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EBRD MINERAL WATER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has bought a minority stake in leading Russian mineral water company JSC Narzan, in a combined US$12.25 million loan and equity investment. The money will help Narzan expand its bottling capacity, develop new products and supply working capital.…
GEORGIA WINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing US$1.2 million as an equity stake in established Georgia wine producer Teliani Valley, helping it expand production and improve the marketing of quality lines. As well as enabling the Caucasus company to replacing existing and dilapidated rented plant, the investment will fund the acquisition of oak barrels.…
BULGARIA DEAL
Keith Nuthall
FLAVOURED wines, such as Vermouth, exported from Bulgaria into the European Union (EU) will be free of import duty until 2007, when the country will probably join the EU. The trade concession is part of a deal struck with the European Commission easing its entry.…
SNAPPLE USA
BY MONICA DOBIE
SNAPPLE has begun installing vending machines in New York City public buildings after a New York Supreme Court judge refused to block a deal worth US$126 million between the soft drinks company and the city of New York.…
TETRA PAK-LAVAL MERGER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ADVOCATE General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck another blow against the European Commission’s bid to block the drinks packaging merger between Switzerland’s Tetra Laval group, (a leader in carton production), and French company Sidel, which designs and manufactures plastic bottles.…
WALMART WINE
BY MONICA DOBIE
VINCOR International, Canada’s largest winery, has recently formed a partnership with north-American retail goliath Walmart to sell its wines in its megastores. Three of Vincor’s own-brand wine boutiques (called Wine Rack) have appeared in Walmart outlets in Ontario cities selling popular lines such as Jackson-Triggs and Inniskillin.…
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - COTTON
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has prioritised measures within an EU action plan improving developing countries’ commodities trade, especially cotton. The first steps taken by the European Commission and member states should include developing trade flows through regional deals such as EU-ACP (African, Caribbean, Pacific) agreements, and promoting commodity-based public-private partnerships.…
NYLON POLLUTION
KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH researchers have shown oceans are polluted with millions of tiny textile fibre fragments, of nylon, polyester and acrylic. The University of Plymouth based their conclusions on surveys of 17 UK beaches and estuaries. Because they examined only unusually coloured fragments larger than 20 micrometres, the researchers think the findings are the tip of an iceberg.…
BULGARIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve granting Bulgaria immediate duty free access to the EU market for its crude wool grease exports from this year until 2007, when it will probably become an EU member country, enjoying unfettered access to the EU market for all its goods.…
KIWI FRAUD
BY MONICA DOBIE
SARA LEE Corp., the USA-based maker of Kiwi shoe polish, is suing Pell Inc., a group of supermarket shoe-repair stands in the American mid-west, for importing counterfeit polish from China and selling it under the Kiwi label. Sara Lee suspected a problem and sent private investigators to Pell outlets to buy polish and also purchased some from Pell’s website; it was found to be fake.…