Italian firm Pelliconi Group has selected Sacmi, a manufacturer of the aluminium cap liner-making and application machine, to supply a metal cap production line to boost its business in China. Sacmi will provide the firm with lines which ...
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Mexican soft-drink bottler Coca-Cola Femsa has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian Coke bottler Vonpar for R3.5bn ($1.09bn). Under the terms of the deal, Coca-Cola Femsa’s Brazilian subsidiary Spal Industria Brasileira de ...
Private-label water bottling company Premium Waters is planning to build a new plant with an investment of $25m to manufacture and fill water bottles in Hinds County, Mississippi, US. The new 210,000ft2 facility, which is expected to ...
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Quest Water Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build and operate a commercial water bottling facility in Havana, Cuba. The water bottling facility, which will utilize atmospheric water as the source, will be operated ...
Taking place in Lagos, Nigeria, from 20 - 22 September 2016, the event will mark the debut of Sidel in the West African version of the show and is part of its commitment to supporting beverage producers in Nigeria and neighbouring ...
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The Greater Richmond Partnership announces that Niagara Bottling, the private label bottled water supplier in the US, will build a $95m 450,000 square-foot facility in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park, employing 76 ...
Coca-Cola Group bottler Société des Boissons Gazeuses du Souss (SBGS) has selected Sacmi solutions for its ultra-clean filling process. SBGS will produce bottles of one of Moocco's biggest water brands Ciel using Sacmi's ...
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Coca-Cola Sabco has launched a new bottling plant in Mozambique, boosting its operations in the Southern African country. Claimed to be the Coca-Cola Sabco's largest of its kind across its seven-country market in Southern and East Africa, ...
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched a new sports cap packaging format for its bottled water brand, Glacéau Smartwater, following a £14m investment. The investment at its manufacturing site in Morpeth has built a new high ...
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South African competition commission has given conditional approval of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $100bn acquisition of SABMiller. The Commission has given to the recommendations to the Competition Tribunal following an investigation ...
France-based packaging equipment manufacturer Sidel has partnered with Brazilian oil producer Algar Agro to develop the world's lightest 900ml PET bottle for edible oil . The partners redesigned and developed the new PET bottle and ...
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Around the globe consumers are finding that juices and sports drinks are a healthy alternative to what are often rather sugary soft drinks. Bottlers who want to muscle in on this growth market have to satisfy the special technical demands ...
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With the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reporting a 78% increase in the number of food and beverage product recalls, Sidel has highlighted the importance of training to achieve effective food and beverage safety. Investing in the skills of ...
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SMI has launched new EBS (Electronic Blowing System) ERGON series following a 2-year intensive R&D project for both the design and production of SMI's rotary stretch- blow moulders. The new EBS ERGON blow-moulder is more robust, more ...
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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is calling on the Federal Government to apply heavier taxes to cheap alcohol including wine sold in casks. Although the wine cask was invented in South Australia in the 1960s, the RACP ...