Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
Charoen Pokphand Foods' (CPF) subsidiary CPF Investment has agreed to acquire Westbridge Food Group (WFGL) for approximately THB2.6bn (£60m). WFGL is a UK-based company expertizes lie in sales of meat and ready-made products to ...
US-based Covectra has developed a new security label, StellaGUARD, designed to provide real time authentication and traceability. Intended for use in the over-the-counter (OTC) and pharmaceutical sectors, the patented StellaGUARD label is ...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Industry, Covectra
Brazilian meat industry has received a huge blow as several countries have started to ban its meat imports following an investigation into corruption by health inspectors and the alleged sale of rotten products. China is the latest of the ...
Tags: Meat Imports, Meat
Cosmetics industry firm Oriflame Products Poland has joined UPM Raflatac's RafCycle recycling program, which recycles and reuses pressure sensitive label waste to create new materials. The partnership supports Oriflame's target to ...
Tags: Cosmetics industry, Packaging
Inflation across the 19-country euro area hit a four-year high of 2.0 percent in February thanks to soaring prices of energy, said Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union (EU) on Thursday. The latest inflation figure is ...
Tags: Eurozone Inflation, inflation
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday decided to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of heavy steel plates from China, after which China said it is "seriously concerned" by the EU's increasing protectionism in the steel industry. ...
China has expressed doubts about exorbitant tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on steel products from China, calling for an end to such unfair measures. The European Commission, the EU's executive body, recently announced its ...
Tags: EU Tariffs, Steel Products
In the fourth quarter of 2016, demand for alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in the European Union increased only moderately by 1.2%, with registrations totalling 168,103 units. In the fourth quarter of 2016, demand for alternative fuel ...
Tags: Fuel Vehicle, HEV
Apple unveiled a swish new MacBook Pro on Thursday that came complete with a hefty price tag of $1,799. There's nothing unusual about high prices on Apple's newest, most sophisticated tech. But if the MacBook seems expensive to Americans, ...
Tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, price tag
When the European Union slapped Apple with a $14.5 billion tax fee in August, CEO Tim Cook called it "political crap." This week, the tech behemoth is fighting back in the form of an official appeal. "Apple is not an outlier in any ...
When the European Union slapped Apple with a $14.5 billion tax fee in August, CEO Tim Cook called it "political crap." This week, the tech behemoth is fighting back in the form of an official appeal. "Apple is not an outlier in any ...
Tags: Apple, EU's watchdog
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has secured a €250m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its research and development (R&D) projects. The three-year loan will support the automobile manufacturing group’s activities ...
Tags: Chrysler, R&D Projects
The European Union passenger car market rebounded last month following the slowdown observed in October, with new registrations in November totaling 1,148,618 units, up 5.8% year on year, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' ...
Tags: passenger car, car market
Asahi Group has agreed to acquire a group of Eastern European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) for €7.3bn. As per the deal, the Japanese beverage giant will purchase the beer brands and their operations in Czech ...
Tags: European Beer, Asahi Group