US commercial packaging company Graphic Packaging International has signed an agreement to acquire converting assets from Metro Packaging & Imaging. The acquisition is a part of the company's effort to develop the best supply chain in ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Acquisition, Metro Packaging&Imaging
China is introducing a new tax which will impact Australian food companies that rely on selling their products online. Details of the tax are not yet clear however it is expected that online purchases from outside of China will be ...
Tags: Tax, Australian Products, Online Sales, Online Sales Tax
For many Australians, Frosty Boy soft serve ice cream is synonymous with summer days and childhood treats. If Chief Executive Officer Dirk Pretorius gets his way, this connection and affection towards the Frosty Boy brand will become ...
Tags: Frosty Boy, Ice cream, Dirk Pretorius, International expansion
When guests on Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship, Carnival Vista, raise a pint in the Red Frog Pub & Brewery, they will have a choice of three distinctly flavored hand-crafted beers brewed right on board in the first brewery at sea in ...
Tags: Carnival Cruise, Craft Brewery, Concrete Beach Brewery
Chromatin and Zaad Holdings have entered into a long-term alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. Zaad, a vertically integrated agriculture company, distributes seed ...
Tags: Zaad, Chromatin, Planting seed
Linde has detailed out the advantages of cryogenic chilling solutions for food processing through its white paper titled "High-Efficiency Cryogenic Chilling for Food Processing.” The white paper said that chilling with food-grade ...
Tags: Linde, Cryogenic Chilling, Food processing
Transilwrap Company, a manufacturer of specialty film products, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the specialty films business of US based Dow Chemical. Dow's specialty films business provides film solutions used in medical, ...
Tags: Transilwrap, Film products, Dow Chemical
RPC Bebo Plastik, a producer of thermoformed containers, has unveiled a new thermoformed cup for Café Coffee Day's new ready-to-drink iced coffee, Frappe Chill. Developed in multilayer polypropylene with an EVOH layer to prevent ...
An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
Tags: AFGC, Recycling System, NSW
Naturex, Australia’s major vitamin and herbal brand, has entered into a long-term preferred partnership agreement with Swisse Wellness for the supply of natural ingredients. Under the partnership, both the companies will also work ...
Food packaging solutions provider Tetra Pak has launched a new food processing homogenizer Tetra Pak Homogenizer 500, which it claims to produce up to 63,600 litres per hour, minimizing operation cost. The device, which is touted to be ...
US-based food ingredients distributor Batory Foods has been chosen as the authorised distributor by Corbion for its products which includes lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides. The Corbion products are used for ...
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Bacardi has renewed a multi-year distribution agreement with Horizon Beverage for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Effective April 1, the exclusive agreement includes the sales and distribution of the entire premium portfolio of Bacardi ...
Tags: Bacardi, Horizon Beverage, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Austrian packaging firm Alpla Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Egypt-based Taba Group to expand operations in Africa and the Middle East. Both firms have signed a partnership agreement to form a joint venture, which will ...
Tags: Alpla, Taba Group, Aquisition
The chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) Katherine Rich has told Australian Food News today that the UK”s announced sugar tax will not help fight obesity. Under the UK tax, drinks which contain more ...
Tags: NZFGC, Katherine Rich, Sugar tax