Manufacturing

Unilever East Africa has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Tatu City Limited for the acquisition of 70 acres of industrial land for future expansion of its manufacturing operations. Find out how this move is part of a stream of investment activities to drive growth in East Africa.

Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa and the commercial beverages vending activities of FrieslandCampina Kievit.

Lack of infrastructure, unfriendly environmental conditions and a shortage of skilled labor, are just some of the obstacles consumer goods (CG) companies face when expanding into new geographies. However, leading CG companies are taking advantage of this opportunity by leveraging innovative technology solutions to increase sales by up to 8 percent, reach customers much faster and reduce ordering costs by nearly 80 percent. Heres how they do it.

Insight, innovation and action are key levers of growth that are cross-functional themes. That is why consumer goods community leaders reunited (now in its 17^th year) to engage these important areas of focus, during the 2015 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference.

Find out what TreeHouse Foods' acquisition of ConAgra Foods' private brands operations means for its private label operations.

Find out who The J. M. Smucker Company will sell its U.S. canned milk brands and operations to.

Businesses must deliver consistency at each entry point and every phase of commerce to achieve omnichannel success by leveraging these five strategies.

Seventh Generation pledges to using all energy from non-fossil fuel sources by 2020.