Impressive growth in the demand for cider in the global markets has put it squarely back on the beverage alcohol map, attracting a younger, more affluent consumer, according to the Rabobank Wine Quarterly Q3 report. "In the past decade, ...
The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, auto accessories, petrol vehicles
Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
Honeywell Voyager 1202G. Honeywell has expanded its Australian and New Zealand reseller network by 34 per cent in 2015, expanding its distribution of scanning and mobility products to customers in the collection and delivery, healthcare, ...
Tags: Honeywell, reseller network, scanning products, mobility products
McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
Tags: food manufacture, vegetable, McCain Foods, potato processing plant, popato
New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has inaugurated its new facility at Heerenveen in Netherlands, which is its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe. The firm has formed a partnership with Dutch cheese ...
Tags: dairy products, animal husbandry, milk, dairy Processing
Chinese tourists has voted US as the top destination for the first time. Austrilia, New Zealand and Italy follow US in the top destinations. With Chinese-friendly services and ever improving visa application process, more Chinese tend ...
Drinking alcohol while pregnant is common, ranging from 20% to 80% among those questioned in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, reveals a study of almost 18,000 women. The research found in Volume 5, Issue 7 of BMJ Open and lead ...
Tags: PRAMS, Drinking alcohol
As the packaging industry is moving from the Australian Packaging Covenant into the next generation of Government/Industry agreement, the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) is working on behalf of its membership to negotiate the best way ...
Tags: innovative packaging, packaging machine, Packaging Design Awards
Craft beer is hot right now globally. With little money for traditional advertising, niche brewers are relying on striking packaging designs to win friends and influence beer (and wine) drinkers. The number of craft breweries in the US ...
Tags: beer packaging, new beer design, beverage
Quorn Foods has recalled Chef's Selection Meat Free Beef Steaks as they may contain wheat (gluten), barley (gluten) and milk which are not mentioned on the packaging, according to the UK Food Standards Agency. The recalled product is 180g ...
Tags: food manufacture, Quorn Foods, agriculture goods, health food
Bombay Petfoods has collaborated with Bonson Industrial to launch a single design footprint for its Jimbo's pet food brand. The entire range shares the same footprint regardless of volume, enabling Bombay Foods to streamline its ...
Tags: charming packaging, good pack, carriage
The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) met in Hobart today and considered a range of food regulation matters. The Forum comprises all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food ...
Tags: food regulation, food safety
A new study reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found increased supply to be the main cause behind global obesity problems. In a report just published in the July 2015 Bulletin of WHO, researchers based in New Zealand ...
Tags: human health, global obesity, food energy supply, fitness equipment
The successful and innovative Australian grocery chain, Harris Farm Markets, has introduced an ‘alternative meat cuts’ range. The range, sold as the “Curious Cuts” line, uses meat not normally sold to ...