Discount retailer Lidl UK has selected IFCO's nesting trays for meat, poultry, and packaged seafood shipments. Under the five-year deal, IFCO will supply the trays 16 million trays in the first year. The company will increase the number ...
Supply chain logistics company Brambles has moved to 100 per cent ownership of keg logistics and distribution business Kegstar ahead of an expansion into the UK market. Brambles, which bought an initial 30 per cent in Kegstar in March ...
Industrial thread and consumer textile crafts marketer, Coats plc has added David Gosnell as non-executive director, with effect from February 19, 2015, who will also chair the Remuneration Committee. David who retired from Diageo plc as ...
Tags: Industrial thread, Textile
During 2014, CHEP Australia staff gave more than 900 hours volunteering for charities and not-for- profit organisations in their local communities. CHEP Australia is part of the Brambles Group, which has an employee volunteering policy ...
“Certification is one of the most powerful tools companies can use to assure the public that they're committed to environmental responsibility and sustainable forest management.” Well said, Denis O’Hara. O’Hara ...
Growing investor interest in the Australian processed food sector and divestments by large Australian food manufacturers are becoming more frequent. The recent drop in the Australian dollar and export market opportunities may be driving ...
CAPS has announced that its intermediate bulk container management business is being rebranded as CHEP Pallecon Solutions. The team at CHEP Pallecon Solutions has been a leading container management partner in North America for more than ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Service
IFCO Systems today announced that Wolfgang Orgeldinger would become Chief Executive Officer of the company, succeeding Karl Pohler, who is retiring to pursue other interests. Orgeldinger will also succeed Pohler as Group President of the ...
Tags: Transportation
THE S&P/ASX200 has turned down 0.1 per cent to 4966.6, paring a 0.4 per cent rise that followed overseas gains on stronger US economic data. The reversal comes as investors react to higher US bond yields, a falling Australian dollar, and ...
The S&P/ASX200 has closed down 2 per cent at 5062.4, as slower Chinese manufacturing activity in May combined with signs that the US Federal Reserve could start rolling back its bond-buying program to send the local sharemarket to its ...
The sharemarket suffered its sharpest one-day fall for two months yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said it could reduce its economic stimulus measures and China's manufacturing showed signs of contraction. "In the next few meetings ...
The sharemarket rose for a third-consecutive session after the dollar weakened further overnight. Non-resources companies with US dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the resources sector. The ...
Tags: Stocks, Aussie Fall
The sharemarket rose for a third consecutive session yesterday after the Australian dollar weakened further in offshore trade. Non-resources companies with US-dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the ...
Tags: Bourse, Greenback Exposure
The sharemarket ended flat yesterday as companies with offshore earnings and high-yield stocks returned to favour, offsetting weak demand for resources. Investors' recent enthusiasm for resources was dampened by further declines in ...
The stockmarket was awash with fresh optimism that the dollar may finally be on a sustained decline as it plays catch-up to the fall in interest rates and commodity prices, reversing a major earnings headwind several sectors have faced for ...