St-Hyacinthe, Que. – Liberté, which is owned by Yoplait, is investing $12 million in its St-Hyacinthe plant and closing its plant in Brossard, Que. The investment will go towards expanding and automating the St-Hyacinthe plant to meet international food safety standards such as GFS1

Winnipeg, Man.

TORONTO— Canada is cutting fewer deals than its peers in the growing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), according to a new report by PwC . Since January 2000, Canadian companies made just 188 acquisitions in the BRIC nations, well below the the US (1,504) and the UK (408). The only country that lagged behind Canada was Australia, which made 106 deals

SEOUL —Samsung will release the results of an independent health and safety probe into conditions at its South Korean semiconductor factories after employee illnesses and deaths have raised fears of cancer risks.

CEVA Logistics has won the 2010 Planet Award of Excellence from Lufthansa Cargo, its global partner. The award, presented during the Global Partner Council in Greece, recognizes CEVA’s outstanding performance last year as part of the worldwide co-operation between the companies.

PARIS: Bombardier Aerospace has signed a firm order for another 10 of its CS100 jetliners. The Montreal-based company says the buyer is a first-time European customer, who wishes to remain unidentified. Based on the list price of the CS100, Bombardier says the order is valued at approximately $628 million US.

SEOUL —Samsung will release the results of an independent health and safety probe into conditions at its South Korean semiconductor factories after employee illnesses and deaths have raised fears of cancer risks. The announcement came after a South Korean court ruled the leukemia deaths of two women were linked to working at one of the company’s semiconductor factories. The electronics-maker commissioned an investigation by occupational health and safety experts last July after more than 20 people at its chip factories were diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma since 1998

ETOBICOKE, Ont.— Sustainable initiatives, from closed-loop bottle recycling to new green chemistry, were awarded this week by the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA).

Leading beverage and liquid-food packaging products manufacturer Tetra Pak has announced plants to cap its GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions at 2010 levels by the end of 2020 as pat of a newly-unveiled global strategy aimed at minimizing its environmental footprint and becoming a true “zero waste” company. In addition, the globally-operating Swiss-Swedish group is planning to double the recycling rate for its used beverage cartons by the end of this decade, while intensifying efforts to switch all of its  packaging products to renewable resources.

OTTAWA: Canada’s wood products industry will record a second consecutive year of profitability, according to the Conference Board of Canada’s Spring 2011 outlook for the industry. The Ottawa think tank said momentum is slowing this year following a solid rebound in 2010, the result of ongoing weakness in the US housing market and a slowdown in residential construction activity in Canada