Slippery coating technology firm LiquiGlide has inked a pact with Australian sustainable and innovative packaging maker Pact Group Holdings for designing a paint packaging that does away sticking and residues. LiquiGlide, which develops ...
Tags: Slippery coating, packaging
China's central bank has devalued the yuan by almost 2 per cent - its lowest rate against the US dollar in almost three years. The People's Bank of China (POBC) said the decision to devalue the yuan by 1.9 per cent was a "one-off ...
Tags: China Yuan, US dollar
Seeka Kiwifruit Industries has agreed to acquire Australian company Bunbartha Fruit Packers in a A$22m($16.1m) deal. The acquisition covers Bunbartha Fruit Packers' kiwifruit and orcharding business and its associated entities including ...
PKN spoke to Matilda's Frozen Fruit co-founder Ruth Gallace about transparency of on-pack information on the brand's soon-to-launch frozen berries range. The launch of frozen Australian-grown berries is now only weeks away, according to ...
Tags: Frozen Fruit, berries
Australians now snack four times as much as they did ten years ago, according to new consumer research. The latest AUSVEG ‘Project Harvest’ report, produced by Colmar Brunton, has found that over the last decade snacking in ...
Tags: Vegetable industry, healthy snacks
Affected by a variety of factors, including fallout from the Greek debt crisis, slowing growth in China coupled with its recent stock market slump, steady displacement of Taiwanese suppliers by mainland Chinese counterparts, sagging ...
Alcohol consumption has been on the rise in Australia compared to 10 years ago, according to a new study. As per the surveys undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2001 and 2012, the average consumption of alcohol by ...
Tags: Alcohol, standard drinks
"I don't think we should pay too much attention to the fluctuation of the Chinese stock markets. It's not the most important part of the Chinese economy. What's more important is the fundamentals of the Chinese economic growth," renowned ...
The Hurun Luxury Consumer Price Index, an annual study that gauges levels of top-end individual spending in China, has contracted for the first time in eight years. The LCPI 2015 dropped 1.8 percent year-on-year, said wealth researcher ...
As Australian-based Chinese students and others are buying up whatever infant formula products are sitting on Australian retail shelves, China is currently considering introducing a registration system for first-time baby formula importers. ...
Tags: infant formula, milk powder
CEVA Logistics, a supply chain firm, has been awarded two new contracts by Mazda in Australia that will make CEVA Mazda Australia’s sole national provider of transport services. Under the two new contracts, CEVA will manage the ...
Manitou Australia has signed a long-term distribution agreement with NTP Forklifts Australia to handle the sales and service of Manitou rough terrain materials handling products in Sydney and the greater Sydney region including Newcastle ...
China's June imports of thermal coal slumped to a four-month low of 6.21 million mt, a 43% on-year drop and down 4% on the previous month, according to customs data released Wednesday. The tally comprises bituminous and sub-bituminous ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, lignite, Coal
The Australian government will enforce new country of origin food labeling system from 2016 to inform consumers where products are made, grown or packaged. Under the new national standard, locally processed foods will carry a new label ...
Tags: origin food, food labeling
Impressive growth in the demand for cider in the global markets has put it squarely back on the beverage alcohol map, attracting a younger, more affluent consumer, according to the Rabobank Wine Quarterly Q3 report. "In the past decade, ...