Sustainability at DyStar is driven by the integration of sustainable practices into its daily operations and value chain. An annual award scheme linked to its Company-wide Sustainability Program, “Caring for the Future”, was ...
The rise of the "hybrid consumer" is an emerging trend with significant implications for food companies, food retailers and foodservice companies. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are becoming less interested in ...
Tags: Packaging, hybrid consumer, food
The most sensible shopper? The premium-value food retailing trend will be driven partly by 'more objective' women enjoying greater purshasing power Consumers are becoming less interested in mid-market products, preferring to trade down ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Tubos Reunidos, a leading Spanish seamless tube and pipe producer, has announced its financial results for the first three months of the current year, announcing an 86 percent year-on-year fall in its consolidated net profit to €1.16 ...
Tags: seamless tube, pipe producer
Intel's Atom processors designed for netbooks could be on their last leg, with analysts saying that the chip maker could be tweaking its product road map as PC sales tumble and tablet adoption widens. Intel's most recent Atom processor ...
A biscuit manufacturer has secured a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester Investment Fund to expand its business and create more than 45 jobs. Hill Biscuits will create more than 45 new jobs after a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester ...
Tags: Biscuit Firm, Biscuit, biscuit manufacturer
Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco, has announced the launch of the new Certis Silver Universal CRT (controlled room temperature) shipper series to protect pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines and other high-value products. The new ...
Sonoco ThermoSafe, a provider of temperature assurance packaging, has introduced new Certis Silver Universal controlled room temperature (CRT) design-qualified shippers. Certis CRT design-qualified shippers ensure ambient thermal ...
Tags: Sonoco, pharmaceuticals, value products
The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
"It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed. ...
Former general manager of sales at Ricoh, Greg Heard, has been appointed national sales manager at Fuji Xerox Printers. As part of the Fuji Xerox Printers’ senior management team, Heard will be responsible for “driving sales ...
Tags: Fuji, Xerox Printers, Office Supplies
Meat firm Cranswick has offset rising pig prices to deliver "impressive growth" in the three months to December 31, according to City analysts. Cranswick delivered "impressive growth", despite soaring pig prices Panmure Gordon analyst ...
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Global pipe and tube producer Tenaris announced Wednesday that in January, the company began a new phase in its long-term supply agreement with Brazilian multinational energy company Petrobras, which will last until 2017. Throughout the ...
Tags: pipe and tube producer, Tenaris, Brazilian multinational energy company
The rigid plastic packaging firm published its interim management statement this morning (31 January). In its statement, the company said: “When adjusted for this effect, profitability during the period on a constant currency basis ...
Tags: rigid plastic packaging, RPC, Q3, Operating Profit
Global demand for pumps is forecast to rise 6.4 percent per year through 2016 to $76.1 billion. Although growth will be healthy across the globe (spurred by recovery from the recent economic downturn), the drivers of growth will vary by ...
Tags: pump, pump demand, economic downturn