La Coste?a, a US-based packaged foods firm and the parent company of Arizona Canning, has acquired canned beans and vegetables manufacturer Faribault Foods for an undisclosed amount. As part of the acquisition, both the companies will ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Canned Bean, packaged food
In February this year, The Lockyer Valley Farmers board announced plans for a new $40 million beetroot canning facility in Grantham, west of Brisbane. The cannery would also process locally grown peas, beans, potatoes and corn, and would be ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
American micro brewery Eagle Creek Brewing has unveiled a new automated canning line, to package its beers in aluminum cans. The company currently produces four beers, of which only Spot Tail Blonde Ale and Grass Roots Lemon Lime ...
Tags: micro brewery, Eagle Creek
Summit Brewing Company today announces the availability of three of Minnesota’s most popular beers in 12 oz. aluminum cans: Extra Pale Ale, Sága IPA and Summer Ale. The cans will begin hitting shelves next week, just in time ...
Tags: Canning Line, Summit Brewing
American brewer Boulder Beer has installed a new canning line, which is the eighth canning line for the brewery. Manufactured by Palmer Canning Systems, the canning line is a rotary closed counter-pressure filler equipped with ...
Tags: Boulder Beer, Canning Line
According to the latest research from The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), food cans are preferred by consumers when compared with other packaging formats. The findings show that cans help families enjoy nutritious meals and ...
Tags: Food Cans, packaging formats
Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), has invested PHP3.4bn ($76.2m) in Century Canning Corp (CCC), parent company of soon-to-be-listed Century Pacific Food (CNPF). GIC and CCC have signed an ...
Tags: Singapore Wealth Fund, GIC
The Australian Brewery has broken into the Japanese market Craft brewer The Australian Brewery has expanded its global reach with successful negotiations to supply to Japan. The Australian Brewery said it had been "notoriously ...
Research by Smithers Pira has determined that the authenticity and trust of brand owners and their products is growing in importance in the eyes of consumers. Given increased scrutiny in the wake of high profile food recalls over the last ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
Malta-based brewing firm Simonds Farsons Cisk will open a new beer packaging facility with an investment of €27m. The new facility will comprise a glass line and a canning line, which will be capable of filling beer and non-alcoholic ...
Yes, the metal keg remains the industry standard. But it is not necessarily the most economical option for a growing craft brewer. The one-way plastic beer keg, aka the new kid on the block, has arrived with an arsenal of forward thinking ...
Tags: metal keg, microbreweries, functional detail
Thomas Canning is set to build a fruit and vegetable processing facility in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, in line with its efforts to expand its presence in the country and overseas. In support of the project, the company will receive ...
Pouches are giving world dominance a good and ardent go but cans remain the food and drink package of choice. Three of every four people prefer steel cans, based on features such as recyclability, taste quality, shelf life, safety and ...
28 Jan 2014 When you reach that lofty place where you can begin your profile with, “Ardagh group is a global leader in packaging solutions,” you can continue along one of two roads. Road one is straight. It’s for ...
Tags: RinGo, MPMA, Ardagh Group, Nemo
VTech's popular Kidizoom remains one of the best-selling toys in the industry for the 8th year. VTech is returning to Toy Fair following a strong 2013 that saw the firm take the title of number one manufacturer within the UK infant toy ...