Retailing in India is one of the pillars of its economy and accounts for 14 to 15 percent of its GDP. The Indian retail market is estimated to be US 500 billion dollars and one of the top five retail markets in the world by economic value. ...
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Microsoft has announced the availability of Surface Pro 3 for commercial customers in the United Arab Emirates. Surface Pro 3 is a tablet and a laptop in a package that Microsoft says is 30 percent thinner than an 11-inch MacBook Air. ...
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One of the side effects of the world's deciding to avoid gluten and an increasingly insistent need to produce food sources of protein, is a surge in the popularity of lupins - legumes like soybeans, peas and lentils. In Australia, lupins ...
Tara Minerals has completed the acquisition of FreshTec’s intellectual property for the preservation and protection of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers during extended periods of shipping and storage. Under the deal, the company ...
Ilapak has introduced a new automated feeding and trayless flowrapping system for apples, which will allow packhouses to reduce packing costs and improve efficiency. The new system has been designed by using firm's Carrera 1000/40 ...
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Bemis Europe, a division of Bemis, has developed new shrink bag, ClearShield PRO, to protect bone-in and hard surface cuts of meat. The company has designed the bag for beef, lamb, pork and processed meat producers to reduce high leaker ...
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The China Packaging Tour is all about sightseeing – the kind of sightseeing that will pay you back in business contacts and new opportunities for business growth. China has the largest population in the world - around 1.35 billion ...
109°F brings it’s ‘Hide N Seek’ collection for a fascinating stylish look. This collection from 109°F is inspired by the dark romance that sets a moody jewel tone palette with the use of floral distinct sense of ...
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Tara Minerals has signed an agreement with FreshTec to acquire the intellectual property for the preservation and protection of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers during extended periods of shipping and storage. As per the deal, upon ...
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UK-based APS Salads has deployed new packaging machinery, the fully electric eclipse SL4 tray sealer, developed by Packaging Automation, for packing tomatoes. The machinery not only addresses the environmental impact of packaging ...
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Apple shortage may boost juice prices Juice processors and cider makers could be paying up to $1,000 a tonne for apples by the end of the year, because of a shortage of fruit in some regions, according to fruit grower Batlow Fruit ...
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One of the neatest items on display at Schubert's stand was its latest prototype top loading machine (TLM) with a virtually empty switch cabinet. In this design, the servoamplifiers are part of the TLM robot within a decentralised ...
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Smithfield Foods, Inc., a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WH Group Limited, reported record 2014 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of 2013. Sales for the first quarter of 2014 were $3.4 billion, up 3%. ...
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The business is located in Leicester and has a Ugandan subsidiary. It specialises in the manufacture of packaging, packaging machinery and contract packing for the food sector. In 2013 Khalid was awarded the "Pearl of Africa Lifetime ...
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Salt of the Earth, an Israeli salt producer, has invested €1m to launch an enhanced automatic packaging production line for tablets and granular salt products. The company is replacing premade polyethylene (PE) bags with rolls and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Salt, Salt Packaging