China Mengniu Dairy is set to purchase a 75.3% stake in Yashili International for $1.6bn from its controlling shareholders, Zhang International Investment and CA Dairy Holdings. Yashili is currently one of the largest domestic pediatric ...
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China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 75.3% stake in infant formula manufacturer Yashili, from chairman Zhang Lidian's family and Carlyle Group, for HK$12.5bn ($1.6bn). As part of this transaction, Yashili's controlling shareholders, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Synutra International, a China-based infant formula manufacturer, has reported that its net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013 c to $3.3m, compared with $7.5m for the same period in 2012. For the period ended 31 March 2013, the ...
Tags: Net Earnings, Food
The Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (MilkFed), the marketer of the Verka brand of dairy products, is set to establish four milk processing facilities in Punjab, India, with an investment of INR10bn ($179.5m). ...
China Mengniu Dairy is set to launch a new organic milk brand, which will be imported from Denmark. The company stated that the new brand of milk will be supplied by Swedo-Danish cooperative Arla Foods and will be marketed under Arla ...
Tags: Mengniu Dairy, Organic Milk Brand
China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 26.92% stake in China's unpasteurized milk producer Modern Dairy from Advanced Dairy and Crystal Dairy, in a deal estimated to be worth HKD3.18bn ($410m). Under the terms of the deal, Mengniu ...
Tags: Mengniu Dairy, Modern Dairy
Mondi stated that this will be the first industrial bags plant to be based in Iraq and will serve the growing cement industry which is rebuilding the country. Together with local partner, Kaso Group, this Greenfield project is set to ...
Tags: Mondi, Bags Plant
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a new rail link into its Darfield’s site, which is expected to carry 200,000 tons of milk powder in its first year of operation. The train is expected to carry a ...
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The European Commission (EC) has approved the FrieslandCampina's acquisition of cheese specialist Zijerveld and its packaging unit Den Hollander Food from MYWO Food. On 7 January, FrieslandCampina agreed to acquire the two companies and ...
TRS, a UK-based establishment, has recalled its milk powder as the product was repackaged in an unapproved establishment that does not meet the Food Hygiene Regulations 2006 and requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004, according to the ...
Nepal-based dairy producer Chitawon Milk has announced the launch of its Rahul Dairy Whitener in a new packaging. The whitener has been reintroduced in a new packet designed using blue, green and golden colors which represent a cup of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Rahul Dairy Whitener
Dutch start-up firm Aestech has developed a self-heating pack for semi-liquid baby foods. The pack features milk powder dispenser, water and a baby nipple. It also incorporates self heating packaging and convenient on-the-go packaging. ...
Tags: infant foods, Aestech, baby foods
The Eindhoven-based firm said it has developed the pack for semi-liquid food and it is designed for the on-the-go baby food market. The pack includes a milk powder dispenser, spring water and a ‘baby nipple’. In a statement, ...
Tags: self heating packaging, packaging, Dutch
There are three hot topics in the packaging world. The first one is the dispensing cap, which we find mainly on top of a water bottle for inserting a certain dose of vitamins. It is a packaging format which over the last years attracted ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Self-Heating Packaging
India-based public conglomerate ITC is set to foray into dairy business with the launch of a range of dairy products over the next 14 months. The move is part of an integrated animal husbandry program, the firm's corporate social ...
Tags: ITC, dairy sector, dairy products