US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to close its manufacturing facility in Little Rock,Arkansas,in late spring 2013,a move that will put 240 jobs at risk. ConAgra Foods gained ownership of the Little Rock facility when it ...
Tags: jobs, refrigerated breakfast sandwiches, sausages, manufacturing facility
Diamond Foods plans to close its snack manufacturing plant in Indiana, US, a move which will lead to a loss of nearly 100 jobs. The company, which produces Emerald snack nuts and Kettle Chips, gained ownership of the Indiana facility when ...
The global packaging giant posted its results for the year ended 30 June 2012 this morning (21 August). It said that it had achieved record profit after tax of $634.9m, up 11.3%, compared to the same period last year. It also announced ...
Tags: Amcor, profit, packaging, company profit
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic (PV) cover ...
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A lack of solar glass demand led AGC Glass North America to close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport, Tenn., affecting an estimated 70 jobs. Company spokesman Chris Correnti says AGC is hoping to transition a few of the plant's employees to ...
Tags: market view, Flat Glass
The New Year will bring a giant auction -- more than 130 injection presses and 20 extruders -- from four closed-down plants of Fortis Plastics LLC. Branford Group and Great American Group will conduct the auctions over three weeks, one ...
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