Inocucor Technologies’ microbial crop accelerator for farmers and greenhouse growers has been approved for use in California. Registration by the California Department of Food and Agriculture also includes certification for the ...
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International Paper reported third quarter 2016 net earnings attributable to International Paper of $312 million ($0.75 per share) compared with net earnings of $40 million ($0.10 per share) in the second quarter of 2016 and net earnings of ...
Global packaging firm Sonoco has acquired privately held flexible packaging company Plastic Packaging (PPI) in a bid to expand its capabilities in Southeast US. However, the financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. PPI is engaged ...
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Germany’s Siegwerk has launched a new packaging ink solution center, INKube, in Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, located south west of Shanghai's central business district in China. The new facility, which is part of the company’s ...
Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling all products that were made with a cookie dough ingredient supplied by a third party supplier Aspen Hills, due to the potential for them to contain Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria ...
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Monolith Semiconductor Inc of Round Rock, TX, USA has announced the availability of engineering samples of 1200V, 5A and 10A silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in a TO-220 package. Manufactured in the 150mm SiC foundry of X-FAB Texas, ...
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a high-voltage and high-frequency silicon carbide (SiC) power switch that could cost much less than similarly rated SiC power switches, it is reckoned. The findings could ...
US firm JBT has signed an agreement to acquire Tipper Tie from Dover for around $160m. Based in Apex of North Carolina, Tipper Tie provides protein processing and packaging solutions, and related consumables to the food industry. The ...
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Food technology company JBT has entered into an agreement to acquire Tipper Tie for $160m to expand its protein platform. However, the transaction value is subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Expected to close in the fourth ...
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Lotus Bakeries has announced that it will invest in setting up a new manufacturing facility in the US, to expand its biscuit production capacity. Besides, the company will build a new production hall in Belgium to meet the growing demand ...
Tyson Foods has announced that it is investing $27m to expand the production capacity of its case-ready beef and pork plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The investment is being made by Tyson Fresh Meats, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson ...
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Editor: On October 5, the article “It’s about Time to Construct Global ‘Electricity High-speed Network’” written by a Xinhua correspondent was published on the third page of Guangming Daily. The article ...
US based Blue Bell Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall for two flavors of cookie dough ice cream suspected to be contaminated with listeria causing bacteria. Produced at the ice cream company’s plant located in Sylacauga, Alabama, ...
Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have used off-the-shelf silicon carbide (SiC)-based components to develop an inverter with ...
Tyson Foods has announced that it will invest $14m to expand its chicken processing facility in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Tyson Foods spokesman Worth Sparkman revealed that the company is looking to make capital improvements to the ...