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Unilever moves margarine production to RomaniaOne of the principal consumer-products companies, Unilever, recently officially confirmed that it was set to move two of its production lines to Romania, after closing down its facility in Nelahozeves, Czech Republic. Since 1995, Unilever Supermarket discount chains ready for price war  The arrival of a second German discount supermarket chain this year should finally signal the end of inflated prices for Swiss consumers, according to a retail expert, Swiss info reported. Swiss supermarkets are slashing prices First sustainable palm oil shipment beset by controversy The arrival in Rotterdam of the first shipload of palm oil certified as “sustainable” was celebrated on November 11, despite the release of a report by the environmentalist group Greenpeace that claimed the producer had Premia Tallinna Kulmhoone buys Russia’s Hladokombinat Estonian ice cream maker Premia Tallinna Kulmhoone recently acquired Russia’s oldest ice cream maker Hladokombinat No. 1 for an undisclosed sum, local media reported. Based in St Petersburg, Hladokombinat No. 1 has an annual production Procter&Gamble to build cosmetics factory in Romania The Romanian consumer good market is estimated to reach Euro one billion by 2010. Aware of this trend, consumer goods producer Procter&Gamble (P&G) plans to build a cosmetics factory in Romania. The company plans to Sustainable products The reliability of commodity certification was discussed on April 14 in Brussels, mediated by Friends of Europe Secretary General, Giles Merritt. European partners looked at the merits of private-public partnerships (PPPs) for sustainable agricultural and EU-Russia Relations: Business Perspective  What will be the implications for EU policy and its knock-on effects for the business community of recent Russian elections and the arrival of Mr Dmitry Medvedev as the new Russian President? The Executive Seminar Somebody doesn’t like Sara Lee, fined for price-fixing German competition authorities have fined units of Henkel, Sara Lee and Unilever some 37 million Euro for price-fixing and sharing pricing information with retailers, officials said. The Federal Cartel Office said the companies agreed in Environmentalists warn of deforestation “climate bomb” Slash-and-burn tactics used to clear Indonesia’s forests for palm oil plantations could trigger a “climate bomb,” the environmental group Greenpeace warned on November 8.Releasing its “Cooking the Climate” report in Singapore, Greenpeace said burning rainforests Unilever, unions reach agreement on factory closures Dutch-British food and detergent producer Unilever and the labour unions announced on November 6 they had signed an agreement for a social plan to cushion the impact on employees in company plans to shut down Unilever strike ends; French restructuring plan in November Workers at Unilever’s six plants in the Netherlands ended their 40-hour strike, Flex News reported on October 15. The strike was called after a breakdown in recent negotiations between the FNV Bondgenoten union and Unilever. Unilever to close three plants and cut 474 jobs Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch maker of consumer goods and food products, said on October 9 it plans to close 3 factories in the Netherlands by the end of 2008 and cut about 474 jobs, a third Unilever announces increase in turnover for Q1 Unilever announced on May 3 that it had a record turnover for the first quarter of 2007 with an increase of 5.7 percent compared to the same period previous year, dpa reported. The increase was Unilever Slovensko closes 2006 with turnover up 3% Unilever Slovensko sro Bratislava closed last year with a turnover up by nearly three percent at 1.733 billion Slovak crowns, Hospodarske Noviny reported on April 17. The company earned a taxed profit of 98.5 million Major industries commit to fight against obesity The initiative of several CEOs of major food, drink and retail industries to face jointly the intensive phenomenon of obesity was warmly welcomed last week, on November 9, by Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Unilever books decline in profits despite rise in sales ? Anglo-Dutch food and household products concern Unilever booked a decline in profits despite a rise in turnover during the third quarter, in figures released on November 2, news reports said. India had shown double-digit sales EU businesses face phase-out of toxic chemicals  European companies seeking to produce or import hazardous chemicals in the European Union will have to use safer alternative substances when available under rules endorsed by EU lawmakers on October 10.Substituting safe chemicals for more Unilever sells Iglo, Birds Eye deep-freeze units but retains Italian arm Anglo-Dutch food and household products company Unilever last Monday confirmed it was retaining its Findus frozen foods business in Italy along with Bertolli/Knorr in the United States and its ice-cream division, as the company announced Unilever profits up in Q2 on European growth Continuing growth in Asian markets and a return to growth in Europe boosted turnover and profits for the Anglo-Dutch food and household products concern, Unilever, according to results for the second quarter released last Thursday. Accenture to employ 1,000 in BPO centre Accenture is to employ 1,000 people in a new business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Romania, the company said last Friday in an e-mailed statement. Over the next three months the company will recruit people |
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