German automobile manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus has secured an order to deliver 440 trucks to multiple customers in Saudi Arabia. The company will deliver 240 MAN TGS type trucks to the food producer Almarai in the region that will be used ...
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Greencore’s latest trading results follow a successful previous year for the group against a tough trading environment. They have been welcomed as a “sound start” to the new financial year by analysts who predict ...
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Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk by ending one of its distribution contracts with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel. Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk The global logistics firm employs the 420 workers on lease to Waitrose at its centre ...
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UK-based Intelligent Packaging Solutions(IPS) has launched a new tamper evident packaging called TE-cap designed for the ice cream market. TE-cap comes with a paper pot and a deep-freeze grade polypropylene lid, which offers a tamper ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging Solutions, New Packaging, Ice Cream Market
The brief: To create a style of packaging for the ready meal market that was lightweight and allowed the consumer to see the product itself Client: Tesco Brand: Piing Design: Intelligent Packaging Solutions UK launch date: Summer ...
Tags: packaging, meal market, Intelligent Packaging Solutions, food packaging
Chilled foods manufacturer Greencore has completed the sale of its Minsterley desserts business to Muller Dairy. The sale , for pound 4.3M plus stock, was announced on June 15 2012. Minsterley's former owner Uniq – acquired by ...
Tags: Chilled foods, Greencore, Minsterley desserts, Muller Dairy
Boparan Holdings,the parent company of UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group,has reported a loss in its first quarter due to costs from a site closure but saw underlying profits rise. In the 13 weeks ended 27 October,the company made a net loss of ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Boparan, loss, underlying profits
Faerch Plast has launched the new MAPET II mono packaging, produced from MONO amorphous polyethylene terephthalate or MAPET, which offers better sealability compared to its predecessor MAPET I. Developed primarily for manufacturing trays ...
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Boparan Holdings, the parent company of UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group, has moved into the black in its last financial year when its sales grew ahead of the market. The business booked a profit of GBP42.5m for the 12 months to 28 July, ...
Tags: FY profit, LFL sales, frozen business
UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has reported a 14% increase in full-year profits as it reported a solid increase in sales despite fierce competition. Iceland booked net profit before tax of GBP147.5m (US$229.8m) for the 53 weeks to ...
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UK-based chilled foods group Bakkavor has sold its businesses in France and Spain to French co-op Agrial. Bakkavor said today (23 November) it has reached a formal agreement with Agrial, Société Cooperative Agricole et ...
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Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
US-based packaging company Sonoco has completed the 18,000ft2 expansion of its thermoforming location in Waynesville, North Carolina. The company plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place line, which will facilitate the production ...
UK-based Ultimate Packaging has ordered for the Bobst F&K 20SIX drupa machine to produce flexible packaging. The company has already installed three eight-colour flexo presses from Bobst and the new F&K 20SIX will be installed in June 2012. ...
The global food contact paper and board market is expected to increase by 6% annually and reach an estimated $70bn by 2017 from the current $53bn, according to a new study by Smithers Pira. According to the study titled 'The Future of ...
Tags: Food Contact Paper, Board Market, paper-based materials