UK sales of gluten and wheat free products soared 18% to GBP108.3 million (NZD$231 million) in the year to July 11, 2010, according to FoodManufacturer.co.uk, citing data from Kantar Worldpanel.
Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled a tablet computer aimed at its core business customers, as it tries to gain a foothold in a fast-growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, according to a Reuters report carried by GulfNews.com.
A group of companies led by Philips of the Netherlands and Ericsson of Sweden are taking KLM, Martinair and Air France to court seeking damages of more than €400m ($545m) due to allege price-fixing by the airlines, according to a Financial Times report.
The UK market for functional foods on a bone health platform grew 6.8% in the year to March 2010, but at just GBP38 million, it still represents a niche part of the GBP556 million (NZD$82 million) functional foods market, according to DairyReporter.com.
Take up of robotic technology in the food sector is set to steadily increase as processors are forced to seek further efficiency gains and demand could challenge that of the automotive industry within a decade, according to FoodProductionDaily.com
Ocean container carriers pulled around 100,000 20-foot equivalent units of capacity from the Asia to North Europe route during the Chinese vacation week as freight rates decline rapidly on weaker-than-expected cargo demand, according to the Journal of Commerce citing a report by Alphaliner.
Bay of Plenty kiwifruit is arriving in Europe at an increasingly speedier rate thanks to a supply agreement between Zespri and major shipowners and operators Seatrade, according to Bay of Plenty Times.
Asian container exports to the West will take up to five years to recover after last year's market plunge, but a boom in traffic between China and Southeast Asia will help offset losses.
Japanese export ship orders were up 111% year on year to 5,867,651 gross tonnes in the first five months of fiscal 2010, starting April 1, showing a rise for the ninth consecutive month, according to the Shipping Gazette.
At present production rates, India will soon emerge as the second-largest producer of crude steel by 2015, according to igovernment,in, an interactive web platform for governance issues.
