India has risen to 15th position on the back of solid growth in retail sales and strong prospects for future GDP growth, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 that surveyed ...
Tags: India retail, E-commerce, Economy
German automaker Volkswagen has inked an agreement with Chinese joint venture partner SAIC Motor for expanding its main Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant in Anting for electric vehicle production in China. The agreement was inked between ...
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Epson Italia S.p.A., an Epson Group company has bought the remaining stake and fully acquired For.Tex S.R.L., a leader in the textile printing industry. Epson Italia which had purchased a 50 percent stake in For.Tex in 2012 completed the ...
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In addition to its current extensive portfolio of inorganic pigment products, specialty chemicals company LANXESS will promote its line of new red shades at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey from June 1 – 4. ...
Chinese firm for photovoltaic solutions Trina Solar has provided Osaka Sangyo University (OSU) Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cells and modules for the latter's solar car project 'OSU-Model-S'. The OSU-Model-S, powered by solar energy ...
Tags: solar car, auto, car project
Organic health food product CO YO has won a Retailers’ Choice Award while celebrating new packaging at the Naturally Good Expo in Sydney. Picking up the award for Best Organic Food Product, founders Henry and Sandra Gosling have ...
Tags: Coconut Yoghurt, Labelling
LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2015 broke all registration and trade-show records with double-digit growth marking the largest staging in its 26-year history, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief ...
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BASF has opened a new Agricultural Research Station in Loni Kand, Pune, India. This new research and development (R&D) center will focus on global agricultural research on herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, as well as on solutions ...
InterContinental Beverage Capital (IBC) has signed an advisory agreement with Miami Bay Beverage Company (MBB). According to the agreement, IBC will provide strategic business and financial guidance and services aimed at refining the ...
Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its solar system business - including all technology assets and ...
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Tradin Organic Agriculture, a subsidiary of SunOpta, has increased its stake in organic sesame supplier Selet Hulling to 76%. Tradin, which operates as part of SunOpta's global ingredients division, previously held a 35% stake in Selet ...
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Firm will be launching a range of plush, figures and playsets. BOTI Global, a Hong Kong based multi-category toy company, has acquired the global rights to manufacture toys for pre-school property Miffy. 2015 marks Miffy’s 60th ...
Tags: Toy Rights, Miffy
Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) has signed a basic agreement to buy beverage business of Japan Tobacco (JT) for $1.2bn. According to SBF, the deal also includes acquisition of canned coffee brand Roots and peach-flavored drink brand Momono ...
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During Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia, China-based home appliance vendor Haier and Intel formed a strategic partnership and will expand into the wireless charging industry. Vice president of Haier Home Appliances Group Wang Ye ...
Tags: Wireless Charging, Haier, Home Appliance
At PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), silicon carbide (SiC)-based power product maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA — exhibiting with distributor partner MEV Elektronik Service GmbH ...
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