Brazil’s JBS buys Primo Smallgoods Australia’s largest meat processor, marketer and export JBS Australia has signed a $1.45 billion deal to acquire ham, bacon and smallgoods producer Primo Smallgoods. The brands of the Primo ...
Tags: ham, bacon, smallgoods, Agriculture
The Grib diamond mine in Russia, owned by the somewhat unlikely candidate of oil supplier Lukoil, is arguably the most prospective of the new generation of diamond mines. Therefore, its launch of commercial mining earlier this year and the ...
Tags: Grib Diamonds, Diamonds
For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture
The Agricultural Marketing Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is calling for public opinion regarding the new beef ‘checkoff program’. This industry-funded research, promotion and information order will bolster ...
Tags: Beef industry, beef producers, Agriculture
Lifeway Foods, a supplier of cultured dairy products known as kefir and organic kefir, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. "Our strong double digit net sales growth in the third quarter demonstrates the ...
Textile products of one of Europe's leading manufacturers of mattresses and bed accessories - The French Cofel Group, which retails its products under the brand ‘Bultex’, meet the human-ecological requirements of the OEKO-TEX ...
Tags: Bultex Mattress, Bed Products, Apparel
In the third fiscal quarter ending September 27, 2014, despite posting revenue growth of 21.22% year-on-year, NASDAQ-listed manufacturer of carpet and rugs – The Dixie Group, reported loss from continuing operations. In the quarter ...
Tags: manufacturer of carpet, rugs, Textile
Leading textile companies from Taiwan will be exhibiting a wide range of quality design and high performance textile & garment products at the Taiwan Textiles Fairs in South Asia 2014, in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on November 24-25, ...
Tags: garment products, Foreign Trade, Textile
Plastics and packaging company DS Smith’s Plastics Division has added a new fold-flat plastics container, Duca-Pak, to its Uni-Pak family which produces durable, foldable containers. These plastic containers recently won the ...
Germany based RPC Bramlage has introduced a set of in-mould label (c) containers and lids for spreads and yellow fats in order to meet growing market demand for cost-effective packs. The new product range provides four sizes from 250g ...
Tags: in-mould label, RPC, packs
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, is exhibiting at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany ...
Tags: GaN Systems, semiconductors
The firm is encouraging kids to make the move from bands to wool. Character Options is reporting an already high demand for its new Shimmer and Sparkle Cra-Z-Knitz Ultimate Designer Knitting Station. Looking to perpetuate the looming ...
Tags: Looming Kit, Toys
The Boston Beer Company reported third quarter 2014 net revenue of $269.7m, an increase of $53.3m or 25% over the same period last year, mainly due to core shipment growth of 23%. Net income for the third quarter was $37.9 million, or ...
The second Made In America Product Showcase will take place at Outdoor Retailer (Jan. 21-24) in Salt Lake City, again featuring products from 30 brands that manufacture in the U.S. In addition to the showcase, the OIA Made in America ...
Tags: Outdoor Goods, Sporting Goods