Cargill has announced a U.S. $1.35 million, three-year partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to provide support for the Bilibiza Agriculture Institute (IABil) in order to enhance and expand educational possibilities for farmers in ...
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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is expected ...
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The technology company The Linde Group has signed an agreement to acquire the homecare company Calea France SAS (Sèvres, France). Calea generated revenue in the 2011 financial year of EUR 28 million with around 200 employees. The ...
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US-based nutrition company Herbalife has entered into an agreement to acquire a manufacturing facility in Winston Salem,North Carolina for$22.2m. This move is line with the company's strategy to increase the self-manufacturing of its ...
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hCGTreatments/Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans leads the nation in fast weight loss by incorporating technology into their already superior hCG diet. Taking advantage of technology is what sets the Diet Doc hCG Diet apart from their ...
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A new app from the NRDC connects technology with fresh, organic produce. As explained The Huffington Post in a recent article, the iPhone app, titled "NRDC Eat Local" allows shoppers to find out what produce is in season and where they can ...
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Health experts have urged food manufacturers to fortify more food with Vitamin D as the 19th century disease rickets returns to the UK. Rickets is caused by deficiency or impaired metabolism of vitamin D, phosphorus or calcium. Vitamin ...
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A. Hopf, a developer of injection moulding solutions, has launched new 3-way stopcocks and Y-connectors, designed for use in enteral feeding systems. Made with Eastman Chemical Company's Tritan copolyester, the new stopcocks and ...
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WithoutWire (WoW) increased its total market share by growing faster than the overall WMS market in 2011 as reported by Arc Advisory Group's Warehouse Management Systems Worldwide Outlook. The Art of Inventory, a Minneapolis based company ...
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DISCLAIMER: UBM Canon is the parent company of Packaging Digest. The 12th edition of Pharmapack Europe, Feb. 13-14, 2013, Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris), will welcome more than 3,000 visitors from all over the globe and around 280 ...
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Kids Gourmet, a natural brand extension of Baby Gourmet aimed at school-aged kids, today announces its launch and introduces its first snack line, Squoosh. Squoosh, the only organic snack with a full serving of fruit & veg in every pouch, ...
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For the more than three million children who stay in Hyatt hotels, the chain developed a "For kids, by kids" menu, which aims of promoting "healthy people, a healthy planet and healthy communities." Hyatt Introduces Groundbreaking ...
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Danone is to cut EUR200m (US$261m) in costs from its European operations in a bid to "win back its competitive edge" in the region after falling sales. The French food giant said it would "adapt" its management structure in Europe and ...
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A US 'activist' investor who has stamped his authority on Heinz, Cadbury and Kraft has taken a euro242M (€300M) stake in Danone, vowing to improve its profitability. Nelson Peltz, the head of Trian Partners, said the maker of ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health has launched its range of mesophilic cultures for Tvarog, a curd based cheese, in order to accelerate its growth in the Eastern Europe. Tvarog has a consistency in between cottage and fresh cheese. ...
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