Food and beverage giant Nestlé has purchased a majority stake in Terrafertil, a South American organic food company that manufactures plant-based foods and snacks. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed by the ...
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The Kidizoom Smartwatch DX2 and Kidizoom Action Cam 180 have launched nationwide across the US. VTech has released two new tech products into the US market, in the form of the Kidizoom Smartwatch DX2 and the Kidizoom Action Cam 180. The ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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Moosehead Breweries, which is considered to be Canada's oldest independent beer firm, is celebrating its 150 years of family brewing. When Susannah Oland opened the Army and Navy Brewery in 1867, she hoped to create a business that could ...
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US Foods has agreed to acquire Birmingham, Alabama-based SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor having yearly sales of around $80m. Family owned since 1940, SRA started out as a butcher shop in Birmingham. Today, SRA Foods occupies a ...
Spanish food company Ebro Foods has announced the merger of its three US rice and pasta companies in a bid to become a major player in the two segments in the country. The companies to be merged, with effective from 1 January 2017, are ...
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Global eTrade Services (GeTS), the subsidiary of CrimsonLogic, has launched the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Prior Notice (PN) System Interface (SI). The web-based solution is designed to simplify and streamline food and drug ...
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POS Bio-Sciences has partnered with Apeiron Lanka to set up a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka to extract pure essential oils. The new facility will process raw materials from Sri Lankan farmers, employing the local people. Apeiron ...
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ROK Stars' ROK Drinks division has started exporting ABK Edel Beer in one-way kegs for the first time and has added Schwarz (black) beer (Pint Bottles) to its roster of beers. Jonathan Kendrick said: "Until now we have only exported our ...
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Atlas Copco’s purchase of Italian manufacturer Varisco has enhanced its position in the pumps business and dewatering applications. We discover what Varisco brings to the group and how the Portable Energy division intends to move ...
Organto Foods has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with a Mexico-based privately owned real estate investment management to form a new food and agricultural joint venture. The proposed joint venture will be ...
Fresh produce company Fyffes has acquired Canadian mushroom producer Highline Produce for CAD$145m (€98m), including refinancing Highline’s existing debt. Fyffes will fund the acquisition through new and existing bank debt. ...
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Italian specialty papers and substrates maker Fedrigoni’s subsidiary Arconvert announced that it will enter into US market with its new facility in Los Angeles, California. The 62,000 ft2 facility will have state-of-the-art ...
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United States Beverage and Moosehead Breweries Limited will be introducing a new style into the US market this spring- Moosehead Radler. Moosehead Radler was first introduced in Saint John, New Brunswick in 2014, and successfully expanded ...
US-based beer brewer Pabst Brewing Company (PBC) has entered into a long-term distribution partnership with Vermont Hard Cider Company, which is manufacturer of American cider. The agreement entails that Vermont Hard Cider will sell ...