Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries Metcash is attempting to stem recent losses in its Liquor division, entering into an agreement in late February 2015 to purchase Southern Independent Liquor Group (SILG), which trades under ...
Tags: Liquor Sales, Food
Canadian food safety organisation Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) has received a $549,278 funding from Harper Government to purchase new equipment to expand and modernise its testing efficiency. This new financial support will help PDS ...
Tags: Food Safety, New Equipment
As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
Tags: fast food, Food Production Monitor
For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
Tags: 5N Plus, Commodity Pricing
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor is planning to sell only diesel-powered models of the new CX-3 compact crossover in Japan. Reuters cited Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai as saying that improved power offered by diesel engines are selling point of ...
Tags: Mazda Motor, Diesel
Famous women apparel brands Lela Rose and Protagonist have chosen the cloud-based FashionManager enterprise software solution by RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc., software solutions provider to the fashion industry’s biggest and ...
Tags: Womenswear, Textile
In previous posts, I examined the high-tech industry in significant detail by picking a representative sample of leading systems, software, and semiconductor companies. Taken as a group, the selected firms serve the full range of ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Electronics
Fresh outlook, policies and subsidies key to hit goals and harness opportunities The Chinese government is considering new preferential policies for the emerging new energy car industry. The Ministry of Science and Technology issued a ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2014 of $392.9m, up 18% on $331.7m in 2013. Fourth-quarter 2014 revenue was $113.6m, up 22% on $93.3m last ...
As the China government has set minimum energy conversion rates for technologically leading crystalline silicon solar cell makers to obtain financial support, first-tier China-based solar cell makers including Trina Solar, JA Solar ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV modules
China's government policies for supporting the local IC design industry have put less emphasis on intervention measures such as offering tax breaks, providing direct financial support, and making purchases of domestic products, while ...
Tags: IC Design, IC Industry
Egypt is planning to list its Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC) in an initial public offering (IPO) to improve the company's financial situation. According to Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi, the IPO of the state-owned company's shares ...
Tags: Food Industries, Food
'Made in China' gains credibility, as makers of home appliances expand Chinese home appliances and electronics are increasingly gaining popularity among European consumers because of their price advantages and innovation. Leading the ...
Tags: Home appliances, Electronics
The Chinese currency has seen sharp volatility against the US dollar this week as a strengthening dollar stokes worries of the yuan's depreciation. The yuan continued to decline against the dollar on Wednesday with its spot exchange rate ...
Tags: China's New Yuan, Chinese currency
Industry expands as an increasing number of Chinese people opt for healthier lifestyle Even when she was in her 20s, Tiffany Tang says she never felt so full of energy and healthy. Since starting to jog with her family and friends over ...
Tags: Fitness Sector, Exercise Equipment