US-based chocolate manufacturer Hershey has decided to use genetically modified (GM)-free ingredients in its chocolate products. The firm said that its milk chocolate bars as well as chocolate drop 'Kisses' packs would no more contain ...
South Africa-based SurePure, which is involved in turbid liquid photopurification, has agreed to use its patented photopurification technology in Northern India. This is aimed to deliver safe, high quality milk along with enhancing the ...
Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
Tags: Organic Cotton, Textile
California's good culture is set to launch a new line of organic cottage cheese products. Besides cottage cheese, the line will be offering both sweet and savoury varieties such as strawberry chia, blueberry aaí chia, sundried ...
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US based Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is planning to construct around 25,000 new electric vehicle charging stations across Northern and Central California over a five-year period. The company has filed an application with the ...
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US-based Replenish Bottling that creates new formats for plastic spray bottles and containers has opted for R&D/Leverage for its injection mold building expertise. As a part of scaling up from its initial pilot molds, the Replenish ...
Tags: Injection Mold, Packaging
Chinese high-speed train companies are eyeing more contracts in overseas markets. "The US will be the next strategic focus for us, after successfully winning the Boston contract," Yu Weiping, vice-president of China CNR Corp, told China ...
Tags: high-speed train, overseas markets
Hyundai is planning to showcase HCD-15 Santa Cruz Concept, Tucson Fuel Cell and SEMA vehicles along with new technology and design by the company at the Chicago Auto Show. According to Hyundai, the company will unveil a new version of ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that Apple has committed $848m for clean ...
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Food distributor Sysco has agreed to divest 11 US Foods distribution centers to Performance Food Group. The move is in line with Sysco's plans to win FTC approval for its proposed merger with US Foods announced in December 2013. The ...
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Molycorp, Inc. has reported that rare earth production in the fourth quarter of 2014 at its Mountain Pass, California facility increased year-on-year and nearly doubled that of the preceding quarter. Mountain Pass completed Q4 of 2014 ...
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Jackson Family Wines has acquired US-based family winery Siduri Wines, which produces California Pinot, for an undisclosed amount. This follows Jackson Family's acquisition of Zena Crown and Gran Moraine vineyards in Oregon's Willamette ...
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MillerCoors, a US brewer with more than 400 years of American brewing heritage, has completed a 3.2MW capacity solar panel installation at its Irwindale, California, brewery. The new solar array is the largest installed at any brewery in ...
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Seghesio Family Vineyards has announced the promotion of Ted Seghesio to the position of General Manager and Winemaker. In this new role, Seghesio, who has been responsible for winemaking for the past 32 years, will now oversee all daily ...
Tags: winery, Agriculture
Today, Metromile and Uber announced an innovative partnership to provide variably-priced, pay-per-mile auto insurance for drivers who use Uber's rideshare platform. The two companies have jointly developed the first technology solution that ...
Tags: Pay-Per-Mile Insurance, Auto