China and the US are the two countries most likely to come up with “disruptive technology breakthroughs” in the next two to four years, according to KPMG’s global Tech Innovation Survey 2012. Nearly one third of ...
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Hain Celestial has today (22 August) been announced as the buyer of Premier Foods plc's spreads assets, including brands such as Hartley's jam and Sun-Pat peanut butter. The US food group had been linked to Premier's spreads business, ...
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Nestle and General Mills have said they will cut the amount of sugar in 20 breakfast cereal products by up to 30%. Cereal Partners Worldwide, the companies' venture to sell products outside North America, said it would lower the sugar ...
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Hain Celestial is to sell its UK sandwich business Daily Bread to Adelie Food Group in return for the local firm's prepared fruits business. The US group said the deal with Adelie, which supplies products including salads, quiches and ...
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Agribusiness giant Bunge has announced the opening of an ingredient innovation centre in the US. The "state-of-the-art" centre in Bradley in Illinois will include an industrial kitchen and corporate dining facilities, Bunge said. After ...
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £50m investment in London's Tech City to create facilities for start-ups and entrepreneurs. The money will go towards a building incubator facilities at Old Street's technology hub ...
Amcor Tobacco Packaging is set to install a new 19-Unit KBA Offset Press at its Innovation Centre in Rickenbach, Switzerland. The press, expected to be delivered later in 2012 has been specifically developed to produce packaging products ...
Ireland-based food ingredients and flavors group Kerry plans to set up a EUR100m food technology center in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, in order to cater to its customers in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region. The Kerry ...
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New Zealand ingredient company BioVittoria has announced that McNeil Nutritionals has launched 'Nectresse Natural No Calorie Sweetener' – a new tabletop sweetener made with BioVittoria's monk fruit extract, in the US. McNeil ...
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Aptiv Solutions has launched its proprietary suite of adaptive trial software, Addplan 6.0 PE. The Addplan 6.0 PE provides the statistical methodology, simulation and analysis tools for adaptive clinical trials that include an enrichment ...
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Zurich-based DKSH is planning to open its second innovation center in Mumbai, India by the end of this month for an undisclosed amount. The initiative is a part of its strategy to help confectionery and bakery products manufacturers to ...
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November 20, 2012 - Toronto’s Ryerson University launched what it calls Canada’s first business incubator and accelerator devoted solely to urban energy. Housed at the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE), the Innovation Centre for ...
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Under the motto"Are you a FANatic?Make it FANtastic!",everything at the Golden Shirt Award 2014 is set to revolve around"fans"–football fans who might make their way to Brazil in 2014 for the Football World Cup;music enthusiasts who ...
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Kerry,the global ingredients&flavours and consumer foods group,issues the following Interim Management Statement for the nine months to 30 September 2012 and reaffirms outlook for full year. Business PERFORMANCE The Group continued to ...
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UK cities and urban areas are being asked by the government to demonstrate how they could become the city of tomorrow in using technology to integrate infrastructure. The future cities demonstrator project will see 20 local governments ...
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