Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the ...
Grupo Modelo, an arm of beverage major Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev, will pump in $325m in two plants in Yucatan, Mexico, including an aluminum beer-can unit. The cans manufactured at the new unit will replace those being currently ...
Tags: Grupo Modelo, Packaging
Genesco Inc. reported earnings slid 29.3 percent in its first quarter to $9.9 million, or 42 cents a share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 51 cents per share, falling well short of Wall Street's consensus estimate of ...
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New Jersey-based food, beverage, and supplement consulting firm MetaBrand has planned to expand its suite of services for beverage and food into the Canadian and other international markets with a new division. Founded in 2011 by natural ...
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the release Infrastructure Australia (IA) Audit Report, describing it as a timely and directional insight into Australia’s infrastructure requirements. The inquiry by the ...
Breakside Brewery has released new limited edition beers in bottles “Back to the Future IPA” for Portland Beer Week and “Oui, Chef” the latest in the Farmhouse, Fruit & Funk Series. In addition to the 2 highly ...
Tags: Limited Editions Beers, Beers
Nike topped the list of the most valuable apparel brand with a brand value of $29,717 million in the 2015 BrandZ top 100 global ranking. It is followed by Zara at $22,036 million and H&M at 13,087 million. Tommy Hilfiger was tenth with a ...
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Praedium, the Spanish investment Group which owns Nylstar, a producer of polyamide yarns and fabrics, has acquired acrylic fibre manufacturer Montefibre Hispania SA. Praedium has invested €2 million to acquire a 90 per cent stake in ...
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Coiledspring Games is sponsoring this week's UK Games Expo and will be showcasing a number of new games. The firm will be displaying Adventure Tours - the latest from the inventor of Love Letter, Seiji Kanai - as well as his newest card ...
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Catalyst Paper is investing nearly $16m in the Rumford pulp and paper mill in Maine, US, as for its upgrade and maintenance. Around $11m will be spent on maintenance projects including the upgrade of the mill's Recovery Boiler C. The ...
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RF power transistors supplier Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, TX, USA has launched two ultra-wideband RF power gallium nitride (GaN) transistors in new plastic packages. "The industry-leading bandwidth of these two products will enable ...
Tags: GaN Transistors, Plastic Packages
Chicago-based private equity firm Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) has launched Champagne app in Hong Kong and China for the younger generations. Dubbed, Champagne Campus, the new app is available on IOS, ...
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Intertek has launched the highest-specification test cells at the Transportation Technologies powertrain test laboratory located in Milton Keynes, UK, to provide automotive powertrain testing and engineering services. In order to provide ...
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has expressed disappointment in the Federal Government’s 2015-16 Budget, which announced the lion’s share of transport infrastructure funding to go toward roads, and no new money for ...
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GAZ Group has unveiled new Vecto-3 and LiAZ-4292 medium bus models at the Bus World-2015 exhibition being held in Kolomna, Russia. Designed for operations at low passenger flow routes, the Vecto-3 and LiAZ-4292 buses' serial production ...