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Bühler acquires Haas to add biscuit capabilities

The Bühler Group has acquired Austrian-based confectionery, biscuits and wafer equipment supplier Haas for an undisclosed sum. The Haas Group employs 1,750 people and has factories in six countries with €300m ($357m) in annual revenues. It joins Bühler’s Consumer Foods business. Keeping up to speed Former Haas Group owner Johann Haas said the sale was […]

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Physicist develops drip-free wine bottle

Drips are the bane of every wine drinker’s existence. He or she uncorks a bottle of wine, tips it toward the glass, and a drop, or even a stream, runs down the side of the bottle. Sure, you could do what sommeliers in restaurants do, wrapping a napkin around the neck of the bottle to […]