Dutch food group Wessanen has taken full control of frozen food maker Favory Convenience Food. It has bought the 35.9% stake it did not already hold from Rabo Capital for EUR5m (US$6m). Wessanen is looking to maximise the value of its ...
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The first concert staged in the newly refurbished and re-launched Het Depot in Leuven,just outside Brussels,Belgium,featured four days of performance by hot emerging young Belgian singer/songwriter Selah Sue. Robe fixtures were an ...
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European plastic pallet manufacturers Cabka and Innova Packaging System (IPS) have merged under the newly-founded Cabka Group, in a bid to improve their market positions. According to IPS, the Cabka and IPS labels will remain intact, ...
Active Implants in Delaware,US,has named Lex Giltaij as the company's new president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the company,Giltaij held senior executive positions in Stryker Benelux and Stryker Biotech,where he was ...
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Property and casualty insurer ACE has promoted Lauretta Alberti as senior environmental insurance underwriter for the Benelux and Nordic region. Lauretta will report to Dorothee Prunier, environmental insurance manager, continental Europe ...
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Dutch food firm Wessanen has taken full ownership of Favory Convenience Food by purchasing an additional 35.9%stake from Rabo Capital for EUR5m($6m). Wessanen noted that this purchase follows strategic review of its frozen foods ...
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France - The French distribution company Dimatec has made a substantial investment in a range of Philips Selecon LED luminaires. Dimatec, which distributes and imports the world's leading lighting equipment brands to service film, ...
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UK - Ice Age Live, a new stage adaptation based on the characters of the four hugely successful Ice Age animated movies, features Robe's powerful Robin LEDWash 1200 moving lights which were specified by lighting designer Luc Peumans. ...
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Switzerland - Schertler, the Swiss manufacturer of contact microphones and acoustic amplification systems, continues to grow its international distributor network with recent appointments in seven territories. Five new distributors have ...
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Dutch workwear producer Van Puijenbroek Textiel(VPTEX)started the realization of its investment in Macedonia,being worth EUR 2 million.Factory will produce protective equipment.Production will be intended for foreign markets,mainly for the ...
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Belgium-Along with the glitz,big hair,outrageous flares and dizzyingly high platform heels 12,000 disco divas stepped out to the 2012 Studio 54 Sportpaleis event in Antwerp,Belgium to strut their best dancefloor moves and grooves to the ...
With UPM ForMi, the Finnish company UPM-Kymmene, has launched a new composite material on the market consisting of 50% cellulose fibres and 50% plastic polymers. UPM ForMi will be marketed in German-speaking regions of Europe and in the ...
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Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
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Dutch Financial conglomerate ING posted 17.8% fall in underlying net profit for the second quarter of 2012, which was €1.04bn, compared to €1.52bn during the same period last year. The diversified financial startup blamed ...
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McDonald’s, which will be running the world's largest fast-food outlet at the Olympic park in Stratford, east London, will be using Novamont’s Mater-Bi bioplastic for its cups, cutlery, straws, lids and containers. “Many ...
Tags: market view, compostable plastics