Workers are planning strike action at Premier Foods' Wigan bakery over use of agency labour and shift pattern changes, while the firm's bakeries at Birmingham and Greenford shut on schedule. Premier Foods makes Hovis-branded products at ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Austria-based Andritz Group recently opened a plastic film production competence center at its Andritz Biax location in Foshan, China. At a recent customer day to mark the opening of the center, guests were offered tours of the ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 On paper the Renault Megane GT 220 Sport Wagon looks like an ideal blend of performance and practicality. Up front there's a ...
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Students who visit the University Co-op at the University of Texas at Austin can now browse and buy top consumer electronics products and desired brands available in a new RadioShack-branded section of the college store. The new ...
The fifth generation Subaru Liberty has been spied, in jacked-up Subaru Outback wagon guise, at least 18 months away from its debut. Wearing some body cladding, the Outback mule was snapped during testing in California, USA, and reveals a ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 4.5 Comfort & Interior 5 Quality & Design 5 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 3 Eerie though it is, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class can see things before its driver. A total 28 cameras, radars and ...
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Weather Update June 24, 2013 Part of the reason for the delay in sending an update on the crop position is the diversity of the information we are able to obtain. The weather has been very mixed depending on where you are standing. A very ...
Tags: agriculture, lentils, pulses, grains
When fully operational, the £30 million facility will support 200 convenience stores stretching from London to Brighton. The opening of the new distribution centre has created 350 jobs, providing a real boost to the local community. ...
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A Chinese proverb says: "Paradise in heaven, Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth." As one half of this famed pair of cities, Suzhou is renowned for its long history, cultural artifacts and beautiful gardens. The numerous narrow waterways ...
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The biggest limitation of using glass over Teflon plastic sheet was that glass is extremely heavy to lift and is much more prone to getting broken when fallen down. In the past, substances like rubber, glass or clay were used in households ...
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“Techtextil and Texprocess have once again set new records”, said a delighted Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, commenting on the results of the textile trade-fair double. Around 40,000 ...
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It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off. "I've been waiting here for 17 years to have this moment," he said, sitting at his office in Yangon, Myanmar. ...
Tags: Tech Industry, Myanmar
One of the largest wood pulp and paper mills in the world has water conservation at the heart of its operations. Extensive filtration and separation techniques are allowing Asia Pulp & Paper Hainan Jinhai to produce 900,000 tonnes of paper ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) today publishes its latest Plan A Report which shows progress against the programme’s 180 sustainability commitments, including its stretching 2015 targets. 139 of the 180 commitments have been achieved ...
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Bork's new flagship store in Moscow displays the brand's premium segment. The design is made by Ippolito Fleitz Group. Bork pursues a boutique concept borrowed from the fashion industry, in which spacious presentation areas are used. The ...