At the end of June 2012, Wrap launched the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement with the broad aim of reducing food and associated packaging waste. But what does this mean for the foodservice packaging sector and what steps can be taken to ...
Shares in Tyson Foods fell today (6 August) after the US meat giant lowered its forecast for annual sales and warned grain costs would weigh on profits in its next financial year. Tyson, which reported mixed third-quarter results today, ...
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UK gas giant BG Group is still looking to develop a third production train at its Queensland Curtis LNG project in eastern Australia, although the timing of the expansion is uncertain, according to a senior company executive. Martin ...
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US private equity firm Sun Capital Partners has received approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of UK's Rexam Personal and Home Care Packaging Business for $459m. Rexam, which manufactures Red Bull and Pepsico ...
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Copper supply shortages will extend into the first half of next year as an accelerating Chinese economy more than doubles the pace of growth in global consumption even as mines extract a record amount of metal. According to the ...
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German heavy engineering giant ThyssenKrupp has been bracing for multi billion euro (dollar) losses over the planned sale of its steel plants in the Americas. Construction defects will cost the firm dearly. Speculation about Germany's ...
Salzgitter announced that Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG) is raising its heavy plate prices by EUR 30 per tonne for all new product sales. It said "The necessary price increase reflects the rising costs of raw materials and the resulting ...
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Reuters reported that steelmakers in Brazil will likely witness a recovery in sales and a reduction in excess capacity next year as recent government measures to revive growth are bearing fruit. Instituto Aço Brasil said that ...
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The Israel's antitrust authority has indicted several bakery chains for setting prices,preventing competition,and dividing the customer base among themselves,in violation of the Restrictive Trade Practices Law. The bakeries that have been ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/1/2012 9:34:36 AM The Foodservice Packaging Institute's fourth annual Trends Report reveals three key trends: "Green" isn't a trend, it's standards operating ...
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November 30, 2012 - Eaton Corporation plc and electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries plc have concluded Eaton's $13-billion acquisition of the latter. "The $13 billion acquisition of Cooper—the largest in Eaton's 101-year ...
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Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
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The IT underpinning the government's flagship £2.2bn Universal Credit programme is again being called into question, with reports that the project is now a year behind schedule and £100m over budget due to software issues. The ...
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The textile and apparel sector from around 40 African countries, which make up for the African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA), expects to attract investment from local as well as overseas entrepreneurs, but mainly from the Asian continent. ...
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The United States isn’t the only place debating “reshoring” of manufacturing from China these days -- Taiwan’s large plastics industry is also taking a hard look at whether rising costs in mainland China will bring ...
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