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[Title] => Unilever puts up new mfg plant for hair conditioner brand
[Summary] => Consumer products manufacturer Unilever Philippines Inc. has put up a new manufacturing plant in Paco, Manila solely for its Creamsilk hair conditioner products.
Unilever Phils. chairman and chief executive officer Howard Belton said the new plant is expected to increase the company’s total sales by 10 percent. The hair conditioners, which will be packaged in tubes, will be exported to other countries.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-24 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => Quedancor not keen on being part owner of tomato paste processor
[Summary] => The Quedan Rural Credit and Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) is lukewarm to a proposal to convert into equity its P80-million exposure in state-run tomato processing firm Northern Foods Corp. (NFC).
"At this point, we cannot support proposals to have our loans converted into equity without a concrete commitment (by Northern Foods) to push through with the plant’s rehabilitation, it will be the only way to make the plant viable and ensure its profitability," said Quedancor president and CEO Nelson Buenaflor.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[ArticleID] => 273001
[Title] => Northern Foods urges DA to resolve anti-dumping case vs China
[Summary] => Northern Foods Corp. (NFC), the country’s biggest tomato paste producer is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to immediately resolve the anti-dumping case it filed against China which has been flooding the country with cheap tomato paste.
NFC chair Bernardo JB Mitra in a letter to Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo B. Serrano said it has been four years since the case was filed and yet no action has been taken by the department.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => Top tomato grower struggling to stay afloat
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While contending with internal problems, NFC is also struggling to fend off growing imports of tomato paste from China, now averaging about 4,000 MT yearly.
"We are competing against Chinese tomato paste producers with two, three, five-year old processing plants," said Mitra.
China reportedly, has more than 50 processing plants, all of which have bigger production capacities than NFC.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => Northern Foods pushes 2-tiered tariff on tomato paste
[Summary] => Northern Foods Corp. (NFC), the country’s only tomato paste producer, is asking the Cabinet-level Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) committee to grant its petition for a two-tiered import tariff to shield the struggling local tomato industry from the influx of cheap tomato paste from China.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-07 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 245174
[Title] => Ilocos farmers hitting it big in tomato production
[Summary] => Thousands of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur farmers now are in one of their "best of times" – producing a crop other than what Ilocandia is noted for.
The land tillers today produce tons of tomato processed by the Northern Food Corp. (NFC) into tomato paste for the giant business enterprises in various parts of the country.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-04 00:00:00
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[Title] => Unilever opens P1-B distribution hub
[Summary] => Unilever Philippines Inc., together with the Li & Fung Distribution Group, inaugurated yesterday its new P1-billion distribution center known as the IDS Logistics Central Distribution Center (CDC) in Quezon City.
The new CDC will address the warehousing and physical distribution requirements of Unilever’s home and personal care business as well as foods business.
Unilever Philippines is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of such brands as Surf, Domex, Sunsilk, Creamsilk, Rexona, Vaseline and Ponds.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-30 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805266
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => The business that chicharon built
[Summary] => It’s hard to miss the Lapid Foods office along Concepcion Agila St. in the Quiapo district. It’s the three-story concrete building that looks more at home in a subdivision than in a one-lane winding street lined with old wooden houses. At one side of an ample garage for 10 cards is a marker dedicated to the father of Lapid Foods proprietor, Jose Lapid, Jr.
Lapid Sr. was a horse-rig driver turned meat stall vendor in the Quinta Market. With his earnings, he sent all nine of his children through school.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1488513
[AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey
[SectionName] => Business As Usual
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[Title] => California Manufacturing sees 15% growth in sales this year
[Summary] => Food maker California Manufacturing Co. (CMC) sees a 15-percent growth in sales this year following the decision of its parent firm, food and cosmetics giant Unilever to strengthen further its food operations across Asia.
CMC managing director and chief executive officer Marcial A. Aaron said yesterday that they expect the firm’s sales for 2003 to surge by 15 percent from P7 billion in 2002.
CMC best know brands are Alsa, Best Foods, Karo, Knorr, Lady’s Choice, Lipton and Skippy.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => Colored noodles
[Summary] => The supermarket shelves carrying Chinese or pancit noodles have never been this colorful. Among the egg-colored noodles are those manufactured by Philippine Spice and Flavors Inc.
"The consumer’s initial reaction to our noodles is the price," said PhilSpice founder Fabian Espiritu. "We’re on the high-end at P21 to P22 for an 8-ounce pack while most noodles retail at between P14 and P18. Our production cost is P14, double that of our competitors."
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[Title] => Unilever puts up new mfg plant for hair conditioner brand
[Summary] => Consumer products manufacturer Unilever Philippines Inc. has put up a new manufacturing plant in Paco, Manila solely for its Creamsilk hair conditioner products.
Unilever Phils. chairman and chief executive officer Howard Belton said the new plant is expected to increase the company’s total sales by 10 percent. The hair conditioners, which will be packaged in tubes, will be exported to other countries.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Quedancor not keen on being part owner of tomato paste processor
[Summary] => The Quedan Rural Credit and Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) is lukewarm to a proposal to convert into equity its P80-million exposure in state-run tomato processing firm Northern Foods Corp. (NFC).
"At this point, we cannot support proposals to have our loans converted into equity without a concrete commitment (by Northern Foods) to push through with the plant’s rehabilitation, it will be the only way to make the plant viable and ensure its profitability," said Quedancor president and CEO Nelson Buenaflor.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => Northern Foods urges DA to resolve anti-dumping case vs China
[Summary] => Northern Foods Corp. (NFC), the country’s biggest tomato paste producer is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to immediately resolve the anti-dumping case it filed against China which has been flooding the country with cheap tomato paste.
NFC chair Bernardo JB Mitra in a letter to Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo B. Serrano said it has been four years since the case was filed and yet no action has been taken by the department.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => Top tomato grower struggling to stay afloat
[Summary] =>
While contending with internal problems, NFC is also struggling to fend off growing imports of tomato paste from China, now averaging about 4,000 MT yearly.
"We are competing against Chinese tomato paste producers with two, three, five-year old processing plants," said Mitra.
China reportedly, has more than 50 processing plants, all of which have bigger production capacities than NFC.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => Northern Foods pushes 2-tiered tariff on tomato paste
[Summary] => Northern Foods Corp. (NFC), the country’s only tomato paste producer, is asking the Cabinet-level Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) committee to grant its petition for a two-tiered import tariff to shield the struggling local tomato industry from the influx of cheap tomato paste from China.
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[Title] => Ilocos farmers hitting it big in tomato production
[Summary] => Thousands of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur farmers now are in one of their "best of times" – producing a crop other than what Ilocandia is noted for.
The land tillers today produce tons of tomato processed by the Northern Food Corp. (NFC) into tomato paste for the giant business enterprises in various parts of the country.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-04 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Unilever opens P1-B distribution hub
[Summary] => Unilever Philippines Inc., together with the Li & Fung Distribution Group, inaugurated yesterday its new P1-billion distribution center known as the IDS Logistics Central Distribution Center (CDC) in Quezon City.
The new CDC will address the warehousing and physical distribution requirements of Unilever’s home and personal care business as well as foods business.
Unilever Philippines is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of such brands as Surf, Domex, Sunsilk, Creamsilk, Rexona, Vaseline and Ponds.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805266
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
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[URL] =>
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[Title] => The business that chicharon built
[Summary] => It’s hard to miss the Lapid Foods office along Concepcion Agila St. in the Quiapo district. It’s the three-story concrete building that looks more at home in a subdivision than in a one-lane winding street lined with old wooden houses. At one side of an ample garage for 10 cards is a marker dedicated to the father of Lapid Foods proprietor, Jose Lapid, Jr.
Lapid Sr. was a horse-rig driver turned meat stall vendor in the Quinta Market. With his earnings, he sent all nine of his children through school.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1488513
[AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey
[SectionName] => Business As Usual
[SectionUrl] => business-as-usual
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 205908
[Title] => California Manufacturing sees 15% growth in sales this year
[Summary] => Food maker California Manufacturing Co. (CMC) sees a 15-percent growth in sales this year following the decision of its parent firm, food and cosmetics giant Unilever to strengthen further its food operations across Asia.
CMC managing director and chief executive officer Marcial A. Aaron said yesterday that they expect the firm’s sales for 2003 to surge by 15 percent from P7 billion in 2002.
CMC best know brands are Alsa, Best Foods, Karo, Knorr, Lady’s Choice, Lipton and Skippy.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
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[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 165824
[Title] => Colored noodles
[Summary] => The supermarket shelves carrying Chinese or pancit noodles have never been this colorful. Among the egg-colored noodles are those manufactured by Philippine Spice and Flavors Inc.
"The consumer’s initial reaction to our noodles is the price," said PhilSpice founder Fabian Espiritu. "We’re on the high-end at P21 to P22 for an 8-ounce pack while most noodles retail at between P14 and P18. Our production cost is P14, double that of our competitors."
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Business As Usual
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