At a ceremony on 23 October at Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff (organized by UK-based business publisher Insider Media Ltd), plasma etch, deposition and thermal wafer processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, ...
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Net income at NYSE-listed UniFirst Corp, a supplier of workplace uniforms and protective clothing slipped 5.5% year-on-year in the fourth fiscal quarter ending August 31, 2014. Net income for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014 reached ...
Packaging machinery and integrated systems providers Pro Mach has been acquired by affiliates of AEA Investors (AEA) from The Jordan Company for an undisclosed amount. Pro Mach sells more than 25 equipment brands across the world. ...
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Arkema has finalized the first stage of its acrylics assets acquisition project in Taixing, China, and now has access to a modern and competitive 160,000 t/year acrylic acid production capacity in Asia for the sum of $240 million. This ...
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According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 83.6 points in September of the current year, decreased by ...
NYSE-listed Westlake Chemical Corp said it will invest more than $330 million to expand ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements at its Lake Charles facility in Louisiana. Once the expansion, which is expected to be completed ...
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Switzerland based and textile machinery manufacturer, Saurer Group said it has named Dr Martin Folini as CEO of two of its biggest subsidiaries - Schlafhorst and Zinser. Dr Folini graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...
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Morito Co., Ltd, a marketer of apparel fasteners said it has acquired Scovill Fasteners, which too is a producer of a diverse range of high-performance fasteners for various apparel and industrial markets. Founded in 1908, Morito is based ...
Eight years after acquiring US rival, Reebok, seems like German sports gear marketer – Adidas has put Reebok on the block. According to WSJ, funds affiliated to the Abu Dhabi Government and a Hong Kong based private-equity investor ...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated has signed a definitive agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to provide its distribution services in Lexington, Kentucky, which is currently being served by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA (CCR). The company ...
Menasha Packaging Company, which specialises in graphic packaging and product merchandising solutions, is investing about $5m to expand its Hartford facility. This expansion will help the company create about 70 jobs. The Neenah-based ...
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Bloomer Plastics, which is owned by private equity firm Huron Capital Partners, has acquired Ohio-based high barrier coextruded blown films manufacturer, Optimum Plastics The company said that the acquisition was directly aligned with its ...
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KOA Corporation announced it has been awarded a 2013 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOOTM) Supplier Award from Celestica, a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. The awards program recognizes suppliers that ...
The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
More Canadians will turn to the Internet for presents this holiday season, according to a report from Solutions Research Group. Based on 1,000 interviews with Canadians, the report found that 65 percent of Canadians have bought something ...
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