In the early 80s, a young Ogilvy & Mather art director, John Curran, was feeling a long way from home. He’d been in Australia for many months, but his girlfriend had just arrived with a lot of his memories in her suitcase. He ...
From its beginning as a graphic arts company called EskoArtwork, Esko has built itself into the leading global player in packaging production and supply chain solutions, with its headquarters in Gent, Belgium, and R&D and manufacturing ...
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Wilson Sporting Goods Co., a division of Amer Sports Corporation, and Louisville Slugger, a division of Hillerich & Bradsby, Co., (H&B), announced that Wilson has acquired global brand, sales and innovation rights to Louisville Slugger from ...
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Cadillac has previewed its new generation of 3.0L Twin Turbo V-6 engine, which the company claims to be most advanced six-cylinder gasoline engine. The 3.0L Twin Turbo engine will be capable of producing 400 horsepower 543 Nm of ...
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Vibram hired Allon Cohne as its chief marketing officer and Chris Melton as its North American sales manager, Vibram Finished Goods. Cohne and Melton join a growing marketing team and will be based in Vibram USA’s Concord, Mass. ...
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Goodman Fielder CEO departs as sale to Asian giants settles It was announced today that Scott Weitemeyer will be appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Goodman Fielder, replacing Chris Delaney. The announcement ...
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Li Ning widened its loss in 2014 to RMB743.5 million ($125 mm) from RMB359.4 milion a year ago. Revenues rose 15.6 percent to RMB6.73 billion ($1.13 bn) from RMB5.82 billion. Li Ning warned in January that it expected to post a loss for ...
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Fonterra enters partnership with Chinese infant formula manufacturer New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra has confirmed that it has acquired an 18.8 per cent share in leading Chinese infant formula manufacturer, Beingmate Baby & ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its $1.5m commitment to provide LED lighting for new homes built in the USA by Habitat for Humanity (a non-profit Christian housing organization founded in 1976 that ...
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Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film solar modules and provider of turnkey photovoltaic solutions, has completed a 228kW commercial rooftop solar project ...
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Net sales grow by $61 million in the fourth quarter, despite its restructuring push circling another $100 million upwards in spending cuts. Toys R Us has seen net sales grow by $61 million in the fourth quarter, despite its restructuring ...
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Diageo is set to be the first alcohol company to voluntarily provide nutritional information including calories per typical serve and alcohol content on all of its products. The information will be displayed on packaging as well as on its ...
PPG Industries held a ceremony to mark the completion of a $40 million, 65,000-square-foot plant for on-site resin production at its Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, coatings manufacturing facility. Resin produced at the facility ...
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Thailand's meat producer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) in 2015 is set to invest up to $763m to expand in foreign markets. i The company will spend THB20-25bn ($611-763m) this year, primarily on overseas expansion and ...
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In 2014, specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it substantially improved its operating result and net income in a challenging market and competitive environment. Although sales declined slightly by 3.5 per cent to around €8 ...
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