US-based Tomra Collection Solutions is expanding its Flow Technology across its portfolio of reverse vending machines (RVMs), which collect bottles and cans for recycling. Claimed to be the world’s 360° recognition system in ...
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Philippines canned food company Century Pacific Food (CNPF) will acquire 100% stake in a group of unnamed Chinese distribution companies for a total price of $2.56m to further expand its branded exports business. In this regard, CNPF is ...
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Inocucor Technologies announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has registered its first two specialty ag biological products for use by Canadian farmers and greenhouse growers. Synergro is a live-cell formulation for ...
Carlsberg Group's subsidiary, Baltika Breweries has started shipping beer to Oman, becoming the first Russian exporter in the country. The first batch amounted to 10,000 liters of beer. It was decided to start developing the new market ...
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CEPI foresees 40% more investment to transform industry and lead the low-carbon bioeconomy in Europe. At the 18th edition of annual event European Paper Week, CEPI’s new Director General Slyvain Lhôte and its Chairman, Peter ...
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A new market study from Smithers Pira says that demand for cosmetics and personal care packaging will be worth $25.4bn by 2021, growing at 3.6% year-on-year. The Future of Packaging Design: Long-Term Strategic Forecasts to 2026 considers ...
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The Canadian government will inject a $350m into the country's dairy sector to support its competitiveness ahead of the likely implementation of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Investment ...
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German based hubergroup has unveiled a new polyurethane (PU) based printing ink for flexographic printing. The new ink series is primarily intended for use in complex film lamination applications. Branded as Gecko Platinum, the new ink ...
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Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods have entered into a joint venture to invest in a new dairy processing plant in Manitoba, Canada. The companies will process dairy ingredients and butter at the plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The joint ...
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Chinese manufacturers and traders were optimistic about overcoming global economic headwinds as they turned up at the month-long Canton fair which opened its 120th session on Saturday at the southern city of Guangzhou. The biannual event, ...
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Finnish meat processor Atria has gained access to lucrative Chinese pork market, as the authorities grant license for the company to start exports. Atria said that it has received official confirmation of the pork export license to China. ...
This year’s Helsinki Design Week was a citizens’ fest more than ever. Organised for the 12th time, the design festival was spread across the city from September1 to 11, reaching 158,000 visitors in total. That indicates an ...
At Solar Power International in Las Vegas (12-15 September), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar cell and panel maker MiaSolé of Santa Clara, CA, USA (which was founded in 2004 and acquired by ...
China shipped 9.54 million wearable devices in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 13.2% from the previous quarter and up 81.4% from a year earlier, according to IDC's China Wearable Device Market Quarterly Tracker report. Shipments ...
Berkshire Hathaway company CTB has agreed to purchase 80% stake in Danish company Cabinplant for an undisclosed sum. Based in Haarby, Cabinplant provides processing and weighing / packing solutions for the food industry. With ...
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