China's manufacturing business activity continued improving in May, with an important index remaining in expansion territory, official data showed on Monday. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key measure of factory ...
Tags: Economy, Manufacturing
China's new 10-year new-energy vehicle development plan has more objective, practical goals than the one released in 2012, after NEV sales in the first quarter accounted for only 5 percent of this year's original target. The Ministry of ...
Cosmo Films has a growing interest in the Australian market, and its range of specialty films with barrier properties shows it has much to offer. Barrier properties are increasingly important for packaged food products, and Cosmo Films ...
Alex Brands will now be able to utilise Juratoys’ European distribution centres for its US-based toys. Alex Brands has made its first move into Europe with the acquisition of French toymaker, Juratoys. Based in Orgelet, France, ...
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Chiripal Group company and India’s second biggest denim fabric producer, Nandan Denim Limited posted revenue growth of 22.7 per cent year over year in the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. In a press release, Nandan Denim ...
Tags: denim fabric, Textile
Nike topped the list of the most valuable apparel brand with a brand value of $29,717 million in the 2015 BrandZ top 100 global ranking. It is followed by Zara at $22,036 million and H&M at 13,087 million. Tommy Hilfiger was tenth with a ...
Tags: Nike, Global Ranking, Apparel
It approached the bank after outgrowing its former base and purchased a 21,373 sq ft unit on Gresley Business Park, Swadlincote. Director Paul Horobin said: “The assistance offered by NatWest has been brilliant. With their help we ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, packing shapes
Amway has opened a new $42m nutrition manufacturing and R&D facility in Buena Park in the US state of California. The new facility is a part of the company's ongoing $332m manufacturing expansion strategy to open five facilities this ...
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April's Chinese light vehicle results echoed previous concerns as sales of locally made models grew by as little as 2 percent from a year earlier to 1.91 million units. Leaving aside any discrepancies that might have risen from the timing ...
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The UK is second only to Australia, the research group reveals. The UK boasts the world’s second highest spend-per child on toys and videogames, according to the latest projections from Euromonitor. Second only to Australia, ...
Tags: toys, spend per child, videogames
Coiledspring Games is sponsoring this week's UK Games Expo and will be showcasing a number of new games. The firm will be displaying Adventure Tours - the latest from the inventor of Love Letter, Seiji Kanai - as well as his newest card ...
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Muller Wiseman Dairies has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of 250g packs of butter for the food-service and retail convenience sectors. Available in Muller Wiseman Dairies Black and White packaging, the 100% British ...
H.B. Fuller has introduced two new flexible packaging adhesives, promising manufacturers savings in time and cost. The adhesives, Flextra Fast and Flextra Reseal, were launched at ICE Europe in Munich, Germany. The Flextra Fast SFA ...
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SPC Ardmona, an Australian fruit packing company owned by Coca-Cola Amatil, has opened the phase I of the $100m modernisation and renewal project at its fruit processing plant in Shepparton, Australia. The new SPC snack line at the ...
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Tokyo is the world’s hottest market for retail expansion, attracting 63 new brands last year as leasing momentum in core areas remained strong, despite mixed signals in the economy and an increase in the sales tax to eight per cent in ...