South Africa-based converter of flexible packaging materials CTP flexibles has added three more 1350mm wide Titan ER610's slitters. In 2010,the company installed a new 8 color Fischer&Krecke FP16-S flexo printing press,and in order to ...
Hostess Brands has won permission from the US Bankruptcy Court for the wind down of its business and the sale of its assets. A New York judge yesterday (21 November) approved the company's motion for the wind down after the firm was ...
Tags: bidders, assets, bakery union
A UK packaging company has been fined after one of its employees sustained a serious hand injury on an unguarded laminating machine. Gary Dean of Redstock Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, had the skin on the palm of his left hand torn ...
UK confectionery wholesaler Hancocks Group has been sold in a management buy-out backed by H2 Equity Partners. The private-equity firm said it plans to "build on Hancocks' strong position in the market to take the company forward in the ...
Tags: Hancocks, depot network, management buy-out
Nestlé’s confectionery factory in York, UK, has bagged a safety award for a scheme assessing plant design risks that has reduced the frequency of accidents by a third. The confectioner won the National Food and Drink ...
Tags: IOSH, National Food and Drink Health and Safety Awards, nestle, safety
Canadian food manufacturer Dare Foods has said it is focusing on the emerging BRIC economies for M&A opportunities and partnership or licensing deals as part of its international growth strategy. Dare Foods, based in North America, told ...
Tags: Canadian food, Dare Foods, domestic growth
Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
Tags: chocolate manufacturer, chocolate, chocolate decorations
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
Tags: chocolate maker, chocolate, gourmet business, chocolate products
Barry Callebaut is to build a chocolate plant in Turkey, a market it says has low per capita consumption of the product but where demand is growing quickly. The world's largest business-to-business chocolate manaufacturer plans to open ...
Tags: chocolate plant, chocolate, chocolate manaufacturer, chocolate factory
UK confectioner Wrigley has launched what it claims is a first for the company with the roll out of a mixed Skittles and Starburst bag. Available across all channels, Wrigley said it is hoping to tap into the "massive potential" of the ...
Tags: Wrigley, fruit fun sized bag, fruit, food industry
"Weak" global consumption of chocolate hit profits at Singapore chocolate and cocoa group Petra Foods in the third quarter. Petra said its cocoa ingredients division started the year on a "positive" note but said the industry is facing ...
Tags: Petra Foods, chocolate, Singapore chocolate, cocoa
Africa and the Middle East have driven a rise in exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks from the UK in the first half of 2012, figures show. For the six months to the end of June, food and soft drinks exports increased by 2.2% to ...
The Australian food industry has recently claimed substantial progress for its self-regulatory measures aimed at restricting children's exposure to advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Health campaigners are less impressed. Ben ...
Tags: kids ads, food industry, food, food market
US-based B&G Foods has completed the acquisition of New York Style and Old London snack brands from Chipita America for approximately $62.5m in cash. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility at Yadkinville, North Carolina, which ...
Tags: acquisition, manufacturing facility, bagel crisps, mini bagel crisps
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 ...