Industrial thread and consumer textile crafts marketer, Coats plc has added David Gosnell as non-executive director, with effect from February 19, 2015, who will also chair the Remuneration Committee. David who retired from Diageo plc as ...
Tags: Industrial thread, Textile
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has agreed to acquire industrial chocolate manufacturing assets from US-based World's Finest Chocolate. Both the companies have signed a new long-term outsourcing agreement to this effect. As per ...
Tags: industrial chocolate, Food
Family owned Classic Kitchens has opened an extensive new showroom in Redditch, adding bathrooms and bedrooms to the service offering. The highly successful group, established in 1987, now has showrooms in four locations across ...
Tags: Classic Kitchens, Furniture
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
Tags: end-market, Telecoms
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that the global semiconductor industry posted record sales totaling $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of ...
According to the Report on the Operation of the Electronic & Information Industry: January to November 2014, written by the Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT), in the first 11 months of last year, there was steady and ...
German electronics manufacturers overcame challenging international markets to achieve 2.4% year-on-year growth for the 11 months preceding November 2014, the ZVEI has reported. Turnover in the German industry is expected to have totaled ...
Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has announced that it has successfully produced first methanol from its new 1.0 million tonne plant in Geismar, Louisiana, in the US. ...
Tags: cost savings, substantial schedule, Textile
Lord Daniel Sportswear, Florida-based apparel firm, has selected NGC Software’s extended fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, to manage its growing specialty apparel business. Lord Daniel Sportswear will be able to ...
Tags: ERP Solution, screen printing, Textile
Supporting some upbeat holiday forecasts, Zumiez and Pacific Sunwear of California both raised fourth-quarter guidance after reporting healthy comps in December. A few department stores also showed above-plan performances although both ...
Tags: hard goods, footwear, Sporting Goods
Eastside Distilling, a producer of crafted spirits in the US, is developing a new facility on Portland's Distillery Row. To be spread over an area of around 41,000ft2, the facility will house a distillery for master crafted spirits ...
Tags: distilling, bottling, packaging systems, Agriculture
NYSE listed apparel retailer, Macy’s, Inc has unveiled a series of initiatives to evolve its business model and invest in continued growth opportunities as consumers change the way they shop. These include a restructuring of ...
Tags: shopping experience, via mobile, Apparel
The firm, founded in 1947, saw its turnover grow to £14.7m, up from £12.9m the year before. Soft toy designer, Keel Toys has seen revenues grow to nearly £15million as the business continues to supply to blue chip ...
Tags: IT, customer services, social media, Toys
RPM International Inc. reported a 10 percent increase in net income and an 8 percent increase in earnings per diluted share on flat sales for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended November 30, 2014. Second-Quarter Results Net sales of ...
Used to be that a car's bragging rights had everything to do with horsepower. Now, it's computing power, as automakers vie for consumer dollars with the latest in tech gadgetry. That pitched battle is in full view here at the 2015 ...