DS Smith is expanding its market share in Spain after agreeing to buy Spanish company Grupo Lantero's corrugated products business. The recyclable corrugated packaging provider said the €190 million purchase, including assumed debt, ...
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Unilever has followed its recent achievement of sending zero waste to landfill across its factory network with a peer movement focused on waste solutions. In London last week it brought together over 100 representatives from academia, ...
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)has decided to withdraw its Chinese range of instant noodles over pending product approval. HUL follows a strict quality management system and regularly monitors products for compliance to regulations. ...
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade, a subsidiary of Unilever, is working on a dairy-free ice cream, which is expected to be launched in the market next year. The company will replace milk as base by using either coconut milk or almond milk to make ...
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Dupont has announced the winners of 2015 Packaging Innovation Award, with Canada-based IPL achieving the highest honor for its ‘SkinnyPack Technology’. With a majority of the recipients bagging the awards for their ...
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Nomad Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire Iglo Foods Holdings Ltd., said to be Europe’s largest branded frozen food company, from Permira Advisers LLP in a deal worth €2.6bn. Subject to customary closing conditions, Nomad ...
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Sun Branding Solutions, the company that reduced Dove Body Wash packaging weight by 82% and cost by 36% last year, has been working with Unilever to improve Comfort’s packaging. It has developed a completely new shrink-wrap ...
Produced for the FMCG’s ultra-concentrated fabric conditioner launch, Sun Branding Solutions has implemented a technique that applies brand creative to 2D and 3D structural packaging for the new range without distorting it when it is ...
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Marine logistics company Oricon Enterprises (OEL), a flagship company of Parijat Enterprises, will be acquiring 70% stake in India-based Oriental Containers for $16.77m (INR105cr). OEL will buy the company from its Mauritius-based joint ...
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Unilever Ice Cream is set to launch 16 new frozen treats for 2015, covering a wide range of products as well as flavours. The company plans to roll out Breyers, Good Humor, Klondike, MAGNUM Ice Cream and Popsicle Brands in new tastes. ...
Two billion people use a Unilever product on any given day. Last year, Unilever spent $7.6 billion on brand and marketing activities. For a long time now, Unilever has been promoting its socially responsible side beneath the sound of its ...
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Mumbai-based private equity firm Kedaara Capital has forayed into the packaging sector by investing close to $32m (Rs 200 crore) in an unlisted folding cartons and paper packaging company, Parksons Packaging. The company said that it ...
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Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has warned that its results could be impacted by strong Swiss franc. The chocolate maker said that as 99% of Barry Callebaut's business is done outside of Switzerland, it had minimal operational ...
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Single-serve ice cream on the rise relative to tub sales The share of hand-held single serve products in global ice cream new product activity continues to rise on increased demand for individual snacks and treats, according to findings ...
Tags: ice cream, bars, sticks, cones, Agriculture