Finland-based food company Raisio has signed an agreement to sell UK snack bar business, Halo Foods, to Dutch investor Nimbus. Halo Foods, a manufacturer of its partners’ branded products, became part of Raisio through the Glisten ...
Finnish meat processor Atria has announced that it would invest €14m to improve operations at poultry firm Lagerberg which was recently acquired by it. The company will make investments over the next three years to improve the entire ...
Tags: Lagerberg, chicken rearing
Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has opened a new consumer board mill in Beihai, China. The new mill, which is expected to reach full production within two years, has been developed with an investment of €800m. ...
Organic food delivery company Abel & Cole has become the first firm in the UK to use the new transparent compostable packaging, which is developed by Finland's Plastiroll, for its vegetables. Plastiroll's new easily processable ...
Tags: Organic food, packaging film, packaging bags
US-based biotechnology company DuPont Nutrition & Health has developed a new concept for European bread market inspired by Nordic thin breads. The concept, which is rich in healthy carbohydrates, targets consumers who are turning to ...
Tags: biotechnology, DuPont
Stora Enso will invest a total of approximately EUR 70 million in a new polyethylene (PE) extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse (ARW) at Imatra mills in Finland. Extrusion coating is a process used to enhance the ...
Tags: Stora Enso, Coating
Researchers from Bio-on, an Italian company engaged in the bioplastic sector, and the University of Tampere in Finland have created new biodegradable material using paper and bioplastic for food packaging. The development is the result ...
Finnish meat processor Atria has gained the approval of Swedish Competition and Consumer Authority to complete the €18m acquisition of poultry firm Lagerberg. The competition authorities have approved the transaction without any ...
Tags: Atria, Lagerberg, Acquisition, Consumer Authority, Competition Authorities
Audi has started a project for young drivers in motorsport. The Audi Sport racing academy will promote talented youngsters by assisting them with the brand's professional squad. The objective of the two-year program is for the ...
Tags: Audi, Yong drivers, Motorsport, Audi Sport racing academy
Global Medical, Surgical, Dental Furniture Export Trend Global medical, surgical, dental furniture export kept growing from 2011 to 214. The export value in 2014 was USD 3843 million, up 3.6% by year, 6.3% higher than 2011. Major ...
Marvaco, provider of packaging artwork and prepress, has acquired Kostym Designindustries, a Swedish provider of creative packaging design. The acquisition of Kostym represents Marvaco's third in Sweden. Terms of the deal have not been ...
Tags: Marvaco, Acquisition, Kostym Designindustries, Packaging design
The European Commission's European Research Council (ERC) has granted €2.5m to professor Mircea Guina of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) to apply new technology in solar cell ...
Finnish food company Atria is entering Swedish poultry business by acquiring Lagerberg i Norjeby (Lagerbergs). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Through this deal, the company is purchasing the entire share ...
Tags: Atria, Swedish Poultry, Aquisition
InterLumi Panama, the 1st international lighting & LED trade show in the region, will be a reality at the fairground ATLAPA Convention Center from the 6th to the 8th of July of 2016, under the efforts of the organizer America Expo Group. ...
Tags: LED trade show, lighting
Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is investing about €63m to strengthen its consumer board and biomaterials capabilities in China and Sweden. Of the total amount, the company will invest €31m in a new ...
Tags: Stora Enso, Investment, China, Sweden