Nut, fruit and vegetable processors have a new weapon in their quality control arsenal in the form of Tomra Sorting Solutions’ Best Nimbus N sorter, which can sort products in free fall. The 640mm or 1,200mm sorter uses ...
Tags: Tomra, hyperspectrum cameras, Nimbus N, free fall, infra-red, IPA, nuts
Swiss bakery group Aryzta has reported a 0.9% increase in underlying quarterly sales from its food division amid "very challenging" economic conditions in Europe. The 0.9% rise was the underlying revenue growth from Arytza's "food group" ...
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Marks and Spencer's food business will continue to prosper, the UK retailer's chief executive said today (10 July), despite the head of the division being moved to lead its under-pressure non-food arm. Marc Bolland told just-food the ...
Tags: food business, food, food industry, food market
Dutch food firm Wessanen has taken full ownership of Favory Convenience Food by purchasing an additional 35.9%stake from Rabo Capital for EUR5m($6m). Wessanen noted that this purchase follows strategic review of its frozen foods ...
Tags: stake, frozen foods, frozen snack
Food ingredient suppliers ICL Performance Products and BK Giulini,with previously separate sales and marketing groups within ICL PP in North America,have combined to form the new North American food division ICL Food Specialties. The new ...
Tags: food ingredient, food, beverage
San Miguel Pure Foods, the food division of Philippine conglomerate San Miguel, has raised about PHP6bn ($146m) with the sale of 2.5 million common shares for PHP240 ($5.82) each. With this move, the company's public ownership has ...
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Philippine snack food and beverage company Universal Robina(URC)is set to take complete control of its overseas business division URC International(URCI)by purchasing 23%stake held by investment firm International Horizons Investments for ...
Tags: stake, international operations, acquisition, accretive
Indian Ice cream and frozen foods firm Vadilal Industries plans to invest INR306.2m($5.52m)to expand and modernize its production facilities. This project will cover the company's facilities in Gujarat,Uttar Pradesh,and its processed food ...
Tags: production facilities, net profit, net sales
Unilever has seen sales volumes from its food division increase in the first quarter of 2012,a sign of recovery after a year of decline. The company,which owns brands including Knorr stock cubes and Flora butter,today(26 April)reported a ...