Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
As I reported last week, the Centurion Jewelry Show held a week ago was the first chance to gauge both the mood of the industry in terms of the business and trends for the coming year. The mood I wrote about last week. This week I am ...
Tags: Trends, Jewellery Designers, Jewellery
Triathlon is now a separate department within the Italian clothing brand Castelli, the company announced Monday. The company said the new department would accelerate product development that already began with Castelli’s Body Paint ...
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A remote control helicopter supplier has secured funding from HSBC. Barnsley's Fast Lad Performance plans to use the investment to grow internationally. Founded in 2006 by radio control helicopter enthusiasts Jamie Renwick and Chris ...
Tags: R/C Copter, Toys, R/C Toys
The Zumtobel Group (also known as Zumtobel AG)(WBAG: ZAG) headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria is a leading European manufacturer of professional indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting management systems and lighting components as well as LED ...
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Italy - Clay Paky and RUMI are partners in the Moto 3 category of the Italian Speed Championship (CIV) motorcycle races. RUMI was one of the most important Italian motorcycle manufacturers in the 1950s and 60s. It earned a reputation for ...
Tags: Moto, motorcycle manufacturers, motorcycle
Italian cake maker Bauli has acquired local baker and confectioner Bistefani. The acquisition, confirmed today (12 February), will include Bistefani's brands, which include: Motta, Buondi and Casalini. Financial details of the transaction ...
Tags: cake maker, Bauli, Bistefani
Princes has signed a long-term partnership deal with Italian pasta producer Pastificio Guido Ferrara in a deal that it hopes will boost its European presence. The supply partnership agreement, announced today (11 February), is part of a ...
Political activists from the Middle East were targeted in attacks that exploited a previously unknown Flash Player vulnerability to install a so-called lawful interception program designed for law enforcement use, security researchers from ...
Tags: Flash Player, Adobe, mergency update
Adria-Wien Pipeline GmbH (AWP) has upgraded custody-transfer measurement on the Adria-Wien pipeline in Austria by replacing existing turbine flowmeters with Micro Motion® ELITE® High Capacity Coriolis flowmeters from Emerson Process ...
Nestle's US ice cream unit Dreyer's has expanded its Haagen-Dazs range with the launch of a gelato line. Dreyer's, which contracts the licence to Haagen-Dazs from brand-owner General Mills said the range will debut with seven ...
Tags: Nestle, Haagen Dazs, ice cream
Based on an industry study conducted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, during the fourth quarter of 2012, the orders index for textile machinery rose by 22% compared to the previous quarter, for an ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, ACIMIT, fourth quarter
At the start of November, Greenpeace threw down the gauntlet to 15 top Italian and French luxury fashion brands, challenging these companies with 25 'uncomfortable' questions about their supply chains. Why? Every day another piece of the ...
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Already established as a high end luxury soft home designer brand, Dreamweavers have been broadening their product catalogue to include some new modern cushions. Now available at Contemporary Heaven, the newest addition to the Executive ...
The organisers of MUNICH FABRIC START are extremely satisfied with the show which took place on 5-7 February 2013 in Munich, and sees a continuous positive development as an international trade fair in recent years. Despite the nearly ...
Tags: Munich Fabric, continuous positive development, international trade fair