Work to convert existing Cargill Blair manufacturing facility to produce next-generation stevia sweeteners has commenced, under a partnership between Evolva and Cargill. Evolva will continue with the option to acquire a 45% stake in the ...
Tags: Evolva, Stevia Sweeteners
The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
Tags: Retail Sales, retail sector
Cherokee Global Brands, a marketer of lifestyle brands said it has entered into a new license agreement with Sears Canada Inc. effective May 3, 2015. The multi-year agreement covers a wide range of Cherokee family lifestyle categories ...
Tags: Sears Canada, Cherokee, Apparel
Last week, Faerch Plast announced its arrival in Australia. This week it has announced its acquisition of Anson, a manufacturer of thermoformed packaging solutions. The acquisition takes place just a year after private equity fund EQT VI, ...
Tags: Faerch Plast, Packaging
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has launched three UltraCMOS glitch-less RF digital step attenuators ...
Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
Tags: Snack Foods, Health Snack Foods
Ford and DowAksa have partnered to explore developing automotive-grade carbon fiber composite parts, which could make vehicles lighter. The agreement will bring together DowAksa's feedstock capacity, carbon fiber conversion and downstream ...
Tags: Carbon Fiber, Ford
Methods Workshop, the leading provider of engineering and costing software solutions for the fashion and sewn products industries, is set to present its recently redesigned costing software solutions at the Texprocess trade fair in ...
Tags: Costing Software, Methods Workshop, engineering solutions
KODA Distribution Group (KDG) and the Unipex Group have announced KDG’s acquisition of Unipex Solutions Canada, a specialty chemicals distributor in Canada. The acquisition, KDG said in a statement, exemplifies the company’s ...
As part of its growth strategy to reach a broader set of customers, Global Power Technologies Group (GPTG) has announced an exclusive global distribution agreement with US-based Digi-Key Electronics, a provider of both prototype/design and ...
Tags: SiC Products, Electronics
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, today announced that the City of Los Angeles (LA) will become the first city in the world to control its street lighting through an advanced Philips management system that uses mobile and ...
Tags: Philips, LED Streetlights, Lights
The Verge’s sources claim Google is ‘close’ to completing the necessary back-end work to enable cross compatibility with Apple’s range of smartphones.Currently, Android Wear watches only work with devices running ...
Tags: Google, iPhone, Wear watches
Textile Exchange (TE), a US-based international non-profit organisation committed to a more sustainable textile industry, has recently announced the release of an online tool for the textile industry that measures the environmental, ...
Tags: Textile Exchange, sustainable textile industry, organic cotton
World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
Tags: food safety, Food production, Food
Salamander Designs, a leader in premium quality residential and contract AV Furniture, is pleased to announce that all four new models in its expanded AV Basic Cabinet line are now shipping. With the recent introduction of AV Basic Home ...