IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche will be acquiring 80% interest in five companies - Benhil, Erca, Gasti, Hamba and Hassia - which currently form the Oystar Group. The newly formed company will function under the name IMA Dairy&Food ...
Quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to reach the 10 gigawatt (GW) level for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to Solarbuzz, annual APAC PV demand in 2014 is forecast ...
Tags: APAC PV demand, global PV market, Lights
Singapore’s Olam International has agreed to acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company, in a $1.3bn deal. This new development is expected to enhance Olam's chocolate and cocoa businesses, in an effort ...
Australian supermarket group Coles’ customer rewards program flybuys has launched flybuys eShops, which enables customers to collect rewards through online shopping at big brands. Coles said flybuys eShops was “an online ...
Tags: Online Shopping, flybuys eShops, Agriculture
A revolution in the scheduling of meeting rooms and other essential office resources has been unveiled by Smartway2 Limited, the leading developer of cloud-based resource scheduling solutions. Smartway2 has been designed to respond to the ...
Print and visual communications specialist Callprint has announced plans for a fast-track recruitment drive as it embarks on plans to grow and develop its business to achieve its target of £25m in the next two years. The latest ...
Murata Electronics North America Inc, a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan has acquired all outstanding shares of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA for $12.50 per share. Peregrine will continue to ...
UK smoking rate has been reduced to its lowest ever level since the recording commenced in the 1940s. Official figures are suggesting that the smoking prevalence among older than 18 years old users decreased from 19.8% back in 2012 to 18.7% ...
Tags: Smoking Rate, Consumer Electronics
China-based vendor TCL Communication Technology Holdings has managed to ramp up its smartphone shipments to over five million units a month since October and will reach its goal of shipping 40 million smartphones in 2014, according to the ...
Tags: TCL, Smartphone
Sports Direct International Plc reported group revenue rose 6.5 percent to .43 billion in the 26 weeks ended Oct. 26. The UK-based retailer, which has been acquiring retailers across Europe, reported revenues at its Sports Retail division ...
Tags: Premium Lifestyle, Sporting Goods
Since the 21st century, China has seen rapid development of the welding equipment industry, and become the world's largest producer and exporter of welding equipment. In 2013, the enterprises with the annual sales revenue of over RMB20 ...
Tags: welding equipment, Manufacturing
BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, announced it has signed an exclusive supply agreement for bio-based succinic acid with Oleon. Under the terms of the five-year contract, which runs from ...
Tags: Bio-Succinic Acid, Lubricant, Construction
China's consumer prices in November grew by their slowest pace in five years, official data showed on Wednesday, raising the probability of more easing measures by the central bank. China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of ...
Tags: consumer prices, November's CPI
“From our research we know that our fans are already hugely interested in utilising K’NEX for this kind of play.” K’NEX is all set to enter the blaster sector next year with the launch of its new K-FORCE brand. ...
Tags: New K-Force Brand, blaster, Toys
Based on actual total installation capacity of 3.79GWp for PV systems set up around China during the first three quarters of 2014, the total installation capacity for the whole year is estimated at 7-10GWp, far short of the target of 14GWp ...
Tags: PV Installation, PV systems, Lights