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Mattel has unveiled new sustainable sourcing principles designed to make its procurement of paper and wood fibre used in packaging and products more sustainable.

The Hershey Company has announced that it has entered into an alliance with The Ferrero Group in North America through a joint warehousing, transportation and distribution initiative.

Mitsubishi Motors is among a number of Japanese companies struggling to adapt to a surge in the strength of the yen, the Japanese automaker’s president told reporters on Thursday.

The UK’s first deep-sea container port to be built in more than a quarter of century will open by the end of 2013, according to Dubai port operator, DP World.

A troubled housing market led to a 1.5 % year-over-year drop in US containerised imports for August, as shipments of furniture, appliances and home goods fell, new research reveals.

Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, has updated its warehouse management platform at a distribution hub in Poland as part of a wider project to standardise supply chain systems.

A ‘trade war’ could break out between China and the United States if Washington passes a proposed anti-china currency bill according to a report in the Financial Times.

The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of a new international standard for measuring and reporting on carbon footprints. Meanwhile, the non-profit organisation has also released a new tool to help businesses identify and combat ‘carbon hotspots’.
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US manufacturers report that they suffered a shortage of key materials in September including castings and electronic components.

Kinnarps, Europe’s second largest provider of workspace interior equipment, has revealed details of a recent project to roll out web-based invoice processing systems across its Swedish and Norwegian operations.