Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods could be forced to compromise its recovery plan by selling key power brands to boost its troubled balanced sheet, according to a leading City analyst. Not for sale: Premier’s ...
A total of 245 will lose their jobs by the end of the year, the firm said. The Elgin, Illinois plant which is 481,000 square feet, opened in 1967 and produces aerosol and specialty steel cans as well as flat steel sheet used by other food ...
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K&L Consulting Services, a contract research organization for clinical trial Sponsors, has chosen OpenClinica's Enterprise Edition for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and clinical data management to implement in its Phase I-IV clinical ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a 510(k) pre-marketing notification (PMA) application of Paragonix Technologies' single-use organ preservation device Paragonix Sherpa Pak Cardiac Transport System (CTS). The CTS helps ...
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Honey Stinger has released its first caffeinated protein bar, in a Dark Chocolate Mocha Cherry Pro flavor. The bars were released for the first time at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City late last month. The new bars have 10 ...
Hasbro has made a brace of executive management appointments in the US. First up, David Hargreaves (pictured) will take on the newly created role of EVP corporate strategy and business development. A 30-year veteran of Hasbro, he has ...
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the formation of Virginia’s newest collaboration between industry and Virginia universities: the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS). Modeled after the successful ...
Twitter has confirmed that it acquired Bluefin Labs, a vendor of data that uses commentary on social networks to measure the effectiveness of commercials and programs on TV. "We believe that Bluefin's data science capabilities and social ...
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City analyst Investec has criticised the “revolving door” at Premier Foods, after another key member of its management team left the firm this week. Room at the top: first ceo Clarke and now chief operating officer Eaton have ...
Arvind Lifestyle Brands, a subsidiary of Arvind Ltd, one of the largest players in the apparel brands and retail space, today announced an agreement to market and sell basic and intimate apparel in India under the Hanes and Wonderbra ...
Switzerland-based packaging firm Ball is set to cease production at its food and aerosol packaging manufacturing facility in Elgin, Illinois, US in December 2013. The Elgin plant produces aerosol and specialty steel cans, flat steel sheet ...
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Hyundai is gearing-up to launch a three-door ‘budget’ version of its latest-generation i30 hatch in Australia this year. The i30 coupe will be sourced from the same Czech plant that builds the all-new i30 Tourer that launched ...
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Membrane specialist and Degrémont SA subsidiary Aquasource has appointed Marc Messerli as its new chief operating officer (COO). Messerli, 37, has served as an industrial manager within a number of large companies, most notably at ...
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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has completed the acquisition of Navistar International's stake in Mahindra Navistar Automotives (MNAL) and Mahindra Navistar Engines (MNEPL). M&M said it has now taken complete ownership of operations and will ...
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Packaging supplier Ball has announced its decision to cease production at the company's Elgin, Illinois food and aerosol packaging manufacturing plant in the US in December 2013. According to the US-based company, its other facilities ...