UK-based cider producer Thatchers has installed canning line at its Myrtle Farm facility in Somerset. The company invested £8.3m and commissioned its first canning line at its production facility to press and package all of its ...
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Hilton Food Group has entered into an agreement with Sonae Modelo Continente to form a 50/50 joint venture for the supply of packaged meat products to Sonae stores in Portugal. The joint venture will supply a range of packaged beef, lamb, ...
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Mac Papers, a US-based distributor partner for paper and print, packaging, facility supplies, has launched new wide format demo center at its headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, US. The demo facility is designed to provide customers ...
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Greencore Group has acquired Peacock Foods from affiliates of Charlesbank Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Based in Geneva of Illinois, Peacock Foods provides packaging and supply chain management solutions to the consumer food ...
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India’s flexible packaging firm Uflex has developed a new pouch for Whole Foods Market's tortilla chips. Uflex engineers have designed a three-layered, including 12.5μ coated polyster, 18μ BOPP, 35μ polyethylene, packaging ...
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Food packing firm Hilton Food has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Portugese retailer Sonae Modelo Continente to supply its stores with a range of packaged beef, lamb, veal and pork products. As per terms of the deal, Hilton will ...
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The Right Place, an economic development organization, has announced the relocation and expansion of two companies in the Grand Rapids of Michigan by collaborating with its state, regional, and local partners. The proposed projects are ...
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BlackBerry has opened a new QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC) in Canada. The centre was inaugurated by BlackBerry executive chairman and CEO John Chen and he was joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Housed ...
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BMW is establishing a new facility to develop connected and automated driving tech in Unterschleissheim, near Munich, Germany. The BMW iNEXT is scheduled for release in 2021 – self-driving, electric and fully connected. A whole ...
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Waymo, previously known as Google's self-driving car project, has added 100 self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to its fleet. The vehicles, which were delivered by FCA, are currently being outfitted with Waymo’s fully ...
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North American printing and label converting company, WS Packaging has invested in second Mark Andy Digital Series hybrid solution to boost production. Configured to meet the company’s prime label production requirements, the new ...
Oman’s Mazoon Dairy, which is coming up in the Buraimi governorate with an investment of OMR100m ($260m), is slated to become operational in the latter half of 2018. The dairy company has secured a site at Al Sunaynah, located in ...
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Taiwan-based Polystar has installed a recycling machine at Turkey-based recycler Sembol Plastik’s facility in Istanbul. Doubling Sembol Plastik’s recycling capacity, the newly installed machine produces around 19t of products ...
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Minnesota based cereal company Post Consumer Brands is expanding its distribution operations in Salt Lake City in Utah with a $50m facility. The company has begun the construction on a 901,000ft2 facility near the Northwest Quadrant ...
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Sazerac has acquired the Popcorn Sutton Distillery in Newport, Tennessee, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition allows Sazerac to enter Tennessee whisky market. In an interview to Mail Online, Sazerac’s spokeswoman Amy Preske ...
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