Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has acquired UK-based firm Escada Systems for an undisclosed sum. Escada, which also carries out operations in the US, provides corrugator control systems for the packaging market. The acquisition will ...
UK fresh fruit and veg supplier Fresca Group has formed a joint venture (JV) with Colombian Hass avocado grower Cartama. The joint venture company, dubbed Cartama UK, will handle the commercialization of the avocados produced by the ...
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UK firm Seven Towns has won protection for the iconic puzzle, fending off challenge from German toy manufacturer. The Rubik’s Cube has won the rights to European Union trademark protection, fending off a challenge from a German toy ...
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UK car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has entered into administration with the loss of 1,244 jobs. KPMG's Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston have been appointed as joint administrators. The administrators have sold part of ...
Cardia Bioplastics is all set to supply $65,000 worth compostable bag and waste management products to the UK-based LifeCycle Products as part of an agreement. LifeCycle Products managing director Mark Sommers said the company intends ...
This price drop came despite the printing equipment manufacturer's figures showing revenue for the year ended October 31, 2013 had increased by 8% to £335.7m – largely due to new product launches and considerable sales growth in ...
National Flexible has designed printed packaging for the UK-based inSpiral Visionary Products' new range of organic snack products. The UK firm was on look out for high quality printed packaging that demonstrated the ...
Tags: Snacks Brand, Printed Packaging
In results published this morning, RPC revealed that sales for the year to 31 March 2013 slipped to £1.05bn, from £1.13bn the previous year. Pre-tax profit fell to £40.3m compared to £59.6m a year earlier. The ...
Three-in-one ride-on toy Weerol will make its UK debut at next month's Distoy show in London. And California-based Weefab has appointed UK firm Kids International Marketing to handle its international sales. The multi-functional wooden ...
Sondrel, the system-to-silicon IC design consultancy, has announced a partnership with the University of Nottingham which will develop new IC design talent in China. The multi-million dollar programme will provide students based at the ...
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UK firm Dairy Crest has announced it is reorganising its business to focus on "consumer-driven growth" and to build an "integrated" supply chain. The move reflects the increasingly "more focused" and "less complex" nature of Dairy Crest's ...
News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
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Based in Surrey, Optical Surfaces manufactures precision optical components for imaging, laser manipulation and other purposes. Satellites including BNSC's Top Sat, the NASA swift explorer as well as ESA's XMM and NigeriaSAT-2 have ...
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Read more on ARM Chipmakers AMD and ARM join forces to improve security An introduction to the ARM server HP has high hopes for low-energy ARM servers News roundup: Chef does Windows, XP turns 10, and HP ARMs its servers Mobile telemedicine ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food