McCain Foods (Canada) announced a major investment in its Florenceville-Bristol French fry plant that will expand capability and create 40 to 50 new jobs. The company is adding a new production line to meet growing demands for hash brown ...
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American Packaging (APC), a flexible packaging converter in North America, is investing $50m in the first phase of a new satellite facility. Scheduled to be completed in 2017, Phase 1 of the gravure satellite project includes: 26.3 acres ...
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American sprits firm Sazerac has selected Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits (MBWS) as distributor for three of its brands in France. The agreement includes Benchmark, Fireball, and Southern Comfort brands. The brands add to MBWS' existing ...
New research has found benefit in eating wholegrains for those who want a healthy heart. Published in the latest edition of the American Heart Association journal, ‘Circulation’, the research revealed the higher an ...
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The cult 2001 movie starred Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, and Amy Poehler. Creative Licensing is looking for a board game partner to develop a title based on the 2001 cult film, Wet Hot American Summer. The firm has been appointed as the ...
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Rigid box supplier Pollard Boxes has acquired the business and assets of Clarke Rubicon, a UK based presentation packaging manufacturer. Clarke Rubicon is engaged in supplying a wide range of products to both the retail and commercial ...
Madballs brand will relaucnh with new collectables, play-sets and more. American Greetings Entertainment has detailed its plans to relaunch the 1980s cult entertainment phenomenon, Madballs. AGE – the outbound division of American ...
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The U.S. Senate passed a defense bill with language requiring the Pentagon to buy US-made athletic shoes for military recruits. ADVERTISEMENT The legislation is expected to benefit Boston-based New Balance, which has three factories in ...
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American motor vehicle manufacturing firm Local Motors has unveiled Olli, a self-driving vehicle which incorporates IBM Watson advanced cognitive computing capabilities. The vehicle, which can carry about 12 people, was debuted during the ...
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Once considered just a pop culture craze or fad, the vast popularity of food trucks in major U.S. cities has been a leading force in the evolution of the mobile food industry. Driven by consumers' hunger for unique flavors and exciting ...
German luxury vehicles maker Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) has broken on a new plant in Mexico. Guests attending the official ceremony in San Luis Potosí included Rogelio Garza Garza, Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce at the ...
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Cascades,a recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, has announced plans to build a new tissue converting plant in Scappoose, Oregon, US. The US$64 million investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines ...
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Building on the new commitments to the Global Lighting Challenge announced in early June during the Clean Energy Ministerial, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing funding for nine research and development projects that will ...
To mark the 30th anniversary of Transformers -The Movie, Shout! Factory has remastered the 80s film for release later this year. Hasbro Studios and Shout! Factory have revealed they are collaborating to bring the animated feature ...
Achieve Superfoods introduces the launch of SuperBar, the first amaranth-based snack bar available in the U.S. market. Joshua Aisen, Naval officer, recent Harvard graduate, husband, and father of three is the founder of the startup. How ...
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