The Ferrero Group has agreed to acquire Illinois-based non-chocolate confectioner Ferrara Candy from private equity firm L Catterton for an undisclosed price to expand its US business. The transaction made by an affiliated company of ...
Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...
Eastside Distilling, a producer of award-winning craft spirits, has launched new canning line of Ready-to-Drink (RTD) products, primarily designed for the wine and pre-mixed alcoholic drink industry. The custom built canning line is ...
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The Ireland Government said it will spend €8.8m to establish a new food innovation hub, aimed to help the country’s food industry deal as it prepares for Brexit. Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ...
The high-brightness LED market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% during 2016-2023, forecasts Occams Business Research and Consulting in its report ‘Global High Brightness LED Market Research Report Insights, ...
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Hostess Brands has launched Molten Lava Ding Dongs: chocolate-coated snack cakes filled with a rich chocolate crème, and ready-to-eat after warming up for 20 seconds in the microwave. The launch of Molten Lava Ding Dongs follows ...
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US-based cookie and cracker manufacturer Kellogg Company has agreed to acquire Chicago Bar Company, the maker of protein bar brand Rxbar for $600m. The addition of Rxbar, made from whole food ingredients, is expected to strengthen the ...
US-based packaging company Aptar has launched the 2-1/8” 33-400 Ecolite closure with SimpliSqueeze valve for the food industry. Ecolite’s design is claimed to be similar with the company’s 2-1/8” Ribbed closure. ...
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Pulse Roll Label Products has exhibited its advanced product solutions at this year’s Labelexpo event in Brussels, Germany. At the event, the company exhibited new food packaging compliant UV flexo tactile varnish, which was ...
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Systech International, a global technology leader in product safety, and consumer and brand protection, and Toppan, a leading integrated printing company and innovator in product packaging and security solutions, announced a strategic ...
Food packaging and processing firm Tetra Pak has acquired Germany-based Big Drum Engineering for an undisclosed sum. Based in Edertal, Big Drum is involved in the supply of filling machines for the ice cream industry. The company is ...
KeyImpact Sales & Systems, a foodservice sales and marketing agency in the US, has announced the acquisition of Premium Packaging Group (PPG), a foodservice packaging and supply sales agency. This acquisition is the third by KeyImpact in ...
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A specialized packaging provider in the US has selected TrackX Holdings’ GAME for Supply Chain Management (SCM) platform to manage and optimize supply chain assets and related business processes. TrackX Holdings, based in Denver, ...
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Temptee Specialty Foods has merged with Johnson Food Products, a manufacturer of Johnson Chili. This merger combines a strong brand name with the innovative Temptee team. Temptee is launching the Johnson Chili Original andHot-N-Spicy ...
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AR Packaging has initiated a review of its operational footprint to sustainably and professionally meet the growing expectations of its customers on high efficiency, vast expertise and strong innovation skills. As part of the review, the ...
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