China raised the consumption tax on cigarettes from five percent to 11 percent, announced the Ministry of Finance in a statement on Friday. Each cigarette will be taxed an additional 0.005 yuan during the wholesale process, effective from ...
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Scottish craft beer producer BrewDog has announced its plan to open first US brewery in Columbus, Ohio. As cited in a statement on BrewDog's site: "We are also delighted to announce that we are looking for a site in Columbus, Ohio that ...
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Savio India recently hosted a technical seminar in Ahmedabad and Rajkot in Gujarat, India and showcased a presentation on winding and splicing technologies. From Savio were present, Dr Gabriele Checchini, CEO of the Indian operations, ...
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British company woos parents with its heritage brand name, service and quality With the birth of Britain's royal baby, Prince George, having caused a sensation in China, it is hardly a surprise to see the royal family's choice of pram, ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced WaveMax Technology as a waveguide platform featuring a combination of control, uniformity and efficiency to deliver solid-state lighting in new form factors that ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA claims that its new XLamp XP-L High Intensity LED is the first single-die LED to deliver more than 100,000 candela with a 50mm diameter optic at 10W (more than double the ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced new TrueWhite LEDs, targeting previously untapped lighting applications such as high-performance retail spots. Delivering a color rendering index (CRI) of ...
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Beijing Tongrentang (TRT) Co Ltd, a renowned traditional Chinese medicine maker, earned 239.74 million yuan ($39.17 million) in net profits in the first quarter of 2015, up 13.72 percent from the previous year. The company filed its ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that during first-quarter 2015 it received multiple new long-term purchase orders worth up to $3m for its antimonide substrate materials. The purchase orders are from ...
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Taiwanese LED maker Everlight Electronics Co Ltd says that, on 22 April, the jury before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that all asserted claims of the white LED patents of Japan's Nichia Corp are invalid ...
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The group has issued its trading up date for the period from January and added that overall beverage can volumes were up 5%. Growth was strong in the UK, Russia, Germany and Italy. Rexam said that the boost in volumes was driven by energy ...
The European economy is forecast to grow by circa 1.2% this year, given fresh impetus by the €60 billion a month of quantitative easing recently initiated by the ECB. This has caused a significant depreciation of the euro; we’ll ...
UK-based Connect Packaging has invested more than £1.5m in purchasing equipments to enhance its potential in the shelf-ready packaging market. The company based in Essex has purchased new printing equipment including a ...
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California based beer maker Stone Brewing Co. has launched a new version of Stone Pale Ale in 12-ounce six-packs and on draft. Stone Pale Ale 2.0 features a new hop variety known as Mandarina Bavaria and a radically different grain bill. ...
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The protein and sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods has completed the acquisition of the manufacturing assets of American stuffed sandwich maker Better Bakery on undisclosed terms. Better Bakery's production operations will now be moved ...
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