Printing inks manufacturer, Siegwerk has introduced new ink range for offset printing and subsequent electron beam (EB) curing suitable for flexible packaging. The new ink solution is designed to provide flexible packaging printers with ...
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Where Food Comes From (WFCF) has acquired a 60% stake in California based SureHarvest for nearly $2.8m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Based in Colorado, WFCF is a North American food verification company whose controlling stake in an agri-food ...
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In January, Burt's Bees introduces Burt's Bees Plant-Based Protein Shakes -- its first foray into the functional food arena. The line includes Daily Protein, Protein +Gut Health with Probiotics, and Protein +Healthy Radiance with ...
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The Everstone Group has acquired an undisclosed stake in Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies for $35m. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating Everstone's growth in the fast-expanding nutraceuticals space. OmniActive is a major ...
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The first edition of Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai closed with great success: 20,750 visitors came to the show from the first tier regions of China and the central regions with strong growth rate, as Sichuan, Hubei and Henan. An ...
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A champion of the yak as an emblem of the Tibetan highlands brings the spirit of the animal to a Beijing museum, Wang Kaihao reports. On China's online social networks, Wu Yuchu called himself Yagebo, which means old yak in Tibetan. An ...
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1. New emojis Your iPhone or iPad keyboards just got 72 new emojis with the upgrade to iOS 10.2 -- because we clearly haven't reached the peak of emoji communication just yet. This includes new professions (that include both men and ...
Sun Chemical is set to exhibit its metal decorating ink solutions at the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum (ADF) 2017 in France. The company will showcase its portfolio of inks for monobloc, tube and aerosol cans at the event, which will take ...
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UK-based packaging firm DS Smith has designed a new biodegradable and recyclable carton to pack French champagne brand Veuve Clicquot’s products. The new eco-friendly packaging solution was designed following completion of ...
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ConAgra Grocery Products, a subsidiary of ConAgra, has agreed to pay a fine $11.2m to resolve a decade long peanut butter case related to a countrywide outbreak of salmonella in the US. The company has pleaded guilty of shipping ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health has announced that it will sell its global food safety diagnostics business to a Warburg Pincus portfolio company Hygiena. However, the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition ...
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Spanish food company Ebro Foods has announced the merger of its three US rice and pasta companies in a bid to become a major player in the two segments in the country. The companies to be merged, with effective from 1 January 2017, are ...
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The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces that the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus (VIRCA Plus) consortium of American, Nigerian, Ugandan, and Kenyan institutions recently received a five-year, $10.46m grant The grant has ...
Corbion has secured patent in Europe for new method to produce aqueous potassium lactate solutions. The new method is said to provide flavor, concentration and quality advantages over traditional methods. Aqueous potassium lactate (KL) ...
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After years of fighting, domestic milk still did not restore the situation in the local market, many parents still choose the expensive imported milk powder. But online shopping of imported milk powder is not necessarily reassuring, ...
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