The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has found that around a quarter of purified drinking water in the country is contaminated with excessive levels of bacteria. The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that bacteria was found ...
Tags: Purified Drinking Water, CFDA
Niagara Ventures has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Blu-Dot Beverage Company. As a result of the Transaction, Blu-Dot became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NVC. The ...
Tags: Beverage, Agriculture
Anheuser-Busch has added The Biergarten to its brewery and Tour Center and the Fort Collins beer community. The new Biergarten, an expansion of the Tour Center's footprint, includes indoor and outdoor space reminiscent of traditional ...
Tags: brewery, Tour Center, Agriculture
Elopak has launched a range of beverage cartons that are made of certified renewable polyethylene (PE), said to be the first for the European market. Another first for the company is that Elopak has used second generation renewable PE, ...
The company demonstrated the successes of its Cut/4 CArboN program at this year’s BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany, in an unusual way: its progress is seen through the eyes of “Carla” (pic), a fictional Ball employee who ...
Tags: Carbon Footprint, Microsite
Honeywell has expanded its independent software vendor (ISV) network with Australian and New Zealand firms, including Blackbay, ICON Integration and Manhattan Associates, to provide advanced scanning and mobility applications that are ...
Tags: Reseller Network, postal, Service
Sidel, provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has launched an online PET savings calculator which is aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles worldwide. The calculator will allow manufacturers to calculate ...
Tags: Calculator, Online PET, Agriculture
PepsiCo has announced two leadership appointments that further strengthen the company's management team. Enderson Guimaraes, currently CEO, PepsiCo Europe, has been named EVP, Global Categories and Operations, PepsiCo. He will be ...
Tags: PepsiCo, Snacks, Beverage, Agriculture
If you're a factory operator, you want to know what's happening now, not hours ago. Gebo Cermex' EIT (Efficiency Improvement Tool) gives operators real-time access to key plant data to optimise packaging line efficiency and to increase ...
Tags: factory, key plant data, Packaging
Stora Enso's CKB 195 g/m2 board was developed for use as a top liner for corrugated materials, boxes and displays. The new 195 g/m2 grade is ideal in combination with other materials because of its sleek surface and high efficiency in ...
Tags: corrugated materials, displays, Packaging
Global beverage giant Coca-Cola has launched a limited edition range of 250ml cans of different colours to celebrate the arrival of the new slimline small Coca-Cola can. The coloured cans will be the first packaging change for Coca-Cola ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Colour, Agriculture
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture
The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI) will combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa. The new entity, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, bottling operations, Agriculture
Good design and innovation in packaging are what the Packaging Council of Australia’s awards program - the Australian Packaging Design Awards - recognises. But more than that, it applauds the successful execution and implementation of ...
Tags: Packaging Design Awards, Packaging
The rigid plastic packaging giant’s results for the six months ended 30 September 2014, shows good growth in profits, returns and dividends. The planned acquisition of Promens Group progresses the company’s Vision 2020 ...