GS1 Australia and apicsAU have announced a collaboration to share expertise, foster research, promote best practices and professional membership to the Australian supply chain community. apicsAU is a non-profit, membership community ...
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X-Rite, a provider of color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone launched the X-Rite eXact Xp, a new option in the eXact spectrophotometer platform. The eXact Xp is designed to help package printers and converters more ...
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German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will invest €170m for expansion and modernisation of its Kuppenheim press shop. The investment will also create 200 additional jobs at the press shop. Kuppenheim press ...
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Mondelez International has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba Group to expand its presence in China. The alliance enables Chinese consumers to lay hands on a complete range of Mondelez products, ...
Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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HanesBrands has agreed to acquire the privately held Italian company Champion Europe, which owns the trademark for the Champion brand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in an all-cash transaction. The purchase price will be 10 times ...
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The future of the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) is currently up in the air. David Carter, Chief Executive Officer of the PCA told PKN that memberships to the council have dropped to levels which have forced him to announce an ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be commencing a market study into the Australian cattle and beef industry. The study will examine competition, efficiency, transparency and trading issues in the beef and ...
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Victoria University would like to invite you to participate in its research on Supply Chain Process Integration: Role of Cloud Computing. As many Australian firms engage in domestic and export-related businesses in manufacturing and ...
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Canadian Metro Supply Chain Group has completed the acquisition of UK-based automotive and industrial services emergency logistics specialist, Evolution Time Critical. The automotive supply chain expertise of Evolution Time Critical ...
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As part of its ongoing commitment to improve sustainability in supply chain, Snyder's-Lance announced plans to switch to 100 percent cage-free eggs for its products that use eggs. The company will consistently increase its percentage of ...
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Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone expanded its PantoneLIVE cloud-based solution for digitally communicating color with a new service that helps printers and packaging converters manage color libraries. The new PantoneLIVE Rationalization ...
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Woman rice farmer's yields increase with help from @KelloggCompany Origins program. Marisol's family has been growing rice for several generations in Northeast Spain, the place where the Ebro River meets the Mediterranean Sea. Raised in a ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide over $90m grant to strengthen local and regional food systems and for specialty crop development. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, flowers and nursery crops. ...
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