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Will Apple Buy Netflix? 7 Companies Tipped for Possible Acquisition
May 8, 2017Apple is almost always embroiled in an acquisition rumour, and the latest predictions put Netflix – amongst others – in the Silicon Valley store window. This week, we learned that Apple now has cash reserves totalling an ...
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BMW's First Driverless Car Is Official, Coming 2021
May 16, 2016Driverless cars are expected to take the world by storm from 2020 onwards, and BMW is already planning its entry. BMW has announced that it plans to release a fully functional autonomous vehicle as soon as 2021. It’s one of the ...
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Did Snapchat Just Spend $100m To Turn You Into A Comic?
Mar 28, 2016Most of us are wondering when Snapchat is going to get bought out, but the company is making its own acquisitions in the meantime. Snapchat has agreed to buy a start-up that designs personalised avatars, a new report claims. ...
Tags: Snapchat, Aquisitions
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Thermopak Was Acquired by PFF Packaging
Dec 24, 2014Yorkshire-based PFF Packaging has acquired Thermopak which specialises in manufacturing moulded trays and carriers for the food industry for an undisclosed amount. PFF group will now control Thermopak's 65,000 ft2 manufacturing facility ...
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Riber S.A. Has Announced The Resignation
Dec 3, 2014Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has announced the resignation (effective on 20 December) of its Supervisory Board chairman Jacques ...
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A Diamond Is Forever, But The Diamond Industry Will Continue to Change
Oct 11, 2014De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to ...
Tags: diamond industry, diamond
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a British Watchmaker Called Time on The Swiss Domination of The Luxury Timepiece Industry
Sep 11, 2014A British watchmaker has called time on the Swiss domination of the luxury timepiece industry. Christopher Ward, founded by Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward, has created a brand new, British-owned watch movement, breaking away ...
Tags: Swiss Watch, Watch
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JSW Steel Entered Into a Definitive Agreement with WMSL in a Deal Worth INR 10 Billion
Aug 21, 2014India-based steelmaker JSW Steel has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Welspun Maxsteel Limited (WMSL) in a deal worth around INR 10 billion ($165 million).According to the agreement, JSW Steel would acquire the ...
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Celebrating Vogue Tyre's 100th Anniversary Are Larry Marciniak
Aug 18, 2014Celebrating Vogue Tyre’s 100th anniversary are (left to right) Larry Marciniak, regional vice president, Greg Hathcock, president, Kevin Goyak, executive vice president and Greg Paul, regional vice president. To commemorate its ...
Tags: Vogue Tyre, Milestone, Accessories
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Flexan Was Founded in 1946 by The Lilleberg Brothers as a Family-Owned Business.
Mar 14, 2014From the outside, it's hard to imagine that the Flexan Corp. facility in an unassuming neighborhood in Chicago serves as the headquarters for a thriving global enterprise. But the 65,000-sq.-ft. complex not only houses production for the ...
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Mary Portas' Lingerie Line Kinky Knickers Is Expected to Go Back Into Production
Feb 27, 2014UK-based renowned fashion and retail industry consultant Mary Portas’ lingerie line Kinky Knickers is expected to go back into production as the manufacturing firm producing the line Headen & Quarmby has been bought out of ...
Tags: retail industry, fashion industry
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The Largest Gains Will Likely Involve Digital Health and Other Technologies
Jan 3, 2014For the medtech industry, 2014 is unlikely to be a year full of surprises as companies grapple with a health care market wary of big-ticket procedures and items. The largest gains will likely involve digital health and other technologies ...
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Huegerich Has Reverted to His Daredevil Ways-Choosing What Kind of Corn to Plant
Dec 9, 2013One mainstream farmer is returning to conventional seed-and he's not alone As an invulnerable tween, Chris Huegerich, the child of a prosperous farming family, wiped out on his motorcycle in tiny Breda, Iowa. Forty years on, folks ...
Tags: agriculture, GMO, farmer
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Ridley Co-Owner and CEO and an Investment Group Bought out Kumpen Family's Share
Nov 27, 2013Ridley co-owner and CEO Jochim Aerts and an investment group have bought out the Kumpen family's share of the Belgium bike brand. The Kumpen family stepped in as "angel" investors 12 years ago to help the brand grow. Paul Kumpen is the ...
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The Art Form Is Full of Unanswered Questions for Those Who Study Stained Glass Windows
Nov 19, 2013For those who study stained glass windows, reveling in the parables of faith and sunlight crafted by master artisans, the art form is full of unanswered questions. For example, the information Barbara Johnson could gather listed the ...
Tags: scholar, stained glass, artwork, statewide