Dean Foods has partnered with an independent farmer cooperative CROPP to set up a joint venture to strengthen Organic Valley milk brand. Through Dean Foods' processing plants and refrigerated direct store delivery (DSD) distribution ...
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Niagara based Vineland Growers Co-operative has opened doors of a newly expanded warehouse and storage distribution centre in Canada. Located at Virgil, the facility has been expanded to 30,000sqft and features a dozen new shipping bays ...
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The growth of power use in China, a key barometer of economic activity, continued to accelerate in the first ten months due to more consumption by the service sector, official data showed Friday. Power consumption grew 4.8 percent year on ...
Samsung has acquired connected car tech firm Harman for $8 billion in what is the South Korean company's largest ever acquisition. Harman produces various types of connected technologies for vehicles, and Samsung, which relies heavily on ...
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Sealed Air announced financial results for third quarter 2016. Commenting on these results, Jerome A. Peribere, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “In the third quarter, we delivered strong margin performance and cash flow ...
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General Motors' personal mobility brand, Maven continues to expand and has started its business in Los Angeles, California. In nine months, Maven has grown to nine markets: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los ...
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Polaris Industries has completed the acquisition of TransAmerican Auto Parts (TAP), a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of off-road jeep and truck after market accessories for $665m. Polaris expects the TAP acquisition to contribute ...
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The company has confirmed all of its staff in New Zealand are safe following the earthquake overnight and there is no major damage to any of its manufacturing sites. It does expect some milk collection disruption due to road closures and ...
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Cargill has agreed to acquire Brazil-based SGS Microingredients for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its business in the industrial oils segment. The acquisition of SGS Microingredients is said to be in line with Cargill’s ...
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Irish food company Greencore Group has announced the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods for $747.5m to expand its presence in the US. The US based Peacock Foods is headquartered in Geneva, Illinois and is into producing frozen ...
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Mars is urging the business community and global leaders at COP22 to take bold action to implement the targets agreed last year in Paris for tackling climate change. Mars combined this call to action with an announcement of plans for a ...
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Austria-based Schur Flexibles Group has signed an agreement to acquire majority stake in the Dutch company Drukkerij Zwart for undisclosed amount. Drukkerij Zwart is engaged in developing and producing packaging products for the food ...
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Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has worked with Viridor and plastics recycling company PET UK on a project to reprocess PET liner waste from the product packaging for its Smartwater bottled water range. CCEP worked with packaging ...
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Cascades reports its unaudited financial results for the three month period ended 30 September 2016. Q3 2016 Highlights Sales of $1,021 million (compared to $998 million in Q2 2016 (+2%) and $1,026 million in Q3 2015 (stable))Adjusted ...
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Daibochi Flexibles, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daibochi Plastic and Packaging Industry, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Myanmar Smart Pack Industrial Company to tap into the growing consumer packaging market. As part of ...
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