American food company Hillshire Brands has signed a deal to acquire all the outstanding shares of packaged foods firm Pinnacle Foods for $6.6bn. Under the terms of the deal, each share of Pinnacle Foods common stock will be exchanged ...
Tags: Pinnacle Foods, Hillshire Brands
American food company Hillshire Brands has reported a 3.4% rise in its Q3 2014 net sales to $955m, compared to $924m in the same quarter a year ago. The increase in sales is attributable to positive price/mix in both the Retail and ...
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PVH Corp. and TS Commerce Corporation have entered into a license agreement under which TS Commerce Corporation will manufacture, sell, distribute and promote apparel and accessories for the Van Heusen brand in Korea. The initial term of ...
The Vegetable Oil Industry of Canada (VOIC) congratulates the government of Saskatchewan and the other western provinces for their success in obtaining an internal trade panel ruling that calls on Quebec to immediately cease enforcement and ...
Tags: Vegetable Oil, Food Products
Stone Brewing, a US-based brewery, has outlined plans to invest around $31m in South Carolina over the next five years, a move that would create 400 new jobs. As part of the investment, Stone is planning to establish an East Coast ...
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Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today warmly welcomed plans by the Killybegs Fishermen’s’ Organisation (KFO) and a Norwegian partner, to build the largest marine food ingredients plant in the ...
Tags: Food Ingredients, Killybegs Fishermen, Food
There was a time when the typical floor tile used in the U.S. was under a foot. Today, a 12-inch tile is considered small, as Americans have discovered the unique styling attributes of large format tiles. In fact, it wasn't too long ago ...
Tags: Tiles, floor tile, Construction, Decoration
Florida Tile celebrated the grand opening of its new 15,000-square-foot designer showroom concept and warehouse in Dallas with a VIP reception. Located at 9755 Clifford Drive (near Love Field airport), the Florida Tile facility is a ...
Tags: Tile, Construction, Decoration
The full colour, single pass press incorporates drop-on-demand inkjet technology using aqueous inks. The Corrstream comes in three ranges: 66, 40 and 20. Sun has linked up with an unnamed partner for the print heads. Mark Eaton, Sun ...
The world’s leading swimwear brand, Speedo, has signed a new three-year deal with the Spanish Swimming Federation as its exclusive product and sportswear supplier. Speedo will provide equipment and apparel for all RFEN (Real ...
No matter the category, technology has been playing a major role in the types of products manufacturers are able to produce, and the tile industry is no different. In fact, many would argue there's a technological revolution taking place in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Thinner Tiles, Tile
March 1 marked the start of a year-long 60th anniversary celebration for Florida Tile which has risen from a one-product specialty ceramic tile maker to become one of America’s top innovative brands. “What began as an ...
Tags: innovation and customer service, tile landscape, decorating tile
Doctors in the United States are writing more prescriptions for sedatives than ever before, and the frequent use of these powerful drugs in combination with narcotic painkillers may be causing medication-related deaths, a new study ...
Tags: prescriptions, Health&Medicine, care visits
US environmental authorities made a rare move Friday to block a massive copper and gold mine in Alaska before it even gets under way, in a bid to protect wild salmon. The Pebble Mine project has the potential to be one of the biggest open ...
Tags: Alaska Mine, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
About 18 months ago, I wrote about an MIT project in which computer models demonstrated that graphene could act as a filter in the desalination of water through the reverse osmosis (RO) method. RO is slightly less energy intensive than the ...