Farm equipment manufacturers report strong sales heading into the fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' latest report (issued in August), U.S. unit retail sales showed double-digit growth in most ...
Tags: Farm Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Farm equipment
Crown, a US-based food packaging firm, is set to acquire Spanish food cans manufacturer Mivisa Envases from private equity firms Blackstone and N+1 Mercapital and management in a €1.2bn deal. Headquartered in Murcia, Spain, Mivisa ...
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Mr. Ruan Weixiang, the chairman of the Lonsheng Group and DyStar is pleased to announce that DyStar has acquired Lenmar Chemical Corporation of Dalton, Georgia. For over 30 years, Lenmar has very successfully manufactured specialty ...
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Certainly lead the trend. It also serves as an important guarantee for suppliers to win trust from customers. Following last year Lenovo cooperated with SGS to successfully hold supplier conference, in this year, the parties come jointly ...
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The Petlas PT 741 Velox Sport UHP tire will soon be available for 20-inch sport and luxury car tires in 45, 50 and 55 aspect ratios. The PT 741 Velox Sport, a UHP tire introduced last year by Turkish tire manufacturer Petlas Tire Corp. in ...
Tags: tyre, tire, auto parts
Lark Energy's proposed 10MWp solar farm in Wellingborough has been given the green light by Wellingborough Council's planning committee. Cllr Martin Griffiths, vice-chairman of the council's planning committee, said: "The committee ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar
TGE Group has announced the launch of a new solar monitoring package which will enable customers to get the most out of their solar PV installation. As one of the UK's leading solar PV specialists, TGE Group's new service will ensure ...
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A ban on State purchases of vegetable oil processed from imported rapeseeds is to protect domestic farmers' economic interests and does not mean the government is concerned about the safety of genetically modified food, an industry insider ...
Tags: Oil, Agriculture, Food, vegetable oil
Archer Daniels Midland Company today reported financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013. The company reported adjusted earnings per share1 of $0.46, down from $0.53 in the same period last year. Net earnings for the quarter ...
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Soybean imports are likely to rise to a new high in the 2013-14 market year (September 2013 to August 2014) following a drop in domestic output and greater demand for animal feed and edible oil. Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, ...
Tags: Soybean Imports, Soybean Demand
Dozens of Congolese farmers began the first vegetable harvest this week at the Kitoko Food Farm, a joint project of the Gertler Family Foundation (GFF) and the Fleurette Group. Advanced farming techniques being used at the pilot project ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Tikkurila Oyj's range of industrial coatings has been extended with new fast-drying single-coat polyurethane paints. The Temadur SC-F series have shorter drying times than the previous Temadur SC series. The new Temadur paints contain ...
Tags: Construction, steel
In 2012, forests and other wooded land occupied around 40% of the total area of the EU, cropland a quarter and grassland a further fifth, while artificial areas, such as buildings, road and rail networks accounted for 5%. These data are ...
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ASR Group, a cane sugar refining and marketing company, has purchased 50% stake in Italian sugar refinery SFIR Raffineria di Brindisi from ED&F Man, a specialist merchant of agricultural commodities, for an undisclosed amount. Built in ...
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UK-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has reached an agreement with Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), the Brazilian funding agency for scientific research, to establish a new center of excellence ...
Tags: Sustainable Chemistry, Medicine