Agri-business company Olam International has agreed to acquire US peanut sheller McCleskey Mills, in a $176m deal. The acquisition is in line with Olam's strategy to invest in specific products, including edible nuts. McCleskey is ...
Tags: edible nuts, peanut sheller, Agriculture
UK-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has developed a high quality polyester lidding solution for the new The Lake District Dairy range of quark based stir-in cooking sauces. These 50 micron polyester co-extruded lids cover a ...
Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
Sunny Queen Farms launches new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice Australian egg supplier Sunny Queen Farms has launched a range of new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice outlets. Sunny Queen Farms said it developed the new flavours to ...
Tags: Gourmet Egg Dishes, Agriculture
TV supply chains estimate that TV shipments in 2015 will increase 10% on year to around 230 million driven by large-size TV demand in mature economies and small-size TV demand in emerging economies. Large-size Ultra HD TVs and other ...
Tags: TV Shipments, LCD TV
Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Monday third quarter 2014 net sales of $2.3 billion and net income of $91 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, which includes the negative impact of approximately $0.09 per diluted share related to acquisition ...
European sales of semiconductors in July 2014 amounted to US$ 3.273 billion, an increase of 14.9% compared to the same month in 2013, the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) writes. The high Year-on-Year growth in Europe, ...
Tags: SEMI, Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductors
LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 229 million units in 2015, up from 217 million in 2014, and are expected to further grow to 245 million in 2017. According to supply chain estimates, shipments will increase 3-5% on year throughout ...
Tags: LCD TV, OEMs, Electronics
The new home of the Good Toy Guide launched last Monday and has seen 15,000 visitors in it first week. Fundamentally Children, the new online home of The Good Toy Guide, is celebrating a successful launch having attracted 15,000 visitors ...
Tags: Fundamentally Children, Success, Toys
For August, Taiwan's WIN Semiconductors Corp (the world's largest pure-play gallium arsenide foundry) has reported revenue of NT$1.04bn (US$34.5m) - its highest revenue in the past 12 months - up 7.41% on July and up 23.45% on a year ago. ...
Huntsman Corporation said it saw meaningful improvements across its business, while releasing financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014, as net income skyrocketed more than 150%, from a year earlier. Net income surged ...
Tags: Huntsman Corporation, Net Income, Textile
The “Xiami Effect” of China is strongly blowing the sails of the Korean smartphone component industry. Component supplies to local smartphone manufacturers in China are surging, especially from Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG ...
Tags: Xiaomi Effect, Component Industry
YouTube music video registered over 6,000 views in the first weekend alone. Last weekend saw the release of the first single from Simba Smoby's Steffi Love. This year has seen the doll brand make the move into music as Steffi Love ...
Tags: Simba Smoby, First Single, Toys
As competition continues to heat up in the smart device market, the demand for services along the semiconductor and electronics industry’s supply chain is increasing. One of the key challenges as devices proliferate, while margins ...
Tags: Demand, Electrical, Electronics
TOKYO — Murata Manufacturing and TDK apparently enjoyed large jumps in April-June profit on increased demand for smartphone and car parts and by expanding their client base beyond Samsung. Murata likely saw operating profit rise 45% ...
Tags: Murata, TDK, Electrical, Electronics