The backlash against sugar has changed consumer attitudes is effecting global markets, according to a new report from global market research organisation Euromonitor International. The report identifies 34 global markets, all of which saw ...
Tags: sweeteners, Sugar
In July 2014 Huhtamaki announced that as a result of its growing strategic focus on food packaging it had started to evaluate options regarding its films business. The annual net sales of the films segment were €187m in 2013 and the ...
Tags: Films Business, Packaging
Finland-based packaging company Huhtamaki will be selling its films business to German private equity company Deutsche Beteiligungs for $175m (€141m). Huhtamaki is known for supplying paper cups to McDonald's. The company stated ...
Tags: food packaging, Films Segment, Agriculture
Ezaki Glico, Japanese snacks maker, is aiming to make its Pocky biscuit into a RM3.34 bn (US$1 bn) brand. The company with 92-year history is planning to grow overseas by promoting its stick-shaped, chocolate-coated Pocky pretzels in ...
Tags: Pocky pretzels, snacks maker
Intertek, one of the leading multinational inspection, product testing, and certification companies, headquartered in London, has launched Computer Aided Design (CAD) E-Fit Support Service in apparel manufacturing in Gurgaon city, India. ...
Tags: Computer Aided Design, Intertek, Apparel
The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...
Tags: Dispersions, coatings sector
Columbia Sportswear Company reported record net sales of $675.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, an increase of $152.2 million, or 29 percent, compared with net sales of $523.1 million for the same period in 2013. Third ...
Mazda has commenced production of Mazda2 at Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), a new plant in Mexico. MMVO has also commenced operations at the newly constructed MMVO's engine machining plant which adopts the production ...
Tags: Mazda, Production, Accessories
In the first nine months of the current year, Turkey's steel pipe exports increased by 2.71 percent year on year to 1.44 million metric tons, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID). ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has opened its first Regional Innovation Center (RIC) in Navi Mumbai, India. The RIC center is expected to host approximately 100 technical employees in chemical research and application ...
Tags: Clariant, Innovation Center
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) said that in the highly labour-intensive textile sector, rigid labour laws have been a major hindrance to investments and scaling up of production facilities. Prem Malik, Chairman, CITI ...
Tags: Textile Industry, textile sector
So far, dual-clutch transmission (DCT) technology is only available in the award-winning Duonic gearbox available in Mitsubishi Fuso Canter class 4/5 trucks, but you'll be seeing more of it soon. Fuso was first with a DCT in a commercial ...
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has predicted that there would be an increase in the demand of Indian textiles in the domestic and global markets. In a statement, CITI chairman Prem Malik said there was a decline in ...
To get more orders from global markets, Bangladeshi apparel exporters should concentrate on manufacturing more value added products, South Korean envoy to Bangladesh said. Bangladeshi textile and apparel industry should move beyond ...
Tags: Apparels
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), an American global food-processing and commodities-trading company, has unveiled its global headquarters and customer centre in downtown Chicago. Nearly 70 ADM employees are based in the two-floor ...
Tags: ADM, Headquarters, Food