Global investment firm KKR is set to buy 10.4% stake in Indonesia-based agri-food company Japfa for $81.2m. As part of the deal, Japfa will place 750 million new shares to KKR via a private placement at about $52.9m. Concurrent with the ...
Tags: Japfa group, agri-food
Netherlands-based shelf life extension technology company PerfoTec has introduced a groundbreaking packaging solution for flowers, that will make the use of water in the supply chain redundant. Explaining the technology, Bas Groeneweg, ...
US-based global coatings manufacturer Valspar has launched its premium paint for the European DIY market in Paintainer pails from RPC Superfos featuring a golden metallic look and a new design. For its entry into the market, Valspar came ...
Tags: Premium Paint, Paintainer
Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement to utilize Merrimak Capital Company for its material handling equipment leases. Merrimak Capital Company, the industry's leading full service equipment management company and equipment ...
New Solution, a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner of Memjet, has integrated the new Memjet inkjet printing technology into a new wide format packaging solution, NS Multi. The new wide format printer, which has been ...
Tags: Multi-Layer Printer, Drupa 2016
EEQO and Seesoo have announced a partnership with companies Avery Dennison and Braskem to use biobased polyethylene self-adhesive labels in their packaging. All EEQO's products use mainly natural ingredients, are biodegradable and, in ...
Tags: Product Labeling, Self-Adhesive
While most of the major PC brand vendors have been launching new gaming products, competition among ODMs for their gaming PC orders has also heated up. Currently, Compal Electronics manufactures gaming notebooks for Alienware, the gaming ...
Tags: gaming PCs, PC
Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030. The announcement was made at the Clean Energy Ministerial forum yesterday in San Francisco, ...
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China is one of the world’s largest automotive consumer market, by late 2015 car ownership in the country reached 172 million cars, and the volume is accelerating. It can be projected in the next few years, Chinese market demands for ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED package
The landscape of the global OEM AIO (all-in-one) PC market will undergo a dramatic change in 2016 as number-two maker TPV-Inventa Technology begins making its gradual exit from the segment, according to Digitimes Research. Asia Vital ...
Philippines-based beverage maker Asia Brewery has entered into an agreement with Dutch beer producer Heineken International to brew Heineken brands in Philippines. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The partnership ...
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Komori has signed an agreement with Siegwerk for the supply of high sensitive UV inks for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets. The agreement enables Siegwerk to manufacture K-Supply ink for Komori's H-UV system, the ...
C&C Group continues to ramp up its international expansion in Asia-Pacific with the announcement of its fourth strategic partnership in the recent months. C&C Group is proud to confirm the signing of a new distribution agreement with ...
Tags: C&C Group, premium food
German automaker Volkswagen has invested $300m in Israeli ride hailing provider, Gett, which competes with Uber, Lyft, and Didi Chuxing. Volkswagen's investment comes months after General Motors injected $500m into privately held American ...
Tags: Volkswagen, automaker
Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk has fully acquired US-based Driftwood Dairy by buying the remaining 30% stake for $3m. The acquisition comes more than two years after the company bought 70% stake in the US company for $7m. Driftwood ...
Tags: Vietnamese dairy, Dairy products