The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli are partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties grown in Ecuador. The USDA's Agricultural ...
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US-based Essex plans to set up a new rice packaging and distribution facility in Marion County, South Carolina with an investment of $54.4m, a move that is expected to create about 215 jobs. The investment is expected to support the ...
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Olam International, a Singapore-based processor of agricultural products and food ingredients, has opened a new A$62m ($62.8m) almond hulling and processing facility in Carwarp, Victoria. The 12,000m2 facility is expected to de-hull and ...
Xylem Inc. announced the launch of an innovative treadle pump called Saajhi, the first product in Xylem’s planned Essence of Life portfolio. Essence of Life is a sustainable business model from Xylem that addresses the fundamental ...
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Known as "cis located in the northwest of Zhongshan City - the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao SARs. Covering a total area of 47.8 square kms, it has a population of about 70,000 registered local ...
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The EU and Japan officially launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The aim is for a comprehensive agreement in goods, services and investment eliminating tariffs, non-tariff barriers and covering other trade-related ...
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US-based chemical company cThe investment is a part of the company's strategy to supply its MCC to cThe new facility is expected to commence production in late 2014 and will feature MCC production, blending, packaging and warehousing. The ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 51 remained unchanged on 25/03/2013.The largest rises were Propylene oxide (1.24%),PA (1.12%),Nickel (1.04%),while the ...
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The future of energy storage has taken root on an onion farm in southern California. Seeking to offset its electricity bills, Gills Onions in Oxnard has installed a flow battery. When electricity prices from the grid peak, the farm can tap ...
Tags: Flow Batteries, Resilient Microgrids, Consumer Electronics
Author and humorist Mark Twain is given credit for the saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” It is unknown if Twain ever spoke those words. A bottle of whiskey makes for sipping. Water makes for a political ...
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China-based Suntech Power Holdings announced the insolvency of its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech. Industry sources noted that Suntech executives will arrive in Taiwan next week to meet with strategic partners. Taiwan-based solar firms ...
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Cubbie station, the largest privately owned irrigation property in Australia, is expecting to harvest 200,000 bales of ginned cotton this year. The new owners of the 93,000 hectares of cultivation land - Lempriere, Chinese textile and ...
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I may be barking up, or rather hugging, the wrong tree but I wouldn’t be surprised were the bioplastics industry to be looking to sever its no longer so comfortable links with the environmentalist lobby. Having fuelled the booster ...
Related Media Honey laundering trails all lead to China Honey bee toxin may destroy HIV Honey bee losses defy solitary explanations Could a robot honey bee actually pollinate an orchard or crop field? With a carbon fiber body and titanium ...
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A number of Industries and large manufacturing companies are reliable on high precision machining to produce best quality and accurate machine parts. These machines use the latest technology and techniques to provide parts that not only ...
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