For fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (ended 1 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $318.8m, down slightly on $320m a year ago but up 3.1% on $309.2m last ...
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Rushdi Foods Industries launches Mighty Sesame Co. tahini, a creamy tahini condiment in a ready-to-use, squeezable bottle, at Fancy Foods, New York City, June 26-28, 2016. It designed to infuse meals with ethnically inspired taste. ...
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The firm will deliver a line of vehicles and play-sets to coincide with the release of Fast & Furious 8 in 2017. Mattel has been named the master toy partner for the Hollywood movie franchise, Fast & Furious. The move comes as ...
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Kellogg Company has set up a new venture capital fund to invest in startups that work on new ingredients, foods, packaging, and enabling technology. The venture fund named eighteen94 capital (1894) will make small investments in companies ...
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Dean Foods Company has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Friendly's ice cream manufacturing and retail distribution business for $155m in cash. Dean Foods is a Texas-based food and beverage firm and a processor and ...
Coastal Automotive, an automotive manufacturer from Southeast Michigan, is expanding production into Holland. Coastal secured the 300,000 square-foot production space at 900 Brooks Ave. The Holland facility is expected to begin operations ...
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Researchers based in Taiwan and USA have increased the modulation bandwidth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Jin-Wei Shi, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 26 May 2016]. The enhanced bandwidth was ...
Kung Long has supplied its start-stop batteries to Honda for use in Honda’s PTWs sold in Vietnam (photo courtesy of UDN.com).The Taiwan-based Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co., Ltd., a specialized manufacturer of lead-acid batteries ...
A new joint survey from UBS and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has found Australian supermarket suppliers are investing in new product development as a top priority. In releasing the results of the latest ‘UBS-AFGC ...
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The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results show that the steady increase in hiring intentions in Australia will continue into the third quarter of 2016. Of the 1,500 public and private employers surveyed, 13 per cent indicated ...
Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
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Alcoholic beverages firm Diageo has released two variants of Smirnoff vodka brand. Smirnoff is now entering the cider category with two fruit-flavoured vodka-spiked ciders. The ciders will initially come in two flavours, Raspberry & ...
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The consumer show will nearly double in size next year when it takes to Halls 1A and 1B of New York's Javits Center. The second annual Play Fair will leave its slot at February's US Toy Fair next year, moving to November instead. The ...
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The all-new 2017 GMC Acadia is being equipped with the Rear Seat Reminder, a new, industry-first feature designed to remind drivers to check the back seat as they exit their vehicle under certain circumstances. GM global safety strategy ...
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Karen Kilpatrick will focus on boosting JazWings' innovation in the toy and entertainment space. Jazwares has revealed that it is bolstering is marketing team with the appointment of Karen Kilpatrick as VP of marketing for JazWings. The ...
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