US-based meat-processing company Smithfield Foods has acquired Kansas City Sausage for an undisclosed price to grow its packaged meats business and boost its supply chain. Kansas City Sausage is a pre-rigor sausage producer and processor ...
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Scottish spirits company Edrington has taken full ownership of its Americas Travel Retail operations after agreeing to buy out its joint venture (JV) partner for an undisclosed amount. The former JV, Edrington Webb Travel Retail Americas ...
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Inventions Oasis is seeking a joint venture partner to help bring to market a new patent-pending product – the Sav–A-Lot – a commercial-grade, milk and sugar dispenser designed for coffee shops and fast food restaurants. ...
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Ball Corporation is planning to invest in the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Velim, Czech Republic, in a bid to cater to increasing demand for its impact extruded aerosol cans in Europe. As part of the proposed expansion, Ball ...
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International Paper (IP) will exit from Chinese coated board joint venture (JV) by selling its 55% stake to JV partner Shandong Sun Holding for $23m. The IP-Sun JV operates one manufacturing facility with four paper machines in Shandong ...
DTS8 Coffee Company announced that revenue from its fresh, artisan roasted coffee grew by 22%, for the six months ended October 31, 2014 when compared to October 31, 2013. Revenue increased to $173,839 compared to $142,235 which is ...
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Australian private equity firm Archer Capital is looking for a joint venture (JV) partner in Asia for its Brownes Dairy unit. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the move comes in response to the dominance of retailers, which have ...
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Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU)(FRANKFURT: 8AM) is pleased to announce that its JV partner, Antofagasta Minerals S.A. ("Antofagasta"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Antofagasta plc, has earned in to 51% of the Alvalade copper project ...
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Estrella Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EST) ("Estrella" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that exploration work has begun on the Yanac Project in October 2013 by its JV Partner. The Yanac project is located in Departamento Ica ...
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Cooper Tire's Roy Armes says the lawsuit against Apollo "is a necessary step in the process to assure that the terms of the merger agreement are met as required and that we do everything possible to get the transaction closed promptly." ...
Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. says it is assessing its options after an arbitrator blocked the sale of two of its plants to Apollo Tyres Ltd. The arbitrator upheld two grievances filed by the United Steel Workers (USW) in a ruling issued on ...
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Sagent Pharmaceuticals has signed an agreement to acquire 50% interest of its joint venture (JV) partner, Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceuticals, in the Kanghong Sagent Pharmaceutical (KSPC) JV, for $25m. KSCP will become a wholly-owned ...
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Drivetrain, mobility, braking and aftermarket applications supplier Meritor has signed a purchase and sale agreement with its joint venture (JV) partner Randon Implementos E Participacoes. Under the deal, the company will sell its 50% ...
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Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp began operations at its new coal trading desk in Singapore Monday as part of a wider restructuring of its commodities trading businesses, market sources said Tuesday. The Japanese trading house ...
AAP reported that failed former Pilbara iron ore miner Murchison Metals has asked investors to support its buy back of shares before the company is wound up, but its largest shareholder won't be involved. Mercantile Investment, the ...
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