Japanese trading firm Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire Kirin Kyowa Foods (KKF), a food flavors manufacturing subsidiary of Kirin Holdings, for JPY30.5bn ($321m). Kirin Kyowa Foods produces a variety of ingredients and flavour enhancing ...
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Canadian food processing and packaging company SunOpta has announced plans to add new aseptic packaging capacities at both Modesto, California and Alexandria, Minnesota processing and packaging operations. The company aims to address the ...
Zhongpin, a China-based meat and food processing company, has reported a 31% decrease in net income to $44.1m for the full-year 2012, compared to $64.2m in 2011, due to a lower gross profit margin, rising labor and utility costs, and higher ...
Intertek, a provider of safety solutions, has announced that it has completed a European Union (EU) 10/2011 testing program involving about 30 grades of food contact stock shape materials for Quadrant. Within the EU, all plastic food ...
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Australian food processing and canning company Windsor Farm Foods has entered into voluntary administration, leading to a loss of nearly 70 jobs. The company's manufacturing has been halted and the workers have been terminated without ...
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Laser cutting utilizes a high-power laser beam controlled by a computer to cut the desired shape from a sheet or thin plate of metal. The laser beam is strong enough to be used on various materials such as metals, composites, wood, and ...
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Its focus includes an integrated flooring solution developed for the food and beverage sector. Antimicrobial finishes can also be specified across a number of Flowcrete systems, using the silver-based Polygiene technology. Alan Dean, ...
US-based food processing equipment provider Provisur Technologies has acquired MultiTec, a technology leader in autoloading systems, based in Lotte, Germany. This acquisition further strengthens Provisur's global technology, sales, ...
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In February, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1 percent, down by 0.3 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.3 percent, kept at the ...
Biotechnology firm Intralytix has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its food safety product, SalmoFresh. SalmoFresh is an antimicrobial preparation for controlling ...
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Many processes in food manufacturing can be addressed to reduce operating costs while at the same time improving sustainability. One of the most critically important objectives is reducing process energy and water consumption. Implementing ...
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Asia's phenomenal growth can be the saviour of Australian manufacturing, says Minister for Trade Dr Craig Emerson. Though Australia has become “weighed down” by the high dollar, there are still many opportunities for ...
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Key Technology, a US-based manufacturer of process automation systems, and Visys, a provider of chute-fed in-air sorters used by food processors and waste recyclers, have entered into a merger agreement. The merger is expected to create ...
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Tetra Pak has announced new developments to its packaging solutions portfolio, which deliver better response times for customers in meeting changing consumer needs while reducing packaging equipment investment. As part of its ...
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma, in a bilateral meeting with Ms. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, in Dubai, said that despite of the fact that UAE is India’s ...
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