Japan's integrated beverages company Kirin is reportedly planning to acquire 55% stake in Myanmar Brewery from Singapore-based beverage producer Fraser and Neave (F&N) for $560m. Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying ...
Tags: beverage, beverage manufacture, Kirin, company acquisition
Orora Limited was recognised in the Best Process Innovation category at the 2015 BRW Most Innovative Companies Awards in Sydney this week. This is Orora's second year to be considered as one of the 50 most innovative companies in ...
Tags: packaging carriage, packaging technology, packaging material
Dos Equis, a premium Mexican beer brand in the US, is set to introduce new limited edition Exploration variety pack. The new limited edition pack will be available in a 24-bottle pack, including six bottles each of Dos Equis Lager and ...
KHS will showcase its InnoPET Plasmax coating technology for the first time at China International Beverage Industry Exhibition on Science & Technology in November in Shanghai. The technology seeks to couple hygienic and qualitative ...
Tags: PET bottle, coating
Depreciation of China's currency offers opportunities for economies in Europe Last week's depreciation of the yuan stoked fears that European exports to China could be hit. As the euro and the pound strengthened, concerns started to grow ...
Tags: global currency, Yuan Move
According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research, 8% of the population consume sports drinks such as Powerade, Gatorade and Staminade in any given seven days. Twice as many men (10%) as women (5%) drink these beverages, while young ...
Tags: sports drink, beverage, Powerade, Gatorade, Staminade
Belgium-based Martens Brouwerij has launched a new beer brand using digitally printed PET bottles which come to life using a smartphone app. Called Dagschotel, the brand features the faces of several Belgian TV actors. When the app ...
HIG Europe, a unit of global private equity firm HIG Capital, has sold AR Metallizing to to Nissha Printing. AR Metallizing caters to food, beverage and consumer packaging goods industries with metalized paper. Nissha Printing, which ...
Electric motors and motion subsystems firm Johnson Electric Holdings will purchase Stackpole International group of companies, an engine and transmission pumps powder metal components supplier for automotive sector in a deal valued at ...
Tags: Electric motors, motion subsystems
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing €44.7m as loan to Coca-Cola Beverages Tajikistan (CCBT) for setting up a greenfield soft drink bottling plant in that country. Aimed at cutting down on imports ...
Tags: Coca-Cola Bottling, soft drink
MGP Ingredients has reported results for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2015. "We continue to be very pleased with our results through the first half of 2015 as we aggressively implement our strategic plan," said Gus Griffin, ...
More than three quarters of consumers surveyed by Tetra Pak said their decision to select a beverage brand depended largely on whether its packaging was environmentally sound. The new study, commissioned by Tetra Pak's Environment ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Bottles, Tetra Pak
Italian packaging machinery company SIPA has launched two single-stage PET injection stretch blow moulders for small production runs. Sales manager Pietro Marcati said the ECS SP80 and ECS SP50 “fill the last gap” in the ...
Tags: PET injection, packaging machinery
Researchers from Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and Deakin University in Melbourne, have performed a study to assess the effect of dairy fat and soy oil on circulating postprandial lipids in men (Meikle et al., 2015). The study was ...
US-based CC Industries has purchased closure liner manufacturer Selig Sealing Products from Behrman Capital. Selig supplies highly engineered closure liners for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal care and industrial ...
Tags: food, beverage, Selig Sealing Products