The Hain Celestial Group, a US-based organic and natural products company, is exploring sale of its pure protein business to focus on core brands. The business, known as Hain Pure Protein, comprises the company’s organic poultry ...
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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
Evolve Brands has conditionally agreed to buy US-based snacking brands Gorilly Goods and Supernola for an undisclosed price. Privately-held Evolve Brands is a newly founded health-focused snacking company, set to debut at Fancy Food Show ...
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Nestle Japan is all set to commercialize the first ever natural pink ruby-flavored chocolate by introducing the new KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby bars in Japan and South Korea. The ruby chocolate used in the new KitKat product, dubbed ...
Packaging solutions provider Ardagh Group is planning to permanently close its glass container production facility in Milford, Massachusetts, US. The firm said that the decision to close the facility comes in response to the decrease in ...
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Nestlé has agreed to sell its US confectionery business, made up of more than 20 brands, to Italian confectionery giant Ferrero for $2.8bn. The confectionery business of Nestle in the US makes up about 3% of US Nestle Group sales. ...
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance has launched a venture capital fund to invest up to $1bn in the next five years. The new entity will act as main interface for start-ups, investors and the venture capital ecosystem to ...
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Xpeng Motors has showcased its EV-G3 at the International CES 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US with four attributes to usher in a new era of autonomous driving experience. It is also the first mass production version of the intelligent car ...
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Volkswagen and Hyundai Motor have partnered with US self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation to speed up their autonomous car programs. The partnerships were announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, US. Aurora, which designs and ...
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FIAT brand announced the addition of the Urbana Edition to its Italian-designed, fun-to-drive Fiat 500X lineup. 2017 Fiat 500X Urbana Edition offers a unique, urban look with Miron (Metallic Iron) black-painted exterior and interior ...
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The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
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Vietnam Beverage, ThaiBev’s domestic unit, has won a bidding to acquire 54% stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol & Beverage Corp (Sabeco) for $4.8bn. Sabeco is owned and under the authority of Vietnam's Ministry of Trade and Industry. The ...
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X-Rite’s eXact family of handheld spectrophotometers is now supporting new ISO standard for Spot Color Tone Value (SCTV). eXact allows printers and packaging converters to understand, control, manage, and communicate color through ...
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Consumer packaging firm Crown has agreed to acquire Signode Industrial Group Holdings (Bermuda) from Carlyle Group for $3.91bn. The transaction is expected to add strong franchise business to Crown's existing metal packaging business. ...
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Clipper Teas, the ethical and organic tea brand owned by Wessanen UK, has partnered with like-minded chocolate producer, Seed and Bean, on a large scale on-pack promotion; available to all its retail partners nationwide. Over 300,000 ...