Marsh will join DS Smith from Tesco where he was the group director of tax and corporate finance for three and a half years. He was also chief financial officer (CFO) at AstraZeneca and CFO of Global Building Products at Pilkington. ...
Global manufacturer of plastic packaging Berry Plastics Group has launched a marketing partnership with sustainable consumer goods producer Preserve to create closed loop products using recycled plastic. The collaboration will focus on ...
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In May 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,888.6 billion yuan, up by 12.9 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 12.1 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no ...
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The 113th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, saw an increase in international visitors during its most recent run, which ended May 5. Fair officials reported the event drew 200,000 overseas buyers, which was up ...
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In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.2 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 percent. ...
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In May 2013, Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods decreased 2.9 percent year-on-year, and decreased 0.6 percent month-on-month. The purchasing price index for manufactured goods went down by 3.0 percent year-on-year, and 0.6 ...
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Barcode, machine vision and lighting solutions provider Microscan has introduced the new AutoVISION product suite for companies in need of high-speed inline barcode verification. The new suite including compact smart cameras and machine ...
China International Consumer Goods Fair (CICGF), co-sponsored by Ministry of Commerce PRC and Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, is one of the four largest import and export fairs in China, which is held in the famous harbor city of ...
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Sherwood Ross, better known in the industry as Jerry Ross, passed away Tuesday at the age of 92. Ross was an engineer and former president of Ross Bicycles, one of the top U.S. bike manufacturers from the 1950s to late 1980s. Through the ...
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The paper cup is one of the most common containers we encounter every day. Yet, as with many of the seemingly simple packages we routinely use, the best forming machines to make paper cups and paperboard canisters use advanced ...
Interior Lifestyle Tokyo is opening its doors from 5 – 7 (Wed – Fri) June at Tokyo Big Sight’s West halls 1, 2, 3, 4, and the Atrium. The fair welcomes a record-high 705 exhibitors (Domestic: 473 Overseas: 232) from 32 ...
Growth in the UK’s manufacturing sector hit a 14-month high in May but dairy purchasing costs increased, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). The Purchasing Managers Index hit a 14-month high in ...
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Sonoco Flexible Packaging has announced an investment of $9.7m in a bid to expand its Morristown, Tennessee facility in the US. The expansion will create 26 new jobs in Hamblen County. Located at 5701 Superior Drive, the Morristown ...
Japanese chemical products manufacturer Kuraray is all set to expand its production facilities of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Film in LaPorte, Indiana, US with an investment of $35m. The facilities expansion comes in response to the ...
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Sportlifestyle company PUMA has appointed Andy Koehler (56) as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective 1 June 2013. Koehler, who succeeds former COO Klaus Bauer, will be part of PUMA's Managing Director team around PUMA's future CEO ...