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01-Oct-18 Candy, the Italian family-owned appliance manufacturer is in the news after being sold to Chinese electronics giant Haier, based in the Shandong port city of Qingdao, for EUR475 mn, as Haier looks to crack the European market. [image: Candy]
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09-Aug-18 Crocs has announced it is closing the last of its manufacturing sites, which is in Italy, having already closed its Mexico site in Q2. But the footwear company asserted that it was not going out of business. [image: Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images]
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26-Nov-17 Shanghai medical device maker MicroPort Scientific will pay USD190 mn to acquire the cardiac rhythm management business of the UK's LivaNova, expanding the two companies' ongoing partnership to bring a range of cardiac rhythm devices to China. [image: LivaNova; MicroPort]
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23-Nov-17 Italy has 1,400 hospitals, sees 700,000 foreign patients each year, and is working to improve its global image with the creation of ItalyCares - a network that gathers together the best Italian healthcare providers. [image: Destination Health]
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13-Aug-17 A European Parliament research paper on health tourism in the 28 EU countries found health tourism will develop at 2% growth per year, with wellness tourism accounting for three-quarters of all health tourism. [image: IMTJ]
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