J.M. Smucker’s proposed $285m purchase of Conagra Brands’ Wesson cooking oil brand has hit a roadblock with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing the deal will reduce competition in the country for canola and vegetable ...
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US food giants Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill have signed an agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to meet increasing customer demand for soybean meal and oil in Egypt. The JV, which will be equally owned by the partners, ...
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The Scottish Government is planning to introduce 50p minimum unit pricing for alcohol from 1 May 2018. Scotland’s health secretary, Shona Robison said the decision was made after analysis of a public consultation, and the ...
UK-based frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has introduced two new ready meal products in renewable packaging, as part of its effort to reduce the use of plastic for packaging. The company has packaged its new ready meal products in Stora ...
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Chinese co-packer Nanjing Ziquan has installed second Sidel complete hot fill PET line at the Nanjing facility. Nanjing Ziquan, a member of The Shanghai Ziquan Beverage Company, produces PET bottle products for major brands such as ...
Tags: Beverage, PET bottle
Pulse Roll Label Products has exhibited its advanced product solutions at this year’s Labelexpo event in Brussels, Germany. At the event, the company exhibited new food packaging compliant UV flexo tactile varnish, which was ...
Tags: Label Products, Advanced Product
Vodafone is launching its very own “skill” for Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant to improve customer service. The voice-controlled Amazon Alexa digital assistant launched back in 2014, and can perform basic tasks like ...
It’s 2017, so you should probably start thinking about upgrading to a smart home – and what better way to start than with a cracking deal on the Amazon Echo smart speaker? To mark Prime Day, the annual day of digital deals, ...
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If Samsung is trying to keep wraps on the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 smartphone, it's arguably doing a bad job as yet another leak for the phone emerges. Later this year, Samsung is going to announce the Galaxy Note 8 – that much has ...
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is fast approaching and we’ve got a couple of nuggets of information to pass on, on this red hot Monday. The good news? It seems Samsung might be ready to launch the device at an event in New York, as soon ...
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Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy Note 8 at the beginning of September, according to a new report. In August last year, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7 to critical acclaim. But the mood quickly turned sour as reports of spontaneous ...
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There's been a flurry of Note 8 news in recent days, with talk of an upgraded Snapdragon processor and reports of a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor doing the rounds. But today is a new day, which means more leaks. Today's news concerns ...
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Technology firm Continental has partnered with Chinese search-engine giant Baidu to work in the areas of automated driving, connected vehicles and intelligent mobility services. The two companies have signed a strategic cooperation ...
Tags: Connected Vehicles, Continental
Mycronic AB has introduced a range of new compact, high-capacity MY300 pick-and-place machines at SMT Hybrid Packaging in Nuremberg, Germany. Claimed to be compact and having high capacity, the MY300 series have been designed to deliver a ...
Tags: Hybrid Packaging, Packaging
The next entry in the charming farming series is coming to PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC, Rising Star Games has announced. According to developer Natsume, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope aims to “encompass twenty years of spirit that has ...
Tags: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4