Sometimes,I may sound like a broken record.Five or six years ago,I had a fascinating conversation about pallet and packaging design with Mark White,then a professor at Virginia Tech University and Modern's resident pallet guru.I've been ...
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US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
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A fall in costs pushed up half-year profits at Fresh Del Monte Produce despite the US company reporting lower sales. Fresh Del Monte said today (31 July) its first-half net income was US$119.7m, up from $90.4m a year earlier. The higher ...
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Old South Foods, a leading bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods, has converted its 16-ounce barbecue sauce decanter from glass to hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world's leading producer ...
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Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to Old South Foods, a bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods to replace its 16oz barbecue sauce decanter from glass. According to Amcor, the ...
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) flat glass business announced that it can now manufacture heat-strengthened glass in thicknesses of less than 3 millimeters, which makes it among the first major glass manufacturers in North America to offer ...
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Proactive Investors reported that UBS has taken a closer look at Ferrexpo and sees no reason to change its positive stance on the Swiss iron ore company. UBS analyst Mr Myles Allsop said that while Ferrexpo is set to increase pellet ...
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Packaging solutions provider CSP Technologies has globally launched Activ-Blister desiccated blister packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. Activ-Blister desiccant film technology monitors the internal atmosphere of each ...
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US-based supplier of packaging solutions CSP Technologies has announced the global launch of its Activ-Blister desiccated blister packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. According to the company, the Activ-Blister desiccant film ...
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Bluefly Inc., a leading online retailer of designer brands, fashion trends and superior value, announced its results for the third quarter of 2012 as well as a new working capital credit facility. “We continue to execute on our new ...
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European mixed xylene suppliers were looking to put together cargoes for export to Asia as the arbitrage window to China and India looked open this week, sources said Friday. One supplier said it was putting together a 5,000 mt cargo ...
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Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
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* Baosteel, Wuhan Steel keeps October prices flat * A move keen to stabilise the tumbling market BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Baoshan Iron and Steel, China's largest listed steelmaker, will roll over its September steel prices to ...
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Hooker Furniture reported net sales of $50.2 million and net income of $1.5 million, or $0.14 per share, for its fiscal 2013 second quarter, which ended July 29, 2012. For the fiscal 2013 first half, net sales were $101.9 million and net ...
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HIGH POINT — After a summer respite that provided some temporary relief, diesel fuel prices are on the rise again - much to the dismay of trucking companies that transport furniture, as well as manufacturers and retailers who operate ...