Germany-based industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has acquired Berenfield Containers through its subsidiary in the US for undisclosed amount. The acquisition will strengthen its Mauser's presence in the US besides expanding the ...
Tags: Mauser Group, Acquisition, Berenfield Containers, Expansion
French dairy processing company Saputo is planning to close three manufacturing facilities in Canada located in Sydney (Nova Scotia), Princeville (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario). The plant closures are expected to take place in ...
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Pulse Flexible Packaging has designed new packaging formats for Calbee UK’s Snapea rice sticks products. The company designed 10g sample pack, 21g pillow pack, 6 x 21g multipack and 105g pouch for the Snapea rice sticks product ...
Solazyme is focusing the company exclusively on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients, harnessing the power of its transformational algae innovation platform. The evolution leverages over a decade of R&D and product development on an ...
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ConAgra Foods’ Lamb Weston business has announced to invest $30m to expand operations at its facility in Boardman, Oregon. The expanded facility will enhance the processing capacity to make formed products such as hash brown ...
Tags: ConAgra, Lamb Weston, Potato, Investment
Essentra, a supplier of plastic, fiber, foam and packaging components, is planning a six-fold expansion of its facility in Newport, UK. The move, which is expected to create 170 additional jobs, follows the company's announcement in last ...
The European Commission has approved Switzerland-based meat processor Bell Food Group‘s acquisition of Austrian poultry producer Huber Group. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition was announced on 16 ...
Tags: European Commission, Bell Food Group, Huber Group, Acquisition
MTU Friedrichshafen, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce and Chinese company Guangxi Yuchai Machinery have started a joint venture. Each company will invest an amount of 75m RMB (around 10.5m Euro). Under the licence from MTU, of MTU diesel ...
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Injection moulded packaging specialist RPC Superfos has developed a new injection moulded polypropylene pot for Orkla Foods Norway’s chocolate spread Nugatti. Available in new 350g pack along with the earlier version of 500g, the ...
Design and packaging firm Graphic Packaging International has agreed to acquire 100% of Australian folding carton supplier Colorpak. Under the agreed terms, Graphic Packaging would pay $0.68 per share inclusive of a fully franked dividend ...
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Lectra, a world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, has announced the appointment of Burak Susoy as director for Lectra Turkey and the Middle East. Turkey and the Middle East are regions ...
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Fonterra has sold its Australian yoghurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia for an undisclosed sum. The sale includes Fonterra’s manufacturing facilities in the Tamar Valley (near Launceston) in Tasmania and at Echuca ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has signed a definitive ...
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Nestle has recommenced production of Maggi Noodles at all of its facilities in India, in an effort to make up for the lost time that cost the company Rs 4.5bn ($67.4m) when it was banned for five months due to excessive presence of lead in ...
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Holland Colours, a supplier of pigments and pigment dispersions for the plastics, has developed a new slip agent that is claimed to reduce scuff marks and scratches on PET packaging. The new bio-based HolcoSlip 271-Series is said to ...
Tags: Holland Colours, PET Packaging, additive