Bonduelle has agreed to acquire Ready Pac Foods, the US producer of convenience fresh meal solutions, salads and fresh cut produce. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March 2017 following routine regulatory reviews and ...
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British-Dutch multinational consumer goods firm Unilever has rejected American food giant Kraft Heinz’s merger proposal worth $143bn. It is not yet sure whether Kraft Heinz will be looking to approach another target following its ...
TRU Aseptics, (TRU) has completed its acquisition of the former WILD Flavors Aseptics Facility in Beloit, Wisconsin from Chicago-based Archer Daniels Midland Company. The facility is 65,000 sq. ft. and sits on 5.2 acres. TRU will ...
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Air Products will highlight the power of liquid nitrogen for a variety of applications both up and down the food production line at Northwest Food & Beverage World 2017 in Portland, Oregon, from January 9-11. Food manufacturers are ...
AgroFresh Solutions has invested in RipeLocker and its proprietary system for low-pressure vacuum containers which are designed to extend the shelf life and reduce the decay of perishable produce. Using a patent pending system, RipeLocker ...
Sugarmade has announced DabBox cannabis concentrate packaging with a unique PTFE concentrate containment system. DabBox is a unique point of sale display package that allows cannabis retailers to brand concentrates via custom printed ...
Antarctica Advisors, the Seafood Industry-focused advisory firm, acted as the investment banking advisor to Ocean Choice International ("OCI") in the CAD 240m ($177.6m) refinancing of its credit facilities with a syndicate of Canadian and ...
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Silicon Valley based Peco InspX has unveiled an advanced product inspection line using a combination of x-ray technology and cloud-based computing for quality assurance in the food industry. Named as ‘SHIELD’, the new food ...
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US-based private-equity firm Graham Partners has acquired freeze-dried food provider Mercer Foods. However, the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1980, Mercer Foods is a major producer of natural and organic ...
Austria-based Schur Flexibles Group has signed an agreement to acquire majority stake in the Dutch company Drukkerij Zwart for undisclosed amount. Drukkerij Zwart is engaged in developing and producing packaging products for the food ...
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The food and drink industry is being urged to better protect itself from fraud in order to safeguard their businesses and consumers. The warning comes from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on the same day the ...
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Brazilian dairy cooperative Cooperoeste has begun packing its Terra Viva UHT milk into 1 litre carton packs from SIG Combibloc, following its investment in a filling machine from the European packaging equipment manufacturer. Cooperoeste ...
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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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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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German packaging firm Mauser Group plans to invest in new production lines at its facility in St Priest to meet the increasing demand for industrial packaging solutions in the Rhone Valley and the South of France. In January 2017, the ...
Tags: multi-product plants, packaging