Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has signed an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to establish a new dairy farm hub in China. The move comes in response to the growing demand for quality milk in China. Both the ...
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PURE Bioscience, a California-based developer of patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, has submitted a Food Contact Notification (FCN) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to use silver dihydrogen ...
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Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has entered into an agreement with Northumberland Dairy Cooperative to acquire Northumberland's dairy and food distribution assets for undisclosed sum. Under the transaction, Agropur will acquire the ...
ABC Research Laboratories, a US-based food testing and consulting laboratory, has secured approval as a General Mills Approved Laboratory. The laboratory will now test ingredients that are supplied for General Mills' 89 individual ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that a class "A" mining license for iron ore mining in the Putu Mountain Range has been granted to Putu Iron Ore Mining Company Incorporated (PIOM), a Severstal subsidiary, by the government of ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has received board approval from the Overseas ...
Epistar Corp (Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) is to issue 174.612 million new shares (worth NT$10 each, totalling NT$1746.12m) to acquire fellow Taiwanese LED epiwafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc ...
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XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and ‘CIGSolar’ manufacturing processes, says that its expanded sales force ...
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For the European coatings industry, REACH, the seven-year-old European Union's legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of industrial chemicals, has been posing major difficulties. However the Biocidal Products ...
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Axalta Coating Systems recently announced that Mazda Europe has renewed its approval of Axalta's three global refinish brands – Cromax, Spies Hecker and Standox. The agreement, which is valid for another two years, confirms Axalta as ...
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Apollo Tyres is set to invest $340m to strengthen manufacturing capabilities at its Chennai and Kalamassery, Kerala plants. As part of the expansion project, the company will boost truck and bus radial tyre capacity at Chennai plant to ...
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Sweet Green Fields (SGF), the leading US science-based, natural sweetener innovator, announced the creation of Natrose natural flavor. With approval from the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA), food and beverage companies ...
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Switzerland-based Syngenta has signed an agreement with Sweden-based food and agriculture group Lantminnen to acquire its German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations. Syngenta noted that ...
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Electronic components manufacturer Pulse Electronics has introduced a new concept to provide EMC/EMI protection for automotive electronics, the HOT ROD I-Bar chokes for automotive networks. I-Bar HOT ROD range of chokes are said to be ...
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Victoria PLC, the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floorcoverings, announces, subject to shareholder approval, a proposed special dividend of £2.92 per Existing Ordinary Share ("Special Dividend"). ...
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