Guardian Industries has reached an agreement in principle for KGIC LLC,a subsidiary of Koch Industries,to purchase a minority stake in Guardian,according to an Oct.3 letter from the Guardian board of directors to employees.As both are ...
UK food wholesaler Booker is set to buy the local cash-and-carry assets of German retail giant Metro Group. Booker said today (30 May) it had agreed a cash-and-shares deal that values Metro's Makro UK arm at GBP139.7m. As part of the ...
German retail giant Metro Group has sold its Real grocery chain in eastern Europe to French retailer Auchan for EUR1.1bn (US$1.4bn). The transaction, announced today (30 November), comprises Real's operational activities in Poland, ...
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The long-awaited disposal of Metro's Real grocery chain in eastern Europe was finally announced this week, putting an end to months of speculation over the future of the division. French retail giant Auchan was the buyer, securing the ...
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Let's talk about software. When that topic comes up at Modern, we're generally talking about warehouse management systems. And for good reason. During the late 1990's, when I began writing about materials handling automation, end users were ...
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The Humboldt University in Berlin was founded in 1810, inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt. The institution soon became a meeting place for famous scientists from all over Europe and developed into Germany's biggest and most ...
MANHATTAN, NY (BRAIN) — Who needs electricity to run a bike shop? A handful of Manhattan bike shops re-opened Wednesday following post-tropical storm Sandy, as the city was flooded with bike commuters. Bicycle Habitat opened ...
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Puma AG announces financial result of the third quarter and first nine months of 2012. Performance Third Quarter 2012 •Consolidated sales increase 6.0%in Euro terms •EBIT before special items decreases by ...
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The Administrative Board of PUMA SE unanimously elected Jean-François Palus as Chairman of the Administrative Board,with effect from 1 December 2012,following the announcement of Jochen Zeitz's resignation on 15 October 2012. ...
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Sportlifestyle company PUMA will be launching a collection of shoes,apparel and accessories that are either biodegradable or recyclable when consumers return them to PUMA's Bring Me Back Program at the end of their lifecycles.With the PUMA ...
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Dockweiler Chemicals GmbH of Marburg,Germany,which supplies highly purified,liquid metal-organic(MO)compounds for chemical vapour deposition(CVD)applications,says that it is marketing its international full-service solutions with immediate ...
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Bright Food, the Chinese food group, was full of confidence this week about the prospects for UK cereal firm Weetabix, its first investment in Europe after missing out on companies including United Biscuits and Yoplait. Elsewhere, Orkla ...
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Four thousand cabinets a day. That’s the current output at Armstrong Cabinet Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries. In business since 1860, Armstrong World entered the wood products industry in 1998 following its ...
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TRW Automotive Holdings (TRW) has unveiled its new capacitive touchpad sensor including advanced handwriting recognition software to help drivers and passengers coordinate and operate several functions within the car. The new touchpad ...
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Extruders make everything from medical tubing and film and sheet for packaging — Strong markets— To vinyl windows and siding — These days, not so hot. The diversity sums up the North American extruder market in 2011. The ...
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