BASF inaugurated its expanded mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing operation in Shanghai, China, further strengthening the company’s regional presence and its position as a leading supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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Nick Holonyak Jr created the first practical, visible spectrum LED Earlier this week, Lighting reported that the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics had been awarded for the invention of blue LEDs. While the three scientists responsible for the ...
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Orora Limited has been ranked number 36 in this year’s BRW 50 Most Innovative Companies. It is the highest placed packaging company and one of only eight manufacturing companies to be included in the list. "Orora strives to be an ...
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Sabra Dipping Company, maker of best-selling hummus, has opened its newly expanded hummus production facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The 118,000ft2 expansion is expected to double the production capacity of Sabra to meet ...
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Nobia (NOBI.ST) has received an offer to divest its French kitchen chain Hygena to Fournier SA, which manufactures and sells kitchens under the brands Mobalpa, Perene and SoCoo'c. Nobia intends to respond to the offer after consultation ...
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The Curve Group, one of the UK’s leading HR Services companies, is delighted to announce today that it is one of the finalists in the RPO category for the In-House Recruitment Awards. The In-House Recruitment Awards recognise ...
Packaging services provider Packaging Coordinators (PCI) has acquired pharmaceutical services provider Biotec for an undisclosed amount. Headquartered in Wales, Biotec is a provider of clinical trials and temperature controlled ...
The contract packing business is often seen as sizeable automated production lines packing products for brands. Blackburn-based Granby Marketing Services claims to be more diversified in the nature and method of its business than many of ...
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Red ink was splashed across all financial parameters, including revenue and net loss at womenswear apparel retailer The Wet Seal in the fiscal second quarter ended August 2, 2014. The Net sales were down 11.2% to $121.2 million in the ...
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The diamond industry needs to support programs to uplift its vast artisanal mining sector. The more than 1.5 million diamond diggers – predominantly in West Africa – and their estimated 10 million dependents, remain the most ...
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A 27% plunge in American continent sales, led NYSE-listed marketer of outdoor sports apparel - Quiksilver, Inc., to report a steep 19% year-on-year drop in global revenues for the third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2014. Net revenues in ...
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Quiksilver, Inc. reported revenues fell 19.0 percent in its third quarter ended July 31, to $395.7 million. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were down 17 percent for the Quiksilver brand, 9 percent at Roxy, and 34 percent at DC Shoes. The ...
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An agreement has been reached to create the world’s third largest quick service restaurant company, merging North American-based beverages and baked goods restaurant Tim Hortons Inc. (Tim Hortons) with global burger restaurant Burger ...
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At this year’s Super Mobility Week conference, Fleet Freedom debuts a new fleet and mobile resource management application. This flexible application works on Android, iOS and Magellan’s RoadMate Commercial devices. Fleet ...
“Sustainability is inherent in our culture here in Sri Lanka, as we are an island with scarce resources so we do our best to conserve these”, says the top honcho of a Sri Lanka Group with interests spread across textiles, ...
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