Packaging manufacturer North State Flexibles plans to expand its operations in Greensboro, North Carolina, US with an investment of over $6m over the next three years. The expansion is expected to create 41 new jobs in the region. The ...
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Packaging manufacturer North State Flexibles has announced plans to expand its operations in Greensboro, North Carolina, US with an investment of over $6m over the next three years. The City of Greensboro, Guilford County, and the State ...
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1. Chinese Pet Food Industry Exports from Jan. to Sep. in 2012 From Jan. to Sep. in 2012, the total export quantity for dog or cat food put up for retail sale achieved 101 thousand tons, up 13% year-on-year; and the total export value was ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health has announced that a new assay for detecting foodborne Salmonella with the DuPont BAX system Institute.has been certified as Performance Tested method by the AOAC Research This assay uses powerful polymerase ...
The new 300,000 sq ft Diamond Pet Foods facility in Ripon, CA went online in May 2012 with more than 500 high efficiency, Class II Div 2 LED fixtures by Dialight, provider of industrial and hazardous location LED lighting. Through combined ...
The ABP Food Group claims to have found the source of the horse meat in the burgers produced at its Silvercrest Foods facility in Ireland and has halted production at the site in County Monaghan. Tesco published full-page apologies to its ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health has launched its range of mesophilic cultures for Tvarog, a curd based cheese, in order to accelerate its growth in the Eastern Europe. Tvarog has a consistency in between cottage and fresh cheese. ...
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Pet products provider VetDepot has released an infographic, named 'What to Look for on Pet Food Labels,' which is based on recommendations made by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for educating pet owners as to how ...
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Speaking exclusively to Packaging News, SCA Recycling UK business development director Simon Barnes said that 'rightweighting' (lightweighting) is the key to good design. He said an example of bad packaging would be a pack that used ...
Austrian flexible packaging company Constantia Flexibles together with the machine supplier Mondini is all set to introduce its new FFS Reelfed Lidding Mono PET 23my material. The material is suitable to be sealed against PE and PET and ...
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American confectionery company Mars has opened a EUR80m chocolate factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia, as a part of its plan to strengthen its position in the BRIC chocolate market. Initially, the factory will manufacture chocolate bars, and the ...
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Wide-web flexographic printer Prestige-Pak has bought a SpectraLab on-press color measurement system from Advanced Vision Technology (AVT). The system will be positioned as an add-on module on one of two PrintVision/Jupiter Automatic ...
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Swiss food firm Nestléis conducting experiments using zero gravity to enhance its understanding of the foam technology used in its products. According to the comapny,the study could help its scientists create better air bubbles in ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that manufacturers have voluntarily withdrawn greaseproofing agents known as C8 compounds from the marketplace. These compounds are used as coatings on paper wrappers and containers ...
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South African paper and packaging company Mondi Group has secured European Union (EU) regulatory approval for its $782m acquisition of packaging company Nordenia in Germany from private equity firm Oaktree Capital. According to Mondi, the ...
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