Confectionery giant Mondelēz International has opened a new $90m biscuit manufacturing plant in Bahrain. The new 250,000m2 plant will manufacture the confectionery and snacking firm’s power brands that include Oreo cookies and ...
French automaker Groupe PSA will build Peugeot and Opel vehicles in Walvis Bay, Namibia, in 2018. Groupe PSA and Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) have signed a joint-venture agreement to start the assembly plant. The vehicle ...
Tags: Groupe PSA, Opel vehicles
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to acquire 50% stake in the sweeteners and starches business of Russia-based Aston Foods and Food Ingredients. ADM Europe, Middle East and Africa president Pierre Duprat said: “ADM has ...
Tags: Sweeteners, Aston Foods
French automaker Groupe PSA has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with three Algerian partners to build cars in the North African country. The Algerian partners include Condor Electronics, Palpa Pro and Entreprise Nationale de ...
Tags: Algerian Market, PSA, Cars
Pioneer Food will acquire full ownership of Heinz Foods South Africa (Heinz Foods SA) by purchasing the remaining 50.1% stake in the joint venture (JV) from Kraft Heinz Company’s subsidiary Heinz SA. Financial terms of the ...
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More than 150 organizations globally endorsed a new statement that proposes to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging worldwide. The organisations supporting the initiative include M&S, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia, British Plastics Federation ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of speciality food ingredients and solutions, has unveiled plans to more than double capacity of its non-GMO MALTOSWEET Maltodextrin product line at its facility located in Boleraz, Slovakia. This major ...
Tags: Tate&Lyle, speciality food
Konica Minolta has launched AccurioLabel 190 full-digital toner press for the European market. Shipping of the AccurioLabel 190 full-digital toner press, developed and manufactured in cooperation with Danish company Grafisk Maskinfabrik ...
Tags: Konica Minolta, Toner Press
Butler Automatic, the inventor and global leader of automatic splicing solutions, announces an expanded sales team to focus on market growth in the packaging sector, expanding its team in North America, and Europe, the Middle East and ...
Konica Minolta has established new European professional print division to reflect the increasing importance of the industrial and commercial printing sectors. The company appointed Charles Lissenburg as general manager for the new ...
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PPG has opened a $49m paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia. The site will provide about 200 total positions and produce about 25 million liters (6.6 million gallons) of ...
As early as 2013, SHACMN had exported 18,000 heavy trucks, nearly half of which was delivered to the five countries in Middle Asia and Russia. Now, SHACMAN not only set up a whole vehicle plant with an annual production of 50,000 units in ...
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Sealed Air has announced financial results for first quarter 2017, as well as outlook for the complete year. Commenting on these results, Jerome A. Peribere, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “2017 is a transformational ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Packaging
Flint Group has appointed Dr Pablo Steenwinkel as technical director for its Flexible Packaging business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Dr Steenwinkel joins Flint Group on May 1st 2017 from Avery Dennison, where he is ...
Tags: Flint Group, Flexible Packaging
Press manufacturer Schuler Group and Japanese firm TMC have teamed up to help meet the increasing demand for “Drawing and Wall Ironing (DWI) Bottle Cans” as premium packaging. The DWI is used in the production of light ...
Tags: Aluminum Bottle, Machinery