Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
Tags: Meat, pork, meat industry, Agriculture, Food
Amit Patni and Arihant Patni announced picking up significant stake in Mumbai based, Bombay Shirt Company (BSC)-India's first online custom shirt brand, for an undisclosed amount. Conceived and based in the heart of Mumbai, BSC prides ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Shirt
Canadian dairy giant Saputo is seeking acquisitions across the US, Canada, Latin America and Australia, in a move to expand its footprint. The potential acquisitions in the US are expected to cost around C$4bn ($3.65bn), while Canadian ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, dairy, Cheese, Butter
Japanese automotive products manufacturer Denso has purchased 72.1% stake in the US-based vehicle diagnostic and telematics solutions provider EASE Simulation. The transaction is expected to help DENSO expand research and development of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Car parts
More than half of Asia's gas needs will be supplied by LNG by 2030, Santos Ltd CEO David Knox said Thursday, adding that this will provide the Australian LNG exporter opportunities to grow. Speaking from the Brisbane Mining Club, Knox ...
Tags: Gas, Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Spain-based food company Ebro Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire 52% stake in the Italian company Pastificio Lucio Garofalo for EUR62.5m. Pastificio owns brands such as Garofalo, Santa Lucia and Russo de Cicciano, inter ...
Tags: Ebro Foods, Dry Pasta
China's state-owned Sinopec said Wednesday it has signed a pact with Kuwait Petroleum Co to enhance cooperation in the oil sector, including refining. Sinopec, or China Petrochemical Corp., said the deal was signed Tuesday in Beijing in ...
Tags: Oil, Refining, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Halla Visteon Climate Control (HVCC), an automotive supplier of climate systems, has signed an agreement to take up majority stake of 51% in Japan Climate Systems (JCS) Nanjing. The acquisition of majority ownership in the company is said ...
Tags: JCS Nanjing, automakers
Driven by the fanfare over (and overestimation of) the LCD display market, the LED front-end equipment market experienced an unprecedented investment cycle in 2010-2011. The market surge was driven mostly by MOCVD reactor shipments to new ...
Tags: General Lighting, LED TV
Optare, a UK-based bus manufacturer, has launched a new double decker bus, MetroDecker, at Transport Museum in London. The new double decker bus is said to have a low unladen weight of about 9.8t, achieved with a combination of ...
Tags: Optare, Decker Bus
The smart lighting industry involves the use of lighting control systems that deliver correct amount of light when needed. It deals with the technology where lights can automatically perform various operations at set times or under set ...
Tags: Smart Lighting, LED
GDF Suez has signed a sales and purchase heads of agreement with Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power to deliver 270,000 mt/year of LNG over a 20-year period starting in 2018 from the planned Cameron LNG plant in the US, the French ...
Tags: LNG, Tohoku Electric
The world trade organization (WTO) will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary birthday, but someone worried about its life was at stake, because it does not address imbalances between developing countries and developed countries. Since from ...
South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp imported 12.61 million mt of LNG in the first quarter, up 0.5% from 12.55 million mt a year earlier, the company said in a statement Wednesday. All of the volumes were imported under long-term ...
Tags: LNG Imports, LNG
Bosch's Automotive Aftermarket Business Division has announced its Diamond level sponsorship of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition, helping mentor future technicians who have shown a passion for the automotive service industry. ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories