Archives for May 5, 2002

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Grain elevators exchanged

United Grain Growers of Canada and Louis Dreyfus Canada are to exchange grain elevators, according to statements released by the two companies.

Crown Cork & Seal sells metal closures business

Crown Cork & Seal has completed the sale of the metal closure assets of its Danish subsidiary, Crown Cork Company Scandinavia, to Pelliconi Scandinavia. The Danish business manufactures metal closures for glass bottles to the brewery and soft drink...

Smithfield to close plant by year-end

Smithfield Foods, the giant US meat processor, is to close a small production facility in Norfolk, Virginia, by the end of the year, laying off some 160 workers.

New rotary lobe pumps from Netzsch

Netzsch has introduced a range of rotary lobe pumps under the Tornado name, making it the only manufacturer in the UK to offer both rotary lobe and progressing cavity pumps, it claims.