Mondelez International plans to open a $100m biscuit manufacturing facility at its Opava site in the Czech Republic. The project, which builds on $240m investment across European biscuits network since 2010 including sites in France, the ...
Harvard Engineering has sold a minority shareholding for an undisclosed sum to private equity company ECI Partners to fund its future growth strategy. The Wakefield company says the investment will allow it to further build on its ...
“The challenges for using new, fibre-based materials in the automotive sector are very complex,” explains Dr. Timo Hammer, Head of the Bioservice Team at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, Germany. Given the variety ...
Central Europe's New World Resources produced 6.45 million mt of coal in the first nine months of 2013, a 25% year-on-year decline, the miner reported in its results for the nine months to end-September. External coal sales for ...
Tags: Coal Production, Mineral
Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2013. In the first nine months, New World Resources registered a net loss of €527.9 million, compared to a net ...
Soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola has opened a EUR22m ($30.04m) bottling line in Ploiesti, Romania, expanding its presence in the country. The new plant allows the manufacturer to expand availability of its Cappy Pulpy Orange juice drink ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Bottling Line
The output of the European Union's construction industry is foreseen to drop by 3.5 percent this year, while the downtrend in EU construction sector output is expected to end in 2014 with a rise of one percent predicted for the year, ...
Tags: Construction Output, Mineral
Dow Water & Process Solutions signs a trademark licensing agreement with SPC ?ECOSOFT? Ltd. as part of the ingredient branding program focused on water residential segment. Ecosoft will use and market Dow Filmtec reverse osmosis membranes ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal and coke sales for the fourth quarter of 2013. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price of ...
Tags: Coking Coal Prices, Mineral
AkzoNobel intends to introduce a streamlined management structure and new operating model for its Decorative Paints business in order to accelerate profitable growth in Europe and the high growth markets. The planned changes represent the ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Deco Business
Powder characterization specialist Freeman Technology has expanded its global team with the appointment of Patrick van Barneveld to the new role of product manager for Central Europe. Operating from Almelo, The Netherlands, van Barneveld ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Walki, a manufacturer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials, has unveiled its new green field plant at Wroclaw in Poland. The new plant, which has a production capacity of about 50,000t per year, will initially meet ...
Tags: Walki, Green Field Plant
The Hilton Food Group's half-year results posted today (September 10) received a mixed reception from City analysts. Hilton Food's Australian joint venture with Woolworths would become 'a major profit centre', predicted Panmure Gordon ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Mexican-built Vuhl 05 supercar will enter production from November, as a direct result of interest generated at its public debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Seen at Goodwood tackling the event’s iconic ...
Zurich Insurance Group has posted a net income after tax attributable to shareholders of $1.85bn for the first-half ended on 30 June 2013, a decline of 17% compared to $2.22bn for the same period last year. During the period, business ...
Tags: Zurich Insurance, Insurance