Donaldson has made important advances in food and beverage process filtration with its revolutionary new LifeTec filtration line. The filters are engineered for higher flow rates, greater strength, and longer life than comparable ...
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Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut is expanding production capacity at its American Canyon facility with $20m investment. The facility expansion is in direct response to the increase in demand for chocolate in the American ...
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US-based middle-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has acquired organic, sugar-free and traditional confection products maker Hillside Candy for undisclosed sum. Hillside’s brands include GoOrganic, GoLightly, Pick Your ...
Brazilian company Vigor, a unit of JBS Group, has selected SIG Combibloc’s CFA 812 filling machine for its new dairy plant in Barra do Piraí. Commissioned in June 2016, the $40.5m plant can process one million liters of milk ...
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Bacardi erected several large bat habitats at its rum bottling facility campus in Jacksonville, Florida, US. Within just a few months, the habitats – branded bat caves – will be full of tenants. Together, the organizations are ...
Glencore announces that it has signed a new Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”), which will ultimately refinance and replace the existing $8.45 billion facility. In this initial pre-syndication phase, Glencore received commitments ...
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GEA, which supplies processing technology for dairy and food industry, has installed a high performance spray dryer at the new milk powder facility in Lichfield, New Zealand. The spray dryer has been developed for GEA's customer Fonterra. ...
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Crown Holdings announced its financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2016. Third Quarter Highlights Earnings per share $1.31 for the quarter; $3.09 YTD versus $2.35 in 2015Adjusted earnings per share $1.33 for the ...
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Iranian firm Khoshform has selected Sacmi’s IPS 400 injection preform moulding machine to manufacture PET performs. The high-performance solution will be utilized by the Iranian firm to produce PET preforms using injection ...
Parmalat, a supplier of milk products and fruit based drinks, has commissioned Sacmi’s new injection preform system (IPS) 220 to renew its Piana di Monteverna plant in Caserta, Italy. Lactalis Group-controlled Parmalat has installed ...
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Germany’s Siegwerk has launched a new packaging ink solution center, INKube, in Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, located south west of Shanghai's central business district in China. The new facility, which is part of the company’s ...
Model Group, a manufacturer of packaging made of cardboard and corrugated board, is planning to build a material processing plant in Switzerland with an investment of CHF35m ($35m). Planned to be built in Weinfelden, the plant will ...
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Blue Goose Capital, a privately-held, Canadian-based protein and organic food company, has announced the acquisition of Tender Choice Foods. Tender Choice Foods operates processing plant specializing in the processing, packing and ...
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Canada-based Viterra has opened a new grain terminal at Ste. Agathe in Manitoba province, in a bid to expand its services for the farmers in the region. The new facility holds a capacity to store about 30,000t of grains. It also has 34 ...
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US-based specialty hydrocolloids producer CP Kelco has expanded its Dubai office, including a new laboratory for food and beverage applications. The expansion is aimed at providing technical capabilities and customer service throughout ...
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