Consolidated Glass Holdings, Inc., an affiliate company of Grey Mountain Partners, has acquired the assets of Solar Seal, also known as Shaw Glass Co. A 2011 Glass Magazine Top Glass Fabricator, Solar Seal has an 88, 000-square-foot ...
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Shop Direct Group, the UK's leading online and home shopping retailer with brands including Very.co.uk, Littlewoods and isme, announces its full-year results for the 12-month period to 30th June 2012. Financial Performance – all ...
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PHOENIX -- The former 500,000-square-foot case goods manufacturing facility of Thornwood Mfg. here will be auctioned next week. Craig Thorn, a controlling officer in the company, said Thornwood was unable to find a suitable partner or ...
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NSK Ltd. (NSK; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Norio Otsuka) announced that it has developed a double-nut cooling ball screw that has a cooling mechanism built into preload double nuts, a feature that was designed to ...
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Wendels Home & Design here is set to become Art Van Furniture's second franchised store. The central Michigan retailer will carry the Top 100 company's full furniture line in its 40,000-square-foot showroom on ...
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As a world-leading manufacture of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) is proud to announce that the company has signed an agreement to become a branded licensee of the 2014 FIFA World Cup (TM). Through this ...
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On October 24, Rentokil was awarded Johnson Controls' "Supplier Excellence in Execution" award for 2012 at its Building Efficiency Supplier Excellence Recognition Event in Milwaukee, WI. Sixteen awards were distributed in two categories, ...
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The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) calls on the German textile discounter KIK to pay a fair and just compensation for all the victims of the garment factory fire at Ali Enterprises in Pakistan. The immediate relief payments that KIK promised ...
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Land O'Lakes,Inc.today reported third quarter results showing strong sales and increased earnings that surpassed prior year results for both the quarter and year-to-date. Net sales were$3 billion for the third quarter,up from$2.7 billion ...
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Japanese electronics firm Sharp has issued a profit warning,expressing"material doubt"that it will be able to stay in business. Expecting to end the financial year in March 2013 with a net loss of Y450bn(3.5bn euros),Sharp's main problems ...
NEMA's Electroindustry Business Confidence Index(EBCI)for current North American business conditions again moved upward,climbing to 45.5 in October from 42.1 in September and 35.7 in August.Its recent rebound has left the index just short ...
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Flowers Foods has acquired the licence to the Earthgrains and Sara Lee brands in California from Grupo Bimbo. The US bread maker has predicted consolidation in the US bakery sector and is looking to build its geographic reach by ...
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Fair Friend Group, a Taiwan-based machine-tool conglomerate, plans to invest more than EU$50 million (US$64.795 million) to merge two to three Italian machine-tool makers, becoming the largest machine-tool group in Italy, said Jimmy Chu, ...
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Corporate Express will officially change its name to Staples on 26 October. As previously reported by Stationery News, US-based Staples has been phasing out the name Corporate Express since its takeover of the company in 2008. As of 29 ...
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Tastykake,a subsidiary of Flowers Foods,has partnered with US chocolate firm Hershey to introduce new Kandy Bar Kakes,which combine both cake and candy. The new Kandy Bar Kakes are made with real quality ingredients and feature Hershey's ...
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