Food processing equipment supplier SPX FLOW has set up a new innovation center in Shanghai, China, to help producers create innovative dairy products and beverages. The facility can test new product formulations to aid producers in ...
The company has billed the launch of its Newborn range as "he final piece of the Little Tikes puzzle" and believes the range of pram and tummy-time toys will secure its place in the burgeoning pre-school market. Little Tikes has ...
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Flavored beverages producer Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has purchased an additional stake in BA Sports Nutrition, makers of premium sports drinks line Bodyarmor. The firm has invested an additional $6m to increase its stake from the ...
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Ford announced that it will be investing $1.6b in San Luis Potosi in Mexico to build small cars. Construction of this factory is expected to begin in mid-2016 and the production is scheduled to begin in 2018. The American automaker ...
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Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone expanded its PantoneLIVE cloud-based solution for digitally communicating color with a new service that helps printers and packaging converters manage color libraries. The new PantoneLIVE Rationalization ...
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An innovative research project has received a share from UK government’s £38.2m prize to include Formula 1 technology to make family cars lighter, more fuel efficient and help plug-in vehicles to improve mileage. A consortium ...
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BPI Packaging is set to open a $8m factory in Olive Branch region, Mississippi, US. The company will start operations in a 291,000ft2 facility on Magnolia Drive, which was purchased from Sherwin-Williams. The investment is expected to ...
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US-based private equity firm Castanea Partners has invested undisclosed sum in Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, a retailer and wholesaler of branded artisanal ice creams. This investment makes Castanea Partners, the sole outside investor in ...
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Soup maker Tio Gazpacho has completed a $1.25m Series A funding round from investors led by 301 Inc, which is a General Mills’ venture capital arm. The Series A round also included investments from other private investors in ...
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Halo, provider of data integration and analytics software for supply chain planning, has announced Halo SkuBrain for Beverage Suppliers and Distributors. SkuBrain for Beverage combines sales and production forecasting and inventory ...
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Daimler has begun production of its 9G-TRONIC nine-speed automatic transmission at its Sebes factory in Romania. The production is being handled by its Romanian subsidiary Star Assembly. The German luxury car-maker has invested about ...
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Middle East Food Solution Company (MEFSCO), a joint venture between Arabian Agricultural Services Company (Arasco) and Cargill, is planning to set up a plant to produce fructose, glucose and starch products in Saudi Arabia. In this ...
Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has acquired the Dutch cheese moulds manufacturer Laude for undisclosed amount. Established in 1962, Laude is engaged in designing, development, and manufacturing of plastic moulds used ...
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Columbia Pacific Advisors said it sold POW Gloves to Rojo Australia, Spacecraft Collective to Omen Longboards and Holden Outerwear to unidentified private investors 30 months after investing $2.5 million in the partnership that used to own ...
Tags: POW Gloves, Rojo Austalia, POW Holdings Brands, D.A, Davidson&Co.