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JBS Australia’s Yambinya Station Feedlot Winner at the Australian Beef Carcase Competition
13 May 2024
JBS Australia's Great Southern team has received the AMPC Highest Pen Award at the Beef 2024 National Beef Carcase Competition, held during Beef Week (5-11 M..)
Primo Foods Unveils Revamped Deli in Western Sydney, ‘The Primo Deli’
10 May 2024
JBS Australia’s Primo Foods as it officially launched the revamped Primo Deli.
J&F Institute Provides Life Changing Education Opportunities in Brazil
03 May 2024
JBS provides many opportunities for families in the communities where we operate.
JBS Australia’s Primo Staff Participate in Clean Up Australia Day
21 Mar 2024
With a commitment to preserving the environment and restoring the natural beauty of the local community, an eager group of Primo employees gathered on the sh..)
School-Based Traineeship Program at JBS Australia’s Beef City Feedlot in Queensland Australia gets underway
15 Mar 2024
JBS Australia’s Beef City Feedlot is thrilled to announce the launch of its very first School-Based Traineeship Program.
Primo extends partnership with AFL greats
15 Mar 2024
As part of the arrangement, Primo will expand its investment in Collingwood to become a Major Partner of the Club’s Australian Football League (AFL) and Aust..)
Primo extends partnership with AFL giants
28 Feb 2024
As part of the arrangement, Primo will expand its investment in Collingwood to become a Major Partner of the Club’s Australian Football League (AFL) and Aust..)
JBS Dinmore Welcomes a Strong Local Workforce to Commence its Second Shift
21 Feb 2024
JBS Australia is pleased to announce the commencement of a second shift at its Dinmore processing facility.
JBS Rockhampton Pioneers Water Saving Technology
11 Dec 2023
JBS Australia’s Rockhampton facility is pioneering water saving initiatives at the plant, which are being recognized globally by the JBS Group for their inno..)
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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