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Superior Fruit to Expand California Strawberry Growing Operations
Oct 24, 2017Superior Fruit has entered into an agreement with Eclipse Berry Farms to assume certain agricultural leases to expand its strawberry growing operations in California. Superior has been formed by Bobby Jones and his brother RC Jones, ...
Tags: Superior Fruit, Strawberry
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AIS Announces 2016 Award Winners
Sep 6, 2016Buying group Associated Independent Stores (AIS) has announced its annual award winners, which were presented at the group's September furniture and furnishing accessories show. In addition to the bed and bedroom cabinet supplier awards ...
Tags: furniture, furnishing accessories, AIS
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ALPI Will Be a Part of The Zaha Hadid Retrospective as The Technical Partner
Jun 23, 2016ALPI will be a part of the Zaha Hadid retrospective as the technical partner Decorative wood veneer company ALPI is a technical partner in the collaboration with ARTE+PARTNERS for the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to late ...
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Collection of Dinky Toys Set to Fetch £250, 000 at Auction
Jun 14, 2016The lifetime collection of toys features 2,000 Dinky items, with some rare items expected to sell for £5,000 each. A collection of Dinky Toys are readying for auction today, and are set to fetch around £250,000. 2,000 ...
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Industry Veteran Greg Burns Passes Away
Apr 21, 2016Burns worked for many toy and game companies during his 30 years in the industry, including Tactic Games, University Games and Hasbro. Greg Burns passed away in the West Middlesex Hospital on Saturday, April 2nd, aged 59 after battling a ...
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Watch A Touching Animated Tribute To Nintendo's Satoru Iwata
Mar 18, 2016Satoru Iwata once said "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” The life of Satoru Iwata was honored yesterday during the GDC Awards, where a heartfelt ...
Tags: Satoru Iwata, GDC Awards
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Pianist Zhu Xiaomei: Communicating Lao Tze Through Bach
Oct 28, 2015"I was told to be prepared for the audience to leave, but no one left - no one ever made a sound." Zhu Xiaomei, the pianist who left China in disappointment more than 30 years ago, said she gained a lot of confidence in the country after ...
Tags: Zhu Xiaomei, Pianist, Bach
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Yhe Business Carpeting and Formica Counter Tops to Support The Post-War Housing Boom
Jan 13, 2015From the earliest days, Ruggieri Brothers of Cranston, R.I., was a hometown, family business. Founded in 1949, the original Ruggieri brothers included Ed, John and my grandfather Anthony. All three brothers served in the military during ...
Tags: post-war housing boom, commercial community, Construction
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Link Piazzo Passed Away Nov. 14 in His Hometown
Dec 3, 2014Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
Tags: golf, baseball, hunting, Sporting Goods
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Members at Network's Fall Membership Meeting Reviewed Marketing and Product Initiatives
Sep 30, 2014Members at the Automotive Distribution Network's fall membership meeting reviewed marketing and product initiatives, learned about information technology enhancements and brainstormed ideas for the program group's future. The meeting in ...
Tags: Network, 'Charts Future', Accessories
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Michael Connor Passed Away on July 12, 2014
Aug 18, 2014Longtime Firestone marketing executive Michael Connor of Akron, Ohio, and Vero Beach, Fla., passed away on July 12, 2014, after a short illness. He was born on April 11, 1933, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He earned a journalism degree from ...
Tags: Michael Connor, Die, Auto Parts
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Hazel Dell Brown Holds a Place in Our Company's History, and in Our Hearts
Jun 10, 2014You've probably seen our Facebook posts for Throwback Thursday. And while we often poke a little fun at the colorful, busy designs depicted in those vintage ads, we have a lot of respect for the designer responsible for those creations. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, designer, furniture designer, furniture
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The Physicists in Innsbruck Cool Erbium Atoms to a Few Hundred Nanokelvin
Mar 13, 2014A team of University of Innsbruck researchers discovered that even simple systems, such as neutral atoms, can possess chaotic behavior, which can be revealed using the tools of quantum mechanics. The ground-breaking research, published in ...
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ELGIN Has Named Tom O'brien President of Its Vehicle Service Market
Feb 10, 2014ELGIN,Ill.--SKF has named Tom O'Brien president of its vehicle service market for the North American business unit. He replaces Mike McGrath,who passed away in October.O'Brien has served as vice-president of automotive sales for SKF ...
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Melbourne Smallgoods Producer Has Rebranded Its Garlic Wurst
Feb 7, 2014Australian smallgoods producer, Continental Kosher Butchers, has rebranded its best-loved and oldest product, Garlic Wurst. The rebranded Garlic Wurst still carries the image of the refugee who brought the wurst recipe to Australia in ...
Tags: Garlic Wurst, food