American supplier of table olives, Musco Family has been certified with Safe Quality Food(SQF) Institute's Ethical Sourcing (ES) module which is a new sourcing certification. The new sourcing certification ES will ensure that the products ...
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A Taiwanese Government programme to help local textile producers with branding of their products and gaining access to international markets has majorly boosted the sales turnover of the domestic textile makers,the Taiwan Textile Federation ...
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US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to close its manufacturing facility in Little Rock,Arkansas,in late spring 2013,a move that will put 240 jobs at risk. ConAgra Foods gained ownership of the Little Rock facility when it ...
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Allied World Assurance Company has selected Iain MacLeod as senior vice president, Asia-Pacific, to manage distribution management and regional business development for all direct and facultative lines, including casualty, environmental, ...
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Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki has signed state support agreement (SSA) with the Government of Gujarat to buy land for building a new vehicle manufacturing facility near Mehsana. The land purchase is in proportion to the long-term ...
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The business outlook for 2013 is mixed, with Australian executives indicating that sales, inventories, selling prices and employment will fall but investment and profits will rise. Dun & Bradstreet’s latest National Business ...
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Prudential Financial has appointed Michele Meyer-Shipp as the new vice president and chief diversity officer to oversee all diversity and inclusion initiatives for the company. In this role, she will also maintain ongoing compliance with ...
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The third biggest underwriter in Europe Generali has appointed Mario Grecoas its new CEO, after terminating the employment contract between the company and Giovanni Perissinotto as general manager. Before accepting the current position at ...
Garments Shramik Sangram Parishad (GSSP), a body representing Bangladesh’s garment factory workers, has urged for reopening of Hall-Mark readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing units under the Government supervision. The garment ...
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Chinese vehicle manufacturer First Automobile Works (FAW) is planning to build a new ZAR200m ($23.7m) vehicle and truck assembly plant in Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in South Africa. FAW has selected WBHO Construction as its ...
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US based automaker Ford Motor has upgraded its Flat Rock Assembly Plant to produce the 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan. Ford said it will now take the full management control of the Flat Rock Assembly plant, which is previously known as ...
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The online marketplace quelle.de with assortments from external brands and retailers undergoes a strategic re-organisation. Modelling the successful example of Quelle in Austria, Switzerland and Russia, quelle.de reboots as an attractive ...
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A management buyout is the"most likely"result of Vion's dramatic exit from the UK's meat processing market,according to City analysts. Investec Securities analyst Nicola Mallard told FoodManufacture.co.uk:"A management buyout is the most ...
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Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor (TMC) is planning to increase its annual engine assembly capacity of cby 100,000 units at its Kentucky plant in US. The plan, to be executed under $30m project, will facilitate the company to increase the ...
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The UK Government has stepped forward to back an industry-led scheme aimed at reviving the textile manufacturing industry in the country through generation of around 200,000 new job opportunities over the next five years. As ...
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