Algaia has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill’s alginates business and its production plant in Lannilis, northwestern France. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating the development the field of natural extracts, more ...
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Dairy co-operative Fonterra has commissioned a new dryer at its Lichfield’s site in South Waikato, New Zealand. The 30 metric tonne dryer can process an additional 4.4 million litres of milk each day into milk powder which Fonterra ...
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Global speciality food ingredients company Tate & Lyle has opened its expanded oat ingredients manufacturing facility in Kimstad, Sweden. The expansion was part of the $100m investment in additional capacity announced by the company in ...
Lundberg Family Farms is set to introduce new organic antique white quinoa variety in the US this month. A national leader in organic rice and whole grain products, Lundberg Family Farms became the first brand to offer American-grown ...
VPK Packaging has commissioned a new Mitsubishi EVOL flexo folder gluer started at Rigid’s corrugating plant in Selby. The new converting machine further increases site productivity and capacity of what is probably already the most ...
Sacmi Heavy Clay has receievd another strategically important order on the Tunisian market for process automation. This latest fired product unloading-handling plant, the largest ever supplied to Tunisia, aims to provide total process ...
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has announced plans to cease all production activities at its plant in Penang, ...
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British multinational automotive firm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun construction of a new £1bn manufacturing plant in Nitra, Slovakia. The new plant, which will cover an area of 300,000m², is expected to be completed in ...
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Forward thinker and successful entrepreneur, Robert Ehrlich, has leveraged decades of cutting-edge snack food technology, innovation, and experience to launch his latest venture. Vegan Rob's has been created to take the stigma away from ...
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Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is planning to consolidate its corrugated packaging manufacturing in Finland to its Lahti facility. The consolidation plan is part of the company’s plan to improve profitability ...
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General Mills announced that it has reached a final decision to close its manufacturing facility in Vineland, New Jersey. The company said the facility will close by the first quarter of fiscal 2018. On July 21, the company announced a ...
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Global food company Aramark has announced that it will relocate its Philadelphia-based world headquarters to a new site situated along the Schuylkill River in fall of 2018. The new site at 2400 Market Street was originally built in the ...
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Meat processor Atria has received approval from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority to acquire Kaivon Liha Kaunismaa. In June, Atria announced that it would purchase 70% stake in Kaivon Liha to expand its business in Finland. ...
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Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company, has announced that it has completed its major expansion of peanut processing capacity in Dawson, Georgia, and is now shipping increased volumes of products to ...
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Quest Water Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build and operate a commercial water bottling facility in Havana, Cuba. The water bottling facility, which will utilize atmospheric water as the source, will be operated ...