The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has imposed preliminary anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs of 9-286% on crystalline silicon PV modules and laminates (semi-finished PV modules) as well as thin-film PV modules ...
Dutch brewing company Heineken is planning to build a new brewery in northern Mexico, which will see an investment of around $470m. The proposed plant will be capable of producing nearly 5 million hectoliters of beer annually. The ...
Weston Foods, a subsidiary of Canadian food processing firm George Weston Limited, has acquired cakes producer Starr Culinary Delights. The acquisition forms a part of Weston Foods' commitment to grow and offer quality bakery products ...
Tags: Weston Foods, food processing, Cakes
Rickland Orchards, a brand owned by US-based B&G Foods, has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new CLVR bars range. This is in line with the company's strategy to provide gluten-free, dairy-free snack bar that is ...
Tags: Food, Certification
Canadian food safety organisation Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) has received a $549,278 funding from Harper Government to purchase new equipment to expand and modernise its testing efficiency. This new financial support will help PDS ...
Tags: Food Safety, New Equipment
Floreon, a tougher and easier to process bioplastic material produced by UK-based Floreon Transforming Packaging, has been granted a patent. The bioplastic is polyester-based polymer blend with a standard bioplastic, polylactic acid ...
Tags: Bioplastic Material, Floreon
For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
Tags: 5N Plus, Commodity Pricing
Famous women apparel brands Lela Rose and Protagonist have chosen the cloud-based FashionManager enterprise software solution by RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc., software solutions provider to the fashion industry’s biggest and ...
Tags: Womenswear, Textile
Ford’s Oakville Assembly plant has commenced production of 2015 Ford Edge, which will be exported to more than 100 countries. The Oakville Assembly plant has also added 400 new employees in addition to the 1,000 employees who will ...
Tags: diesel engine, Ford Edge
Axiom has entered into a strategic alliance with Canada-based developer and marketer of innovative and environmentally friendly packaging solutions PaperNuts. The transaction will make PaperNuts a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axiom. Once ...
Peru, Belarus and Taiwan have imposed a temporary ban on beef product imports from Canada, over the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak. Earlier this month, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of ...
Tags: Beef Products, beef exports
Driven mainly by a stronger demand in the Americas, sales in the fourth quarter of 2014 recovered and rose by 6.3 per cent from the year ago quarter, at sports goods and apparel marketer Puma. “In comparison with fourth quarter of ...
Tags: Puma, sports goods
The American sportswear and casualwear designer, distributor and licensor Perry Ellis International (PEI) has signed a license agreement with Sensual, Inc., a division of USA Apparel Group, granting rights to design and distribute intimates ...
Tags: sportswear, casualwear, Apparel
The Chinese currency has seen sharp volatility against the US dollar this week as a strengthening dollar stokes worries of the yuan's depreciation. The yuan continued to decline against the dollar on Wednesday with its spot exchange rate ...
Tags: China's New Yuan, Chinese currency
Producer and supplier of paper and packaging products Sappi North America has launched LusterCote, a superior C1S paper for labels and other related end use applications to cater to global consumer demand. Sappi will produce LusterCote at ...
Tags: paper products, packaging products