Finland-based meat specialist HKScan has announced plans to invest in new production facilities in western Finland and Rakvere, Estonia. The proposed facility in western Finland will see an investment ranging from €35-65m, while the ...
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Maroon Group has announced the addition of Brian Wilson as Chief Financial Officer. Wilson brings with him to Maroon financial expertise with multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 and private-equity owned companies. Prior to joining Maroon ...
By sharing a pool of kegs rather than owning their own, over 200 leading craft brewers helped reduce their collective carbon footprint by over 3 million kg of CO2e in 2013. These findings, based on a study by John Heckman, Ph.D with PE ...
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Jointly held by the Ministry of Transport of the PRC and Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, China (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Transportation Fair (CILF) is the leading logistics & Transport Expo in Asia. ...
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Petainer, a UK-based container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, will launch the petainerKeg Linestar, which will help reduce logistics costs by up to 30%. The new product is based on the petainerKeg classic ...
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Interim Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Peter Anderson has urged political parties to ‘take the blinkers off” and look at the bigger picture rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Mr Anderson said the ...
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In September this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 43.6 percent, down by 4.8 percentage points as compared to August, still below the 50 percent threshold and falling to the lowest level of the ...
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The cotton growing area in China in the 12 months is expected to decline to 63.40 million mu (about 4.23 million hectares), down 9.4 percent from the previous year, and the cotton yield is also forecast to plunge by half a million tonnes to ...
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Specialty chemicals producer Clariant has signed a purchase agreement with VitaPac, the Chinese specialist for healthcare packaging, for an undisclosed amount. VitaPac produces innovative, technology-driven product lines that ensure ...
"Make in India" campaign covering 25 sectors, including the textile and garment industry, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Who’s Who of the corporate world from India and abroad at a ceremony in New ...
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Inditex, one of the leading global fashion retailers, has installed the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology at its distribution centers, by Checkpoint Systems, a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the ...
Investment firm Larsen MacColl Partners has acquired packaging solution providers S Walter Packaging for an undisclosed amount. S Walter works on designing, sourcing and delivering coordinated packaging solutions to branded consumer ...
WASHINGTON – The EPA today announced the 2014 winners of the coveted SmartWay Excellence Awards. The awards honor freight industry companies who model environmental leadership and innovation as they move goods across America. ...
MIR DETSTVA is: The largest in Russia and the CIS event for the industry of goods and services for children and teenagers Professional approach to the event organization Reliable statistical data Participation by the ...
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GREENWICH, CT— Freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics is looking to expand its business and a good portion of the $700 million invested is coming from some Canadians’ pension plans. The Public Sector Pension ...
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