Olam Cocoa opened a new Cocoa Product Development & Innovation Centre at its llhéus processing facility in Brazil. The announcement was made to mark the 70th anniversary for Olam Cocoa’s leading Brazilian cocoa brand, Joanes, ...
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Brazilian company Vigor, a unit of JBS Group, has selected SIG Combibloc’s CFA 812 filling machine for its new dairy plant in Barra do Piraí. Commissioned in June 2016, the $40.5m plant can process one million liters of milk ...
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US-based cereal maker Kellogg has entered into an agreement to acquire Ritmo Investimentos, a controlling shareholder of Brazilian food group Parati Group. The purchase price of the acquisition is about $429m and it will be an all-cash ...
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#makethefuture campaign highlights how cooperation between Shell and entrepreneurs is helping the development of more and cleaner energy ideas International musicians including Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, Luan Santana and Pixie Lott ...
Global agriculture company Syngenta has completed expansion of its key projects in Brazil and Switzerland to increase its production capacity. It had invested a total of $240m in two Brazilian plants. One of them is the new Elatus ...
Mexican soft-drink bottler Coca-Cola Femsa has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian Coke bottler Vonpar for R3.5bn ($1.09bn). Under the terms of the deal, Coca-Cola Femsa’s Brazilian subsidiary Spal Industria Brasileira de ...
Japanese food company Ajinomoto will launch its Japanese-style ramen in North America as part of its strategy to bolster its frozen noodles business in the region. While also expanding its frozen foods business in the region, Ajinomoto ...
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Esko, the global supplier of integrated solutions for the packaging, labels, sign and display industries, is proud to announce that Brazilian flexographic repro house Clicheria Blumenau has installed Esko’s 3000th CDI. The CDI Spark ...
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'My Little Pony fans love the Equestria Girls series, and the original music from the movies is a huge part of the magic,' said Stephen Davis, executive vice president and chief content officer of Hasbro Studios. Hasbro Studios has ...
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Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story ...
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Audi will increase its involvement in Formula E Team ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, starting in the 2016/2017 season that opens in Hong Kong on October 9. In addition, it is planned to incorporate Formula E into a factory-backed motorsport ...
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Fera Science has partnered with Global ID Group to launch its food safety and integrity tracking system in five new regions. The system, HorizonScan, allows food manufacturers to track and monitor a range of contaminant and authenticity ...
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BRF Brasil has been approved by Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) for its Certified Humane program. The food company, which sells chicken products under the Sadia brand to the Brazilian market, got the certification for 33 of its chicken ...
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Despite all the negative press that the Olympic Games have received, I can’t resist the draw of the drama, and hope, that they generate – from the spectacle of the opening ceremony to the dedication of the athletes and the ...
The overall drop after five months of growth reflects a slide in prices for grains and vegetable oils 4 August 2016, Rome – The international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July, following five ...
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