France-based Stiplastics has exhibited its innovative closures and bottle solutions for the pharmaceutical packaging industry at the Emballage trade fair in Paris. Its range includes standard PP caps from 18-48mm, a tamper-proof cap with ...
This week Premier Foods announced plans to axe 900 jobs and to close two bakeries,while Dutch meat group Vion revealed the sale of its UK food businesses?raising doubts about the future of 13,000 employees.Here,we capture a flavour of the ...
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Dutch food giant Vion's plans to sell its UK food businesses throwing into doubt the future of its 13,000 UK employees was"almost an inevitability,"according to leading City analysts. Julian Wild,food group director at legal firm ...
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Britain's biggest food manufacturer has unveiled plans to close two bakeries and four distribution centres with the loss of 900 jobs from its bread division. Premier Foods plans to close its Greenford bakery site in west London and its ...
Tangerine Confectionery has announced the closure of its factory in Poole,Dorset,with the loss of up to 75 jobs. A spokesman for Tangerine Confectionery told FoodManufacture.co.uk:"It's about maximising efficiency across our production ...
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Uncertainty surrounds the future of 13,000 food manufacturing jobs today(November 19),as Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion announced plans to sell its UK food businesses to concentrate on what it describes as"core markets"in the ...
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Sun Life Financial(SLF)has inked a definitive agreement to dispose of its domestic US annuity and certain life insurance businesses for$1.35bn to Delaware Life,a company owned by shareholders of Guggenheim Partners. The transaction ...
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Energy crisis in the country has led to closure of around 40,000 differently sized , Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Pakistan's Minister for Textile Industry, informed the National Assembly during a question hour. He said as per the report ...
Tags: energy crisis, powerlooms, synthetic fibres, yarn, greige fabric
Yandy,online retailer of women's sexy lingerie,adds the new Coquette holiday collection to the already expansive assortment of lingerie found on the site this fall.Yandy offers a wide range of lingerie options for standard and plus size ...
Carhartt's spring 2013 line of apparel is designed to not only help workers survive the elements,but to thrive in them.America's premier work wear brand since 1889,Carhartt introduces all-new styles for spring that are geared for ...
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic (PV) cover ...
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The NSG Group announced intentions to reduce production capacity of its European architectural glass business, and will shut down two float lines, one in Sweden and one in Italy. The closure of the float line in Halmstad, Sweden, is ...
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Scandinavian retailer ICA has booked mixed third-quarter numbers, with a surge in operating income offset by a tax settlement that resulted in a net loss for the period. The company said third-quarter operating income increased 13.1% to ...
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A lack of solar glass demand led AGC Glass North America to close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport, Tenn., affecting an estimated 70 jobs. Company spokesman Chris Correnti says AGC is hoping to transition a few of the plant's employees to ...
Tags: market view, Flat Glass
Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, Lighting LEDs, energy efficiency, energy