Brazilian food company BRF Brasil Foods has reported that its net revenues increased by 14.3% to BRL7.2bn ($3.4bn) for the third quarter of 2012, compared to BRL6.2bn ($2.9bn) for the same period in 2011. The company posted net earnings ...
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Symrise has opened a €12m flavors and fragrances center in São Paulo, Brazil, as a part of its effort to strengthen the development of products tailored for the Latin American market. The Center of Excellence will combine ...
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Mozambica has opened an anti-retroviral(ARV) drugs manufacturing factory, Maputo, in the southern Matola. The Brazil funded plant will initially package, store and distribute the anti-retroviral drug, Nevirapine.produce Nevirapine, which ...
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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German automaker Daimler, has secured an order from the Brazilian government to deliver over 2,100 vehicles which will be deployed in various areas. As per the order, Mercedes-Benz will deliver ...
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Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises has been put up for sale by its only shareholder Bob Ingham,in a deal which is expected to attract food companies as well as private equity firms. Investec Bank has been appointed ...
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US-based Osprey has launched Activ-R, a product on the water bottle front for school students. Activ-R is made entirely from I'm Green Medium Density Polyethylene, which is said to be 100% biobased verified by ASTM D6866, which is derived ...
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JBS,a Brazilian meat manufacturer,will take over the Canadian beef producer XL Foods-a plant based in Alberta,Canada,which was at the center of a massive beef recall. According to JBS,the agreement enables the company to purchase the ...
Brazilian beef producer Marfrig plans to sell a stake in order to lower its mounting debts,in a move which is expected attract food companies as well as private equity firms. The company has appointed Brazilian bank Banco Itaúto ...
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San Diego-based genetic testing laboratory, Pathway Genomics, has collaborated with Diagnosticos da America (DASA). Under the partnership, DASA's physicians will have access to Pathway's Cardiac Health Insight and Pathway Fit genetic ...
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Indian automaker Tata Motors' wholly owned luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning to set up a new assembly plant in Brazil. Currently, the carmaker is in talks with Brazilian authorities about assembling its Freelander ...
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Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (CEPEA) reported that Conab’s (National Company for Food Supply) forecast that the cotton area in Brazil might shrink between 20.2% and 27.4% has led producers to refrain from closing ...
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Holidays in Brazil and in the United States in late November reduced the pace of trades in the domestic cotton market. Cotton producers were keeping the product in stock,in order to sell only in the off-season period,expecting price ...
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Demand for Brazilian elliotis pine plywood has picked up in Europe since mid-October after initially sluggish business. Importers have now bought large amounts against next year‘s duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the ...
The Brazilian Aluminium Association and the Brazilian Association of Aluminium Cans of High Recyclability have announced that Brazil topped all its previous aluminium can recycling efforts by accomplishing a historic rate of over 98% in ...
According to the Brazilian Steel Institute (IABr), Brazil's steel product sales volumes will rebound and the surplus production will be reduced in 2013. IABr expected the domestic sales volumes of rolled steel products to rise to 23.40 ...
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