Experts said that China's commercial vehicle industry will enter an adjustment period of three to four years, as the economic slowdown dampens demand and a sustainable development model requires greater transport efficiency and reduced ...
Tags: Heavy-Duty Truck, Truck
Diamond Foods has acquired 51% stake in Netherlands-based vegetable and organic potato chips producer Yellow Chips for an undisclosed amount. Yellow Chips, which currently produces Kettle Brand Vegetable Chips for Diamond, markets its ...
Tags: Diamond Foods, Potato Chips
Two Thai brewers are contemplating purchase of a stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage, which is 89% owned by the Government of Vietnam. Chang beer maker Thai Beverage is planning to buy 40% of Saigon Beer for around $1bn. Singha, which ...
Tags: beer market, Alcohol Beverage
Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to sell 50% stake in its export terminal in Brazil to Glencore. ADM has entered into an agreement to this effect. Located in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of ...
Great Plains Holdings has agreed to acquire controlling stake in Bonjoe Gourmet Chips for an undisclosed amount. Earlier in December, Great Plains signed a letter of intent to acquire a 30% stake in Bonjoe Gourmet Chips which is now ...
Tags: Bonjoe Gourmet Chips, Food
US apparel marketer, Kate Spade & Company has signed a joint venture with Walton Brown to establish a strategic network of stores across China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The newly formed partnership will leverage the expertise of ...
Tags: Kate Spade, apparel
Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
Tags: LNG prices, LNG market
Japanese barcode printing, labelling, and RFID solution major SATO took a majority stake in Russia-based label manufacturer Okil-Holding, JSC, a move which will strengthen its position in the BRIC region. Acquiring approximately 75% of ...
Chocolate manufacturer Hershey is in talks to acquire beef, turkey and pork jerky snacks producer Krave Jerky, in a deal that is expected to be valued at around $300m. The move is in line with the company's strategy to expand its ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
The increasing number of suppliers of fingerprint identification sensors heralds keen competition in the sector's short-term future. Furthermore, the offering of integrated IC parts that combine LCD driver IC, touch-controller IC and ...
Tags: fingerprint sensors, LCD driver
Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group (FFG) announced that his company will enter into alliance with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) to develop and manufacture composite materials for aircrafts. FFG, Taiwan's ...
Tags: manufacture composite materials, aircrafts, Manufacturing
Zeelandia and Fine Organics have established a joint venture in India where both partners will have an equal stake. To be based in Mumbai, the joint venture will begin operations in the Indian market in Q1 2015, primariy with imported ...
Dematic Group, a supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain said it has acquired FSU Investments and in turn SDI Group Europe. SDI Group Europe is a supplier of garment-on-hanger and ...
The government of Oman has announced plans to set up a dairy firm with an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m) to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production and food security The proposed project is being promoted by state-owned ...
Tags: dairy production, food security, Agriculture