Gas prices on the Dutch and German trading hubs drifted lower Tuesday morning, as bearish weather and supply fundamentals from just before the four-day Easter holiday continued to drive the markets. At midday London time, the day-ahead ...
Tags: gas exports, Gas Prices
Swedish edible oils and fats producer will buy CSM Benelux oils and fats business in Merksem, Belgium. The financial terms of the transaction have not been divulged. The acquisition includes a facility in Merksem and bakery ...
Tags: Benelux Oils, Fats, AAK, edible oils
Firm expands European portfolio with environmentally conscious toy line. Bigjigs Toys has expanded its European portfolio, taking over the distribution for Green Toys in the Benelux region. The deal covers Belgium, the Netherlands and ...
Tags: Green Toys, Toys
easyFairs, organisers of the fastest growing network of European packaging events, has announced that its packaging portfolio right across Europe will evolve around four major core show concepts: Packaging Innovations, Empack, Label&Print ...
The need to prevent and control healthcare acquired infections (HCAI) across Europe, which results in 4.5 to 5 million cases annually, is driving the hand hygiene market in Western Europe. Outbreaks of norovirus and bird flu over the past ...
Tags: Healthcare, Drive Hand Hygiene
Dutch food firm Wessanen has signed a deal to sell its wholesale business comprising Natudis to wholesaler Vroegop Ruhe, for an undisclosed sum. The sale is part of the company's strategy to further strengthen its own brands in the ...
Tags: Royal Wessanen, Food
The business, which has 27 packaging shows in 11 countries across Europe, is to align each of the events under one of four brands: Packaging Innovations, Empack, Label&Print and Luxury Packaging. The move is designed to provide ...
Tags: Luxury Packaging, Label&Print
British-Dutch multinational company Unilever has signed a deal to sell its meat snacks business to US beef jerky group Jack Link’s. The sale includes Bifi and Peperami sausage brands as well as a manufacturing unit in Ansbach, ...
Tags: Unilever, Meat Snacks
Netherlands-based company The Vegetarian Butcher has successfully expanded into new markets for its "strip steaks" and "smoked bacon" made entirely from vegetables in retail outlets across Europe. The latest meat substitute products, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Vegetables
CBR,part of HeidelbergCement,announced Wednesday to staff representatives that the company plans to close the Harmignies 0.22Mta white cement plant in Belgium,a move which is expected to affect 97 jobs. "This announcement can be ...
Tags: Cement Plant, Construction
The De'Longhi Group has reported a 6.7 per cent increase in global revenues for the 2013 calendar year. The company, which markets De'Longhi, Kenwood and Braun appliances, reached consolidated revenues of 1.63 billion euros, which strong ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
Both the Furby Boom and Furby 2012 made it into the NPD's top 10 best selling toys of 2013. Official NPD data has revealed that Hasbro's Furby Boom was the best selling toy of 2013. And the data made for happy reading for Hasbro as both ...
Tags: Toys, Furby Boom
Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, today announced the signing of an agreement that will further strengthen ...
Tags: Henry Schein, acquisition, Arseus
Argos: "We have seen an unprecedented demand for Furby Boom this year" Hasbro is shipping additional Furby Boom stock to meet UK demand this Christmas. The company is bringing in another 80,000 Furby Booms to cope as recent demand has ...
Tags: Toys
French private equity firm Apax Partners has inked a deal to acquire Europe Snacks business from IK Investment Partners for an undisclosed amount. Europe Snacks is a manufacturer of savory snacks the brands of its retailing clients, ...
Tags: savory snacks, potato chips