quarter and 22% on $306.8m a year ago, due mainly to strong sales of ...
Tags: Cree LED, Electrical, Electronics
Government officials in Brazil have invited PacWest Equities Inc of Sacramento, CA, USA to bring its CIGS line of solar manufacturing equipment, acquired in a deal some analysts valued in excess of $55m, to Brazil to open a multi-product ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, service
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for second-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE, Electrical, Electronics
Abu Dhabi-based agri business company Al Dahra International (ADII) is set to acquire 20% stake in India-based Kohinoor Foods (KFL) in a deal estimated to be worth Rs1.12bn ($18.9m). Under the terms of the deal, Al Dahra will pay Rs160 ...
Tags: Al Dahra, Kohinoor Foods
Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda's subsidiary, Honda of South Carolina (HSC) has started the production of its new 2014 Pioneer multi-utility vehicle (MUV) at the Timmonsville plant in South Carolina, US. Over the next four years, ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for first-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for first-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm’s ...
Tags: MOCVD, Electronics
PacWest Equities Inc has acquired DayStar Technologies Inc's line of CIG Solar Technology, in a deal analysts have valued in excess of $55m. PacWest specializes in working with under-performing organisations and bringing together the ...
Tags: DayStar CIGS, Electrical, Electronics
Caixa Seguros, a Brazilian subsidiary CNP Assurances, has signed an agreement to purchase 70% of the outstanding shares of Previsul, for a sum of BRL70m (€27m). Acquisition of Previsul, a Porto Alegre-based life insurance specialist, ...
Tags: health insurance, insurance, life insurance
A pair of cement manufacturers from the United Arab Emirates have reported significantly improved results for 2012 on the back of a strengthening marketplace. Ras Al Khaimah Co for White Cement & Construction Materials reported a 7% ...
High-tech venture capital in the UK and Ireland ended the year on a high note with £209m invested in 60 companies compared to £129m in 48 deals in Q4 2011, says Ascendant, the tech-focussed investment company. Over 2012 as a ...
Tags: High-tech venture capital, investment company, Consumer Electronics
DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI) of Kelowna, BC, Canada, which was founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that it is negotiating the potential sale of its CIGS solar ...
The company has invested about €7.5 billion since it set up its Ireland base in 1989. Intel has secured planning approval from Ireland's planning agency to build a $4bn chip manufacturing plant in Leixlip, near Dublin. The new ...