For the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, operating income soared 24 per cent year on year at apparel marketer and NASDAQ listed, Columbia Sportswear Company. According to a Columbia Sportswear press release, first quarter of 2015 ...
Two US Senators - Kelly Ayotte and Maria Cantwell - have reintroduced a bipartisan legislation that would lower or eliminate outdated tariffs on recreational outerwear and support America's outdoor economy. On her official web page, ...
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British company woos parents with its heritage brand name, service and quality With the birth of Britain's royal baby, Prince George, having caused a sensation in China, it is hardly a surprise to see the royal family's choice of pram, ...
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The European economy is forecast to grow by circa 1.2% this year, given fresh impetus by the €60 billion a month of quantitative easing recently initiated by the ECB. This has caused a significant depreciation of the euro; we’ll ...
North East Lincolnshire-based Ultimate Packaging is remodelling its food standard factory and investing around £4m to install two additional Bobst F&K 20SIX flexo presses for increasing production capacity and flexibility. The ...
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The exports of textiles and garments from Pakistan earned US$ 10.207 billion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2014-15 that began on July 1, 2014, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. However, ...
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Last week, Faerch Plast announced its arrival in Australia. This week it has announced its acquisition of Anson, a manufacturer of thermoformed packaging solutions. The acquisition takes place just a year after private equity fund EQT VI, ...
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Kona Brewing Company has announced plans to invest $15mn for expansion of its brewery operations in Hawaii, US. The expansion plans include construction of a new 30,000ft2 brewery that would boost Kona's annual brewing capacity to ...
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Schott announced that it will continue to invest in its pharmaceutical packaging plant in Itupeva, Brazil on the occasion of its 80th manufacturing anniversary in the country. The company said that it will supply locally-produced ...
China has cut the number of restrictions on foreign investment for new pilot free trade zones in Tianjin, Guangdong and Fujian and also for the zone in Shanghai.To increase transparency, the central government has made public a "negative ...
Packaging films producer Thai Film Industries (TFI) is considering setting up a packing film factory in Bangladesh worth $40m. Based in Thailand, TFI specialises in producing BOPP, CPP films, polyethylene terephthalate and metalised ...
Andros Foods North America is planning to invest $73m to ramp up fruit processing capacity in Shenandoah County, Virginia, over the next three years, while creating 160 new jobs. The investment will be used to add production and ...
General Motors (GM) and SAIC Motor’s joint venture, Shanghai GM is planning to invest CNY100bn ($16bn) over the next five years, to develop new vehicles. The automaker intends to develop ten new or upgraded models each year until ...
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PSA Peugeot Citron and China-based Dongfeng have agreed to develop a technology platform for small cars. The companies will invest around €200m to create a global platform to manufacture B and C segment vehicles under the Peugeot, ...
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In 2014, Spanish apparel brand Mango clocked revenues of €2.01 billion, up 9.3 per cent over 2013, with 82 per cent of sales coming from overseas markets and the rest from Spain. Online turnover now accounts for 9.1 per cent of ...
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