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Food
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Belgian brewery Rodenbach launches cherry-flavoured beer

Belgian craft brewery Rodenbach has made its cherry-flavoured craft beer, Fruitage, available in Australia. The beer is made from a blend of ripened and aged ale, young ale, and 7 per cent cherries, processed through “meticulous” fermentation. “The main…

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Food
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Belgium toasts its beer riches with new visitor centre

Belgium is promoting its centuries of beer-making and 430 breweries with a new visitor centre in Brussels that recounts the history of Belgian production and aims to show what is unique about the country’s beer and beer culture. Belgian Beer World will open…

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Food
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Tax break assists Belgian brewery to ‘Australianise’ its beers

Queensland brewery Madocke Beer Brewing Co is set to brew its Belgian-style beer with Australian ingredients as part of a tax incentive program. The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive program supports businesses that undertake R&D initiatives…

Barry Callebaut
Food
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Barry Callebaut expands NSW chocolate plant

Barry Callebaut has completed the expansion of its Campbellfield factory in Melbourne, after the 11,000 m2 site was acquired in 2020. The expansion will cater for local industrial food manufacturers with new production lines to increase the total operating…

Revolut
Finance
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Revolut Expands as a Bank

Europe’s most valuable fintech has already amassed 18 million app users worldwide. Some of those are about to become bank customers. The London-headquartered neobank is launching as a bank in ten additional European markets, lifting the number of countries it…

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Automotive
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Brussels Urges Volkswagen To Compensate All EU Dieselgate

Brussels on Tuesday called on Volkswagen to pay out all European consumers – and not just German ones – affected by the “Dieselgate” scandal in which the automaker tampered with vehicle emissions to cheat pollution tests. EU Justice Commissioner Didier…

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Food
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Barry Callebaut names new MD for Australia and New Zealand

Chocolate and cocoa products manufacturer Barry Callebaut Group has named Denis Convert as its new MD for ANZ. Convert will start his new role on August 1 and will be based in the GKC Foods office in Melbourne. As MD, he will oversee operations and sales…

steel
General
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Steel industry expected to recover this year

Vietnam’s steel industry is expected to recover this year with rising export orders, thanks to improved global demand and surging domestic consumption. Market leader Hoa Phat Group last month exported over 12,000 tonnes of products, mostly cold-galvanized…

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Automotive
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Volvo Inaugurates Battery Assembly Line In Belgium

Volvo Cars inaugurated a brand new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The inauguration of the assembly line is in line with the…

Thai Airways
General
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Thai Airways adds a sixth weekly flight between Brussels and Bangkok

Thai Airways is very pleased to announce the launch of its 6th weekly non-stop flight Bangkok – Brussels – Bangkok every Monday. As from 28th of October 2019, THAI will operate 6 non-stop flights per week on the route Brussels – Bangkok and return, all…

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Fashion
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Belgian fashion chain Jean Paul Knott to enter China

Belgian designer brand Jean Paul Knott will open its first Chinese flagship in Beijing next month. The designer behind the eponymous label, which emphasises high-quality fabric and minimalist design, revealed the plans at a recent conference marking the…

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Food
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Godiva completes sale of APAC operations

Belgian manufacturer of gourmet chocolates, Godiva Chocolatier, has completed the sale of selected assets of its Asia Pacific business to South Korea’s MBK Partners. Godiva, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Yildiz Holding, said the deal with the private equity firm…