US distributor United Natural Foods (UNFI) has booked an increase in earnings for fiscal 2012. In the 12 months ended 28 July, net profit amounted to US$91.3m compared to $76.7m a year earlier, the company reported today (11 September). ...
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Oberto Brands has indicated that it will open a manufacturing facility in Nashville, Tennessee, in order to meet growing demand for its meat snack products. The company manufactures Oh Boy, Oberto! Jerky, Lowrey's Meat Snacks and Pacific ...
Tags: meat, snack, meat snack products, Meat Snacks
Packaging systems manufacturer Viking Masek Global Packaging Technologies has shifted to its new facility in Oostburg, Wisconsin, US, which will serve as the US headquarters for the company. The 35,000ft2 facility will allow the company ...
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New facility is largest abroad investment on a semiconductor facility South Korean technology giant Samsung has begun the construction of $7bn memory chips manufacturing facility in North Western China's Xi'an region. Being ...
Clariant has opened a second production unit for the successful flame retardant(FR)Exolit OP at the Hürth-Knapsack plant near Cologne,Gemany.The established non-halogenated additive is used primarily in the electronics and electrical ...
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TT electronics has opened a production facility in Timisoara,Romania to manufacture power modules,microelectronic devices and sensors. The target markets will be industrial and transportation applications. "TT electronics is making a ...
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Agribusiness giant Bunge has announced the opening of an ingredient innovation centre in the US. The "state-of-the-art" centre in Bradley in Illinois will include an industrial kitchen and corporate dining facilities, Bunge said. After ...
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Barry Callebaut has signed a deal for the supply of compound and chocolate products to Argentine confectioner Arcor-Dos en Uno in South America. The outsourcing agreement, announced today (23 October), will involve an investment of EUR13m ...
Tags: chocolate products, outsourcing agreement, Chilean market
Barry Callebaut is to build a chocolate plant in Turkey, a market it says has low per capita consumption of the product but where demand is growing quickly. The world's largest business-to-business chocolate manaufacturer plans to open ...
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A dairy co-operative in Gwynedd is to spend 10M on a new cheesemaking facility after securing a 50M contract. The new cheesemaking facility will cost 10M South Caernarfon Creameries, which employs 110 workers, will begin supplying ...
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After 10 years in Chatsworth, California, electric bike vendor Currie Technologies moved its company headquarters to Simi Valley at the end of November. The move resulted in a less congested area and commute for current employees, and ...
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Plastic, glass and metal containers and closures supplier Berlin Packaging has opened a new warehouse in Cranbury, New Jersey, US, which joins 60 other company's warehouse locations throughout the country. The new 70,000ft2 facility will ...
UK-based Contego Packaging, acquired by Platinum Equity in 2011, has invested in a new 6,200 sq m factory in Wolfen, Germany to replace its existing facility. The new factory enables production and warehousing to be located under one roof ...
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Nelson Laboratories, a provider of life-cycle microbiology testing services, has opened a new facility to accommodate immediate and future requirements for laboratory expansion. The 12,000ft2 building will provide increased laboratory and ...
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Magnetation LLC announced today that it has selected Reynolds, Indiana as the site to build its new iron ore pellet plant. The new facility will produce high-quality iron ore pellets, a critical raw material in the steelmaking process. ...