More car exports to Oceanic country look unlikely in near future Chinese carmakers look unlikely to take advantage of the free trade agreement between China and Australia signed this month due to their lack of competitiveness in the ...
Tags: Chinese carmakers, Australian marke, Car
As Zubin Zarthoshtimanesh, a yoga guru, demonstrated postures at a high school stadium in Dujiangyan city, Sichuan province, some 200 students sat on colorful mats watching him closely. It was part of the first India-China international ...
Russia is planning to extend a ban on food imports from the European Union (EU) for an additional period of six months in response to extended sanctions by EU over the Ukraine crisis. The extended ban may also include flowers and ...
Tags: food export, food imports, flower, chocolate
While increased offshoring of manufacturing might be hurting the packaging supply chain, there is still “enormous potential growth in the packaging sector both sides of the Tasman”. This is the view of Greg Chapman, managing ...
Australian entrepreneur Justin Dowel has responded to the retail sector's growing demand for shelf-ready cartons containing smaller quantities with the investment in a compact end-of-line solution for Natures Organics. The cartonising ...
Tags: Shelf-Ready Cartons, Packaging
Recent turbulence in the raw material supply chain is forcing Europe’s leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC to increase its rigid and flexible packaging prices, but this will not impact the Australian market. The ...
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Line-X Protective Coatings, the global leader, developer and provider of high performance protective coatings, announces the grand opening of their first-ever master franchise in Australia. Based in Welshpool, the store includes a ...
Lectra’s cut order optimisation technology helped improve material consumption by 10-15 per cent and throughput by approximately 20 per cent at Art Stone, a designer and producer of dance apparel. The solution provided ...
Tags: dance apparel, apparel
Australian thermal coal shippers such as BHP Billiton, Glencore, Peabody Energy and Rio Tinto may potentially have to wait until June 2017 for China to eliminate its 6% tariff on imports of Australian thermal coal, the Australian government ...
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Australian food company Beston is planning to acquire milk processor United Dairy Power for an undisclosed amount. United Dairy's milk processing plants in Murray Bridge and Jervois which were closed after the company went into ...
Tags: Milk Processor, Dairy Product
In its latest report, USDA has projected the global 2015/16 cotton production to decline 6 per cent from the previous season to 111.3 million bales. “Lower crops are forecast for most major cotton-producing countries in 2015/16, ...
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Cardia Bioplastics has launched a sustainable bioproducts bag range which helps divert organic waste from landfill. Cardia Bioproducts Compostable and Biohybrid Bags are now available for the use of retailers, councils, businesses and ...
A new coffee 'bean bag' has been introduced to the Australian market. Produced by Jed's Coffee Company, the coffee bean bag works and looks like a tea bag. The bag is designed to be placed in a mug before hot water is added. After ...
Tags: Bean Bag, Coffee package, tea bag
Despite an Australian economy growing at a moderate 2.3 per cent according to March quarter figures released by the ABS this month, the latest data on trade payments reveals that businesses are paying their invoices at the fastest rate on ...
Tags: Australian economy, payment times
Australian-based Beston Global Food Company has revealed it has acquired milk producer United Dairy Power from the receivers. The South Australian based United Dairy Power which was an aggregator of milk suppliers across Victoria and ...
Tags: Dairy Power, milk