Local government delegates attending the 22nd National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra have called for politicians to support a freight productivity plan by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), which they say ...
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Grocery wholesaler, Metcash, has turned its profits around announcing a AUD$216.5 million profit after tax for the 12 months ended 30 April 2016. This is a vast turnaround on its AUD $384.2 million loss it reported for the prior 12 month ...
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Shorr Packaging has launched its new 242,732ft2 headquarters in Aurora, Illinois, US. Shorr's new state-of-the-art building is one of Aurora's newest business developments. At the ceremony, Shorr employee-owners, along with David Shorr, ...
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Treofan's coated BOPP films valdiates its ability to protect food products against the migration of mineral oil residue. This is proven by measurements taken by the Zürich Canton Laboratory (Kantonales Labor Zürich) in ...
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Barclays has officially launched its answer to Android Pay via an upgrade to its Android app. The bank previously declined to join Google's NFC payment service, which launched in the UK this May, and has kept its own service fairly quiet ...
Imagine being able to clear all of the unnecessary junk off your computer with the touch of a button? Microsoft is aiming to enable just that with a new tool known as Refresh Windows 10 or Start Fresh. The feature has rolled out in the ...
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At the IEEE Honors Ceremony in New York City on 18 June, Dr David F. Welch - co-founder & president of Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical transport networking systems incorporating ...
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US-based beverage can manufacturer Ball Corporation has received an approval from the European Commission (EC) for its proposed £4.4bn acquisition of Rexam. The move marks the final regulatory clearance in Europe for the company to ...
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Kung Long has supplied its start-stop batteries to Honda for use in Honda’s PTWs sold in Vietnam (photo courtesy of UDN.com).The Taiwan-based Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co., Ltd., a specialized manufacturer of lead-acid batteries ...
Stion Energy Services - the turn-key project development arm of Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium) - recently completed the installation of the first utility projects in the State of ...
Zebra Technologies Corporation has unveiled its new ZD400-series desktop thermal printers. Designed for retail, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, the ZD400-series is flexible and user-friendly, making ...
The executive board of Asia Pacific Logistics Federation (APLF) (chairman David Rogers, director from the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA), vice chairman He Li Ming, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing ...
The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results show that the steady increase in hiring intentions in Australia will continue into the third quarter of 2016. Of the 1,500 public and private employers surveyed, 13 per cent indicated ...
Rigid box supplier Pollard Boxes has acquired the business and assets of Clarke Rubicon, a UK based presentation packaging manufacturer. Clarke Rubicon is engaged in supplying a wide range of products to both the retail and commercial ...
US-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing has purchased Epson ColorWorks C7500G inkjet label printer to produce color and black and white packaging labels. The company will distribute these color and black and white packaging labels to the ...