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Takigawa Breaks Ground on Flexible Packaging and Films Plant in Kentucky, US
Apr 24, 2018Japan-based packaging manufacturer Takigawa has broken ground on its $46m flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the US. The new 148,000ft² facility, which is expected to create 180 jobs, ...
Tags: Takigawa, Flexible Packaging
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Blacketyside Farm Installs Packaging Automation Revolution Tray Sealer Machine
Jul 17, 2017Blacketyside Farm installed a packaging automation revolution fully electric high speed tray sealer machine which is capable of sealing up to 200 packs per minute. A 25% increase in orders for strawberries and raspberries supplied by ...
Tags: Blacketyside, Tray Sealer Machine
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California-Based Hip Chick Farms Secures $2m Funding
Aug 30, 2016Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP) has invested $2m in Hip Chick Farms to support release of new products. The company is looking to grow by supplying its products to large retailers like Target and Kroger. Based in ...
Tags: ACAP, Hip Chick Farms, fund
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IHS Says Brexit Could Cost Automakers 2.8 Million Vehicle Sales Through 2018
Jul 5, 2016IHS Automotive forecasts that the UK's vote to leave the European Union could cost automakers about 2.8 million light-vehicle sales through 2018. The research firm expects global deliveries to rise to 89.82 million this year, or about ...
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Inventors Workshop Alumni Milo Enters Virgin Media Business VOOM Initiative
Apr 15, 2016Hannah Sage's toy lion that helps military or seperated families stay in touch is in the running to win a share of £1 million to develop the project. Inventors Workshop alumni Hannah Sage is competing in a race to win a share of ...
Tags: Inventors Workshop, Milo, Virgin Media Business VOOM, Hannah sage
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China Not The Cause of Global Economic Crisis
Jan 22, 2016The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, investment banks
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Bank of Japan Unveils Fresh Measures to Increase Wages, Business Spending
Dec 22, 2015he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
Tags: Bank of Japan Unveils, Increase Wages, Business Spending
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Business Optimism Wanes as Results Fail to Meet Expectations
Dec 3, 2015Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...
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China-Belarus Local Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum Held in Minsk
Oct 22, 2015On May 11, during President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Belarus, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Belarusian Ministry of Economy and Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry held the China-Belarus Local Trade and Economic Cooperation ...
Tags: railway, electric power, communication, equipment manufacturing
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Zhong Shan Attends the 12th China-ASEAN Expo and Business & Investment Summit and Delivers a Speech
Oct 16, 2015On September 18, the 12th China-ASEAN Expo, and China-ASEAN Business & Investment Summit were opened in Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center of Guangxi Province. Mr. Zhang Gaoli, Member of the Standing Committee of the ...
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U.S. Specialty Jewelry Store Sales Fell 4.4% to $2.703 Billion in May
Aug 6, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4.4 percent year on year to $2.703 billion in May, according to the latest government calculations. The decline was noticeable considering that preliminary sales of jewelry and watches across all ...
Tags: jewelry, watch sales
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U.S. Specialty Jewelry Store Sales Fell 2.4% to $2.221 Billion in April
Jun 17, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 2.4 percent year on year to $2.221 billion in April, according to government calculations. The decline at specialty stores was more pronounced than the sector as a whole, as jewelry and watch sales ...
Tags: jewelry store, Jewelry
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EU Coatings Companies Have Good Perspective
Apr 21, 2015After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
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Key Points of George Osborne's Sixth Budget
Mar 20, 2015George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
Tags: George Osborne, Sixth Budget
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Australia's Manufacturing Sector Has Contracted for The Third Month in a Row
Mar 5, 2015The latest data from the Australian Industry Group (AIG) Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) indicates that Australia's manufacturing sector has contracted for the third month in a row, and that subdued domestic demand is ...
