economic
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Ecolab reports on sustainability progress, increases transparency
Ecolab has published its 2010 Sustainability Report, which describes the company's goals, progress and outcomes in three key areas of sustainability: economic progress, environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
economic | 06 September 2011
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Report: New Zealand sheep and beef export earnings up
Export earnings for New Zealand sheep and beef products totaled $5.8 billion last year – an increase of 9%, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Economic Service annual Stock Number Survey.
economic | 01 September 2011
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GEA wins Best Innovator Award
At the Best Innovators 2010/11 awards at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Berlin in June 2001, GEA Group was honored as the mechanical engineering company with the most successful and sustainable innovation management in Ger…
economic | 22 June 2011
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SPX to build $40M manufacturing campus in China
SPX Corp held an official ground-breaking ceremony that marked the start of construction of its new 53-acre China manufacturing campus, which is being built in the FOHO Economic Development Zone. The planned campus represents a $40 million investm…
economic | 23 December 2010
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Danisco adjusts earnings expectations
Based on a better-thanexpected performance in Q4 2009/10, Danisco CEO Tom Knutzen says the group revenue for FY 2009/10 is increased to around DKK 13.65 billion ($2.24 billion). This is against a previous expectation of around DKK 13.4 billion that w…
economic | 01 June 2010
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Charting the growth of China’s seafood industry
With growing industrialization and economic development, not only are Chinese consumers better able to afford to eat more fish and seafood, but the industry that provides it has also extended its capacity to supply the market, according to a Research…
economic | 13 May 2010
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Buhler achieves satisfactory business result
Buhler received new orders for under CHF 1.8 billion ($1.68 billion) in 2009, which despite the economic downturn was 5.5% below the level of the previous year. While growth continued in basic food units such as grain and rice, order intake declined…
economic | 01 March 2010
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Novozymes among world’s 100 most sustainable companies
Novozymes has been named in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. The ranking was recently announced in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum. The listing of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world…
economic | 02 February 2010
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Firmenich made 32 patent applications in fiscal year 2009
For its 2009 fiscal year, ended June 30, 2009, Firmenich posted sales of CHF 2,641 million ($2,593.72 million), a decline of 4.3% in local currencies. Consumer products were the most resistant to the global recession that marked the period, as co…
economic | 14 October 2009
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Report shows global downturn drives change in liquid food packaging design
The economic downturn and volatile energy and packaging materials prices have intensified competition and created fundamental change in food and beverage markets over the last two years, according to a new Canadean report Innovation in Liquid Fo…
economic | 01 August 2009
