Image credit: Applied Horticultural Research and Ausveg Vegetable growers concerned about low-temperatures this winter are being encouraged to use frost cloths or ‘fleece’ with a new Ausveg study proving the material is ...
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Australians now snack four times as much as they did ten years ago, according to new consumer research. The latest AUSVEG ‘Project Harvest’ report, produced by Colmar Brunton, has found that over the last decade snacking in ...
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The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing UK drinks can manufacturers, said growth for CSDs was strong, with can deliveries up 146m units to 5.296bn, an increase of 2.8%. Nielsen figures showed the share of overall CSD ...
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Caffeine linked to increased soft drink consumption, but industry says Deakin study is ‘flawed’ A study that links caffeine with increased consumption of soft drinks is ‘flawed’, according to the body representing ...
CEO of Germany based Advansa, Heinz Meierkord has been named the new president of CIRFS, a trade body representing Europe’s €10 billion man made fibres industry. Heinz Meierkord succeeds Giulio Bonazzi, CEO of Aquafil, whose ...
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ACIMIT, a trade body representing Italian textile machinery manufacturers says that new orders in the third quarter of 2104 rose sequentially by 4 percent or from the previous quarter. However, Italian textile machinery producers reported ...
The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing the UK manufacturers of drinks cans, said there was a 7.1% increase across the UK drinks can markets, as the economy rose together with a warm spring and a summer of sport, particularly ...
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China is Australia's number two source of vegetable imports. Yet, vegetables from China are not always labelled as such. Why does that matter? Because data recently released by the Communist Party of China indicates that 19.4%, or ...
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India is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8-9 per cent in the coming years and to enable this growth, the economy needs the support of its power sector and India's electrical equipment industry is expected to play a ...
The results of the elections for the International Cotton Association’s (ICA) leadership team have been announced at the Association’s Annual General Meeting, which was held during its recent ‘Liverpool 2013’ trade ...
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At a time when Indian, Russian and Brazilian car markets are stumbling, China remains the major growth engine for the global automotive industry, analysts say. "For many years it's been the Bric nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) ...
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The annual revenue of downstream polypropylene converters in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council will reach a combined total of $1.34 billion in 2016, US based consultancy Frost & Sullivan said Monday. The GCC comprises of the UAE, ...
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The Dubai Council for Marine & Maritime Industries holds membership meeting Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 The Dubai Council for Marine & Maritime Industries (DCMMI), the industry body representing the concerns of the marine and maritime ...
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The Can Makers, the body representing the UK manufacturers of beverage cans, has revealed the winners of its student video competition in partnership with the British Film Institute The winners are Jens Christensen, Louis King and James ...
Tags: Can Recycling, Can, Packaging&Printing
The petrochemicals and chemicals production capacity of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is expected to rise to 191.2 million tons by 2020, which would be a whopping 50 percent rise over last year’s capacity of 127.8 million ...
Tags: GPCA Optimistic, GCC Petrochem, Apparel