Private equity firm Grey Mountain Partners has acquired Mediterranean food maker and distributor Kronos Foods. Financial details about the acquisition have not been disclosed. Based in Glendale Heights, Illinois, Kronos sells gryo meat, ...
UK pork products sold by some of the major supermarkets have been found to be contaminated with a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The University of Cambridge conducted a study to test 97 UK-produced ...
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The Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers (AMUSF) has joined The Furniture Ombudsman (TFO) as an affiliate member, to pledge its ongoing commitment to helping the industry improve. This means AMUSF is continuing to raise ...
Zebra Technologies Corporation has announced its Warehouse Vision Study findings, which has found that almost three quarters (74%) of APAC decision makers in the industry will accelerate warehouse technology investments by 2020. The ...
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International Business Systems (IBS), the supply chain management, planning and logistics software and services company, has announced its global rebranding as Iptor Supply Chain Systems. “The new name reflects the company’s ...
Grundfos and the international development charity WaterAid have announced a new five-year partnership. Grundfos will support WaterAid by providing advice on the use and maintenance of its water systems in some of the world’s ...
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British multinational automotive firm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun construction of a new £1bn manufacturing plant in Nitra, Slovakia. The new plant, which will cover an area of 300,000m², is expected to be completed in ...
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Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA) is delighted to announce that the following products have been awarded with FIRA’s prestigious Ergonomics Excellence Award, having met the stringent assessment criteria: The Go Flex ...
One of Great Britain’s most established and innovative bed makers, Harrison Spinks, has appointed a finance and business expert as head of business change, in order to drive the company forward and achieve its vision to double its ...
Bega Cheese has published its first ever sustainability report. Looking back on its 2015 financial year, the report examines the dairy company's environmental and social impacts. It reveals that Bega Cheese achieved a 7 per cent ...
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A panel of some of Australia’s most respectable experts and leaders in the food industry will present at a free networking breakfast for Young Professionals in the industry at the 49th Annual AIFST Convention. Georgie Aley, CEO of ...
Retailers are transforming their organisations and market approaches to leverage the power of digital and satisfy the needs of the ever-changing consumer. With a huge increase in demand for goods purchased online, supply chain and ...
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The executive board of Asia Pacific Logistics Federation (APLF) (chairman David Rogers, director from the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA), vice chairman He Li Ming, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing ...
Today amidst a gathering of the world's consumer goods industry leaders at the CGF Global Summit in South Africa, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) have signed a ...
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Automakers Ford, Volvo along with technology giant Google and taxi-hailing firms Uber and Lyft have joined forces to push US regulators to draft regulations that support self-driving cars deployment. The coalition, dubbed the Self-Driving ...
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