The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which informs that the recycling efforts by Canadians have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across the country. Moore ...
US-based AMF Bakery Systems has completed the acquisition of Tromp Bakery Equipment, a supplier of baking equipment based in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. Tromp designs and manufactures sheeting lines for pie, pizza, pastry, and bread ...
Golden State Foods(GSF)has acquired 51%stake in KanPak China,which offers a range of dairy-based products for the quick service restaurant(QSR)and retail industries. KanPak China,which is located in Xiantao City,Hubei Province,produces ...
Tags: GSF, stake, acquisition
Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products, is in talks with several bidders over the sale of its brands. About 110 bidders have contacted the company over the purchase of a part of the business, while 70 bidders are ready ...
Tags: Hostess Brands, bakery products, bankrupt, sale, bread
Britain's food industry was rocked by two announcements over the past month.Premier Foods broke the news that it was to close bakeries in Birmingham and Greenford,west London and restructure its distribution operations with the loss of 900 ...
Tags: Britain's food industry, Premier Foods, Vion, meat processing
US-based Packaging Dynamics has acquired De Luxe, a manufacturer of flexible packaging products for food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, and other specialty applications, for an undisclosed amount. Packaging Dynamics chief ...
Tags: flexible packaging, food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, packaging
DuPont Nutrition & Health has launched a new enzyme range, which can enable manufacturers to retain the soft and fresh quality of industrial cakes for longer period. The DuPont POWERSoft Cake range of enzymes, from the DuPont Danisco ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has announced its plans to close two bakery sites and streamline its distribution network, as a part of its effort to revamp its struggling Hovis bread business. This move will lead to a loss of 900 jobs. This ...
German packaging company Multivac has commenced operations in Pakistan, owing to the increase in overall food and beverage trade in Pakistan to $6bn during 2011. Multivac Middle East managing director Amir Sotoudeh said the company moves ...
Packaging Dynamics has announced the acquisition of Groupe De Luxe, a Canadian manufacturer of flexible packaging products, for an undisclosed value. Packaging Dynamics chief executive officer Roger Prevot said De Luxe will support its ...
The Israel's antitrust authority has indicted several bakery chains for setting prices,preventing competition,and dividing the customer base among themselves,in violation of the Restrictive Trade Practices Law. The bakeries that have been ...
Tags: antitrust authority, prices, competition, Restrictive Trade Practices Law
Hostess Brands,a maker of breads and sweet goods in the US,has plans to permanently close its three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union. The company,which produces Twinkies,Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread,said that the ...
Tags: breads, sweet goods, Twinkies, strike
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra calling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched workers in TCF ...
Tags: TCFUA, TCF industry, dramatic cut, redundant workers
Hostess Brands,a maker of breads and sweet goods in the US,has filed a plan for reorganization under US bankruptcy law,in order to pay creditors and emerge from Chapter 11 protection. The plan would give a majority of the stake to a ...
Tags: reorganization, breads, sweet goods, stake
Hostess Brands,a producer of bakery products in the US,and the company's largest union have agreed to enter a confidential mediation to resolve their differences in order to avoid the liquidation of the company. While the company sought ...
Tags: bakery products, differences, BCTGM