Coca-Cola has won the Technology in Beverage Packaging prize at the 2014 ABRE awards for using Tetra Pak’s cartons with bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films derived from sugarcane. Coca-Cola's Del Valle Reserva brand ...
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Coca-Cola has won the Technology in Beverage Packaging prize at the 2014 ABRE awards for using Tetra Pak’s cartons with bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films derived from sugarcane. Coca-Cola's Del Valle Reserva brand of ...
The biggest Brazilian fashion retailer - Lojas Renner S.A. reported a 15.5% year-on-year hike in third quarter ending September 30, 2014, sales. Lojas Renner said third quarter revenue surged to R$ 1,047.1 million, up 15.5% from the prior ...
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Banana producer Chiquita Brands International shareholders have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival c. Post this development, Chiquita will now enter talks with Brazil's Cutrale and Safra following an offer of $14.50 a share. The ...
Brazilian juice maker Cutrale and investment firm Safra Group have agreed to acquire American banana producer Chiquita Brands International, in a $680m deal. A definitive merger agreement to this effect was signed between Cutrale-Safra ...
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Recent weakness in Brazilian ex-mill hydrous fuel ethanol prices finally led to more competitive retail prices in the key southeastern part of the country in the week ended October 25, National Petroleum Agency data showed Monday. ...
Brazil, which competes with Australia in iron ore exports, seems to be losing its ranking as China’s top source, according to a media report. While Brazil exports of the product to China increased 13 percent from January to ...
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Weakening demand from cotton spinning mills in early October, led to cotton prices, resuming moving down in the Brazilian market. Spinners are offering lower prices than those quoted by sellers, for even high-quality cotton, while also ...
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Argentinian steelmaker Techint is accusing Japanese-based Nippon Steel of orchestrating a move that could completely alter the control of Brazil’s Usiminas, according to a media report. The move began with the “unilateral ...
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The Brazilian industry and foreign trade ministry's commerce chamber, Camex, has announced that it has reduced the import duty for heavy plates from 12 percent to two percent due to supply shortage in the domestic market. The cut in ...
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The trend observed in the German cotton market in the previous week of a decline in demand, continued into the current week too. In the medium staple range, interest was focussed primarily on standard as well as European qualities for ...
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On October 17th, Made-in-China.com successfully held its third Canton Sourcing Season, at the Guangzhou Westin Hotel during this year’s Canton Fair. Eleven buyers from around the globe and 30 quality Chinese suppliers had face to face ...
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Following the first Pepro (Equalization Premium Paid to the Producer and/or Cooperative) auction which took place on September 25, stakeholders in the Brazilian cotton market are acting carefully in signing new trades. Brazilian cotton ...
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Chinese imports of iron ore in 2015 will increase from a record 900 million mt, an executive at Vale told media Thursday. According to Claudio Alves, global director of marketing and sales at the Brazilian mining company, the Asian ...
Australia-based Ausenco Limited has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary has been awarded the contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction services for Brazilian miner Ferrous Resources' US$1.28 billion expansion of the ...
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