Specialty chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has acquired StePac Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) business from DS Smith for £18m. The transaction encompasses all assets of StePac, including Xtend ...
Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its solar system business - including all technology assets and ...
Tags: Soitec, Core Semiconductor
US-based beverage company Iconic Brands has acquired a majority stake in BiVi, a distributor of premium Sicilian Vodka. With this deal, Iconic is aiming to focus on the premium spirits market. The firm believes that BiVi acquisition is ...
Tags: Iconic Brands, beverage
Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) has signed a basic agreement to buy beverage business of Japan Tobacco (JT) for $1.2bn. According to SBF, the deal also includes acquisition of canned coffee brand Roots and peach-flavored drink brand Momono ...
Tags: Suntory, Japan Tobacco
Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
Tags: paper packaging, Packaging
Tokyo is the world’s hottest market for retail expansion, attracting 63 new brands last year as leasing momentum in core areas remained strong, despite mixed signals in the economy and an increase in the sales tax to eight per cent in ...
Ascena Retail Group and Ann Inc entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ascena will acquire Ann Inc for a combination of cash and stock in an accretive transaction. Upon closing, Ann Inc stockholders will receive $37.34 in ...
Tags: Ascena, Women's Apparel
The China Steel and Iron Association and several industry partners joined hands to set up the Steel E-commerce Research Center on Monday, with an eye on upgrading and transforming the industry reeling from low profits. The research ...
Tags: Steel Companies, Online Success
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices as well as LEDs, has submitted a draft registration statement on a confidential basis to the US Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Tags: silicon carbide, gallium nitride, LEDs
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA (which provides compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics market) has reported revenue of ...
Tags: fiber-optics, Emcore
Driveline and chassis technology provider ZF Friedrichshafen has acquired TRW Automotive Holdings for an undisclosed amount. TRW Automotive manufactures and supplies aftermarket products, braking products, chassis, commercial steering ...
AR Packaging will invest €3m in the newly acquired plants at Krakow in Poland and Graz in Austria. With the investment at the two facilities, the German company is expecting to strengthen its foothold in the European packaging ...
Sabin Robbins Converting Company is selling the equipment at its paper converting plant in Mansfield city, US. Gordon Brothers Group, an advisory, restructuring and investment firm, is assisting Sabin sell its assets. Established in ...
Glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) is buying Mexican company Vitro's food and beverage glass container business for around $2.15bn, to gain a competitive position in the Mexican glass packaging market. O-I will acquire ...
Tags: Owens-Illinois, Glass Container, Packaging
For the first quarter ended March 31, 2105, NYSE listed Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) reported net income of $8.5 million, or $0.31 per limited partner unit. In a press release, WLKP said it achieved a MLP distributable cash flow ...
Tags: ethylene production, ethylene