Finland-based global supplier of pressure sensitive label materials UPM Raflatac has launched a selection of label stock products for wet wipes applications in Europe. The company has released adhesives combined with Clear and White PP ...
US based Ketchup maker Heinz has signed a definitive merger agreement with Kraft Foods to form a new company, Kraft Heinz, to become the third largest food and beverage firm in North America and potentially fifth largest in the world. ...
H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company. The merger will form the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the ...
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“All India kappas (raw cotton) arrivals have touched approximately 3 crore bales and CCI cotton procurement has crossed approximately 80 lakhs bales till now,” informs the fortnightly report of Indian Cotton Federation. It ...
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Shoppers formed a lengthy queue in anticipation for the opening of a landmark sale - at one of Berwick's oldest-running family shops last week. The keen bargain hunters were keen to get the first look at the reduced items – which ...
Furmanac has been identified in London Stock Exchange's 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the UK's fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses. To be included in the list, companies ...
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DFS has secured a new £230m funding package from a banking syndicate led by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking following its recent stock market listing. The funding includes a £200m term loan that will be used to repay existing ...
Strauss Group, an Israel-based food and drinks manufacturer, is exploring an initial public offering of its coffee unit on the US stock exchange. Strauss and TPG Capital Management, its partner in Strauss Coffee, have submitted a draft ...
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American food firm J. M. Smucker Company has completed the acquisition of Big Heart Pet Brands in a cash and stock transaction valued about $6bn. J. M. Smucker, which offers food products including peanut butter, jam and Folgers ...
Global diamond jewelry demand rose 2.9 percent year on year to $81.4 billion in 2014, according to industry insight data published by De Beers on Friday. The research sets a new high for global demand, but also represents the slowest growth ...
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BASF has selected Freeport, Texas as the potential site in its plans to build a world-scale methane to propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast. BASF in a press release said, it will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets) has entered into a definitive ...
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A leading Vietnamese garment firm Duc Giang Corporation (Dugarco) has signed a cooperation agreement with Luen Thai Holdings, a leading garment company listed on the Hong Kong exchange. The agreement has been signed with an objective ...
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Thailand-based polyester and yarn manufacturer Indorama Ventures will be acquiring a 94.91% stake in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymers maker Bangkok Polyester for an undisclosed amount. A producer of PET polymers in Rayong, ...