The infant formula industry is in the spotlight again after the launch of a price-fixing investigation into foreign and domestic milk powder makers and intensified government efforts to consolidate a nationwide hodgepodge of producers. ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, infant formula
Mr. Sanjay Behl has recently joined Raymond Limited as Chief Executive Officer - Lifestyle Business, which comprises of the organization's core businesses, namely Textiles, Apparel & Retail. Having worked across diverse industries such as ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Texas State University (in San Marcos) has announced an agreement granting MicroPower Global Ltd (which was established in 2008 and is developing thermoelectric devices for energy conservation, energy harvesting and refrigeration) exclusive ...
Brenton, a leading manufacturer of end of line packaging equipment, celebrates its 25th anniversary in the packaging industry this year. Founded in 1987, Brenton started as a regional custom manufacturer with the intent to focus on cable ...
In June 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,882.7 billion yuan, up by 13.3 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 11.7 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no ...
Tags: Total Retail Sales, Consumer Goods
In the first half of 2013, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the Central Party Committee and the State Council have committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the ...
Germany-based adhesives manufacturer Henkel has developed a new hotmelt adhesive - Technomelt Supra 100 Cool which is designed for application in the food industry. According to the company, with an application temperature of 100 °C, ...
Tags: Hotmelt Adhesive, Food Packaging
In June, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.7 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.6 percent in cities and 2.8 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 4.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
Tags: Consumer Prices
Metro Supply Chain Group, a leading supply chain and logistics solutions provider in Canada, announced the appointment of William Patterson as the Senior Director of Business Development, Major Contracts. Reporting to Richard Cranwill, Vice ...
Tags: Metro, Canadian Director
In May 2013, compared with April 2013, the industrial producer price index1 fell by 0.3% in both the euro area (EA17) and the EU27, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April prices ...
Tags: Market, industry analysis, price
Rigid plastic packaging company Paccor Packaging Solutions is all set to invest GBP9.4m (€11m) in its Dutch food service division. Paccor claims that the investment is part of its strategy to become a player in rigid food packaging ...
According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in May this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-27), ...
Tags: Industrial Producer, Mineral
Making RFID tags affordable is one of the key drivers in the rapid development of Printed Electronics (PE). With traditional RFID tags being considered expensive, fragile and open to questions about security and performance, the concept ...
Tags: Printed Electronics, RFID tags, Packaging, Printing
Companies in the retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods industries can make the onsite vendor compliance audit process faster, easier, more accurate and more productive with the new Factory Audit Mobile App for Centric 8 from ...
Tags: Centric Software, Factory Audit, Mobile App
Oil and gas company Total has developed a new bimodal high density polyethylene, XSene 55060, to address the demands of the industrial packaging market. The next generation 55060 is based on the company's XSene technology and has been ...