Corrugated packaging containers specialist Liberty Carton Company has expanded its business with the acquisition of Western Container Company. Based in Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota, Western Container manufactures a wide range ...
China has realized universal power access when the last remote group of 39,800 people became able to light their homes with electricity. The light came on Wednesday in Gomang and Changjiang villages in the northwestern Qinghai province, ...
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Global viscose giant Aditya Birla has announceed its industry-leading policy to eliminate any sourcing from the world’s ancient and endangered forests for all of its viscose fibres, which are widely used in clothing and textiles, ...
Freedom Foods has reported a Net profit of $55.2 million for the first half of the 2015 financial year. However, the Net Profit figure was boosted by the inclusion of a post-tax fair value gain of $52.2 million from the gain on ...
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Beijing-based Hosen Capital’s New Hope Investment Fund has acquired Chicago’s beef processor Ruprecht. Ruprecht is the oldest operating beef processor in the region and this acquisition will bring more investments and help to ...
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Freedom Foods signs dairy deal with China’s New Hope Group Australian food manufacturer Freedom Foods and its major shareholder the Perich Group have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s ...
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China's New Hope is seeking to build food processing factories overseas, mainly in Southeast Asia, with an estimated outlay of $500m over the next five years. New Hope vice-president Wang Hang was quoted by South China Morning Post as ...
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ATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a public meeting will be held to discuss the Proposed Plan for the SWMU 10 area at the Escambia Treating Company (ETC) Superfund Site, which presents the ...
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Australia's New Hope Corporation Tuesday reported an 11.3% year-on-year fall in thermal coal production to 2.7 million mt in the half year ended January 31. The drop in production was attributed to the planned closure of its New Oakleigh ...
Multicolored sunlight shines brighter inside and out of First Presbyterian Church. Susan and David Allsbrooks, of Burns, set the final section of restored stained glass at the church two weeks ago, more than a century after the window ...
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Ford's new concept for solar-powered hybrid car can run for 21 electric-only miles on a day's worth of sunlight. That possibility comes courtesy of sun-tracking software that works in combination with a concentrator lens to focus the ...
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Roche and Molecular Partners have entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement to discover, develop and commercialize several proprietary therapeutics incorporating Molecular' DARPin biologics conjugated to toxic agents ...
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Post Foods, a US-based cereal brands manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Dakota Growers Pasta from Viterra, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore Xstrata, for $370m in cash. Dakota Growers is located in Carrington, North Dakota, where it ...
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"ArcelorMittal exports 200,000t auto sheet to China every year, most of which are delivered to joint ventures in China like Das Auto, GM, and Ford. Starting from this October, all these products will transfer to Valin ArcelorMittal ...
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Switzerland-based Celgene International Sárl has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to allow its Revlimid drug to treat patients with transfusion-dependent anaemia. While other remedial options could not yield ...