UK baker Warburtons has appointed Nestle UK's head of chocolate, Mark Simester, to the post of marketing director. Simester will join Warburtons in October, replacing Richard Hayes who left in January. Simester is well-placed to ...
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Norwegian conglomerate Orkla, which is reshaping its business to focus on consumer goods, is to buy local food group Rieber & Søn. Orkla has struck a deal to buy the Rieber family's 90.1% stake in Rieber & Søn. The agreement ...
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Indian flexible packaging manufacturer Uflex will secure EUR30m financing for its third expansion project in Poland, from KfW IPEX-Bank in Germany. Uflex is establishing its first European production facility in Wrzesnia, Poland, which ...
UK-based pulp‚ paper and packaging group Mondi has announced that it successfully acquired Nordenia‚ a worldwide operating manufacturer of flexible packaging‚ technical films‚ and product components for €259m. ...
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Europe - Canadian rockers Billy Talent celebrated the release of a new album in September by jumping straight into an arena run of Germany and central Europe. Having tested the touring waters on the summer European Festivals, the production ...
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Following declines in the first two quarters, turnover of the Danish timber retail group, Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman (DLH) declined again in the third quarter by 4.4% to DKK586m. The EBITDA dropped drastically by comparison with the previous ...
Tags: timber, wood-based panels, hardwood
Phil Gee, vice president of EMEA sales at component distributor Nu Horizons, talks to Electronics Weekly about the European components market and the economic slowdown, the most promising geographic markets, rising fuel costs and Chinese ...
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Norwegian food company Rieber & Søn's has agreed to sell its non-performing crispy fried onions business based in the Netherlands to local firm Top Taste for an undisclosed amount. Rieber & Søn's noted that it has recently ...
Tags: food, sell, non-performing crispy, fried onions business, Top Taste
German carmaker Volkswagen has reported 8.9% rise in its worldwide sales to 4.45 million units during the January-June 2012 when compared to the same period in 2011. The Group's sales increased 1.8% to 1.93 million vehicles in Europe, ...
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The new look for Hammerite’s 21 product lines will go global later in the year. It is designed to modernise the brand and make product selection simpler for DIY enthusiasts and tradesmen. Click on the image for a larger pop-out ...
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Dotmatics, a provider of scientific informatics solutions, has inaugurated a new facility in Germany to provide business and technical support for pharmaceutical industry's prospective and current customers. The new operation will be led ...
Tags: Dotmatics, scientific informatics solutions, Klaus Rafeiner
Q2 2012 activity remained weak Large country differentials as capacity shifts from west to east Sluggish demand outlook 2013 Supply pressures will remain high Production activity in the electric domestic appliances industry in the ...
A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound Lusehøj may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest. The cloth thus tells a surprising story about long-distance Bronze Age trade ...
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Sevcon and Flextronics Automotive have entered into an agreement to provide hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain systems to automotive OEM customers in Germany and other central European countries. The deal will allow combination ...
Tags: hybrid and electric vehicle, drivetrain systems, motor controllers
Taipei, Nov. 9, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan`s medical-device production value in 2012 is expected to continue to grow 7%, and the government targets five fields to focus in the local medical-device industry, according to Woody Duh, Vice Minister, ...