UK retailer Marks and Spencer today (22 May) hailed the "strong" performance of its food business, which posted higher sales and margins in a year when company-wide profits fell. The company reported a 0.2% fall in underlying pre-tax ...
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Brazilian meat giant Marfrig has appointed former Cargill CFO Sergio Rial to lead its processed food division, Seara Foods. Rial will become CEO of the unit, which includes Marfrig's European meat business Moy Park and US arm Keystone ...
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Speech by the Governor Being established as a Province and a Special Economic Zone in 1988, Hainan is the youngest province and the largest Special Economic Zone in China, as well as a province rules the largest sea areas. The economic ...
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When the space shuttle Endeavour made its final landing Sept. 21 at Los Angeles International Airport, it arrived on a runway maintained by a StarJet™ pavement marking removal system from NLB Corp. The company is a global leader in ...
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A "strong" performance from Glanbia's nutrition ingredients business has led the Irish food group to lift its forecast for full-year earnings. Glanbia said it expects its adjusted earnings per share to increase 8-10% on a ...
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In a new three part video series about the clear advantages advanced high-strength steels offer to automakers, Mr Lawrence W Kavanagh president, the Steel Market Development Institute a business unit of the American Iron and Steel ...
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A growing metallurgical company in Florida was feeling the pains of increased demand throughout its facility. In the heat treat area, workers unloading the treated metal simply could not move parts fast enough to keep up with demand without ...
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A revaluation of China Marine Food Group's drinks arm has pushed the food and beverage firm into the red in the third quarter. The US-listed company, which also makes seafood-based snacks and distributes frozen catch, booked a net loss of ...
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Expansion into Russia has hit profits from Finland-based retailer Kesko's food division in the first half of the year. Kesko, which is looking to open its first food stores in Russia, said operating profit excluding non-recurring items ...
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Cleveland. OH -- The critical shortage of skilled labor, combined with industry's need to remain competitive, is driving the manufacturing industry to implement automated fabrication processes and solutions. Automated welding, one such ...
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When Encana Oil and Gas gets its new "gas for cash" drilling program underway, it will be producing fuel for a steel making company that boasts of making recycled steel products using significantly less energy than other steel manufacturing ...
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The Curiosity rover that landed on Mars on Aug. 6 features the largest, most advanced scientific payload of any Mars mission yet — and, as usual, Reali-Slim® thin section bearings. The 5 pairs of duplexed bearings from Kaydon ...
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Computerworld-It's clear that Frank Frankovsky,vice president of hardware design and supply chain at Facebook,didn't study marketing in school.At a press event Tuesday announcing Intel's new low-power Atom processor,he described the chip ...
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Reuters reported that oil major BP will outline growth plans for its oil and gas production arm on Monday in its first strategy update since striking a series of deals aimed at getting its Russian and US operations back on track. Like all ...
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Microsoft has increased production of its Surface tablet, with mind to releasing the hardware in retail stores later this week. Since its global launch on 26 October 2012 - the same day as Windows 8 - Surface has only been sold directly ...
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