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SunOpta has three business units: the SunOpta Food Group, which specializes in sourcing, processing and distribution of natural and organic food products; Opta Minerals (TSX:OPM) (66.5% owned by SunOpta), a producer, distributor, and recycler of environmentally friendly industrial materials; and SunOpta BioProcess Inc. which engineers and markets proprietary steam explosion technology systems for the bio-fuel, pulp and food processing industries.
News
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27/02/12
SunOpta to streamline operations, cut 6% of workforce -
07/09/11
SunOpta initiates strategic review, could lead to sale of Opta Minerals -
06/12/10
SunOpta To Buy Fruit Bar Maker Edner of Nevada For $4 Million -
08/11/10
SunOpta To Acquire Seed Supplier Dahlgren & Company For $44 million -
01/09/10
SunOpta sells SunOpta BioProcess to Mascoma for $51m -
21/01/10
SunOpta wins $6.5 million contract to supply Chinese ethanol producer with fiber pre-treatment equipment
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