Technavio, an independent tech-focused global research firm, has announced the publication of its market research report on the global food contact paper and board market 2015-2019. One of the major trends emerging in the market is the ...
Tags: chemicals, eco-friendly coating, paint pigment, water-based coating
Amcor has acquired South African flexible packaging giant Nampak Flexibles and with it, market leadership in the region. In combination with Amcor’s current business in Africa, the closing of this deal firms up Amcor's leadership ...
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Connell Brothers (CBC), the largest specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor in Asia-Pacific have been appointed to represent FMC in the Taiwan market for FMC's food ingredient business starting 8 August, 2015. In this new ...
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Pork producer and processor Smithfield Romania has secured $60m in loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand its operations in the country. The loan amount will be spent on restructuring its debts and to expand its ...
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Australian-based Beston Global Food Company has revealed it has acquired milk producer United Dairy Power from the receivers. The South Australian based United Dairy Power which was an aggregator of milk suppliers across Victoria and ...
Tags: Dairy Power, milk
European packaging company Faerch Plast has acquired Cambridgeshire-based Anson Packaging that specialises in producing thermoformed packaging solutions for the UK market. Although the details of the transaction were not revealed, ...
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PwC is planning to aid governments and food companies to address the major issues of food safety, security and quality by declaring open its global food supply and integrity services business—established, developed and run from New ...
Tags: integrity services, political issue, Food
Firma Holdings has acquired baked goods maker Sicilian Sun and its subsidiary Sicilian Sun Foods. The acquisition also involves Sicilian's two production facilities located in Alcamo and Catania on the island of Sicily in Italy. The ...
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Market research company Euromonitor International said the stand-up pouch is clearly one of the fastest growing plastic packing used in the food industry. As stand-up pouches continue to become part of many brands’ packaging ...
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H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company. The merger will form the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the ...
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Packaging company International Paper's US corrugated packaging container plants servicing food product customers will soon become Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified. The certification will be measured against the ...
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Leading global food ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle have launched Dolcia Prima, a low-calorie sugar for use in processed foods and beverages globally. Dolcia Prima is Tate & Lyle’s brand name for allulose, a low-calorie sugar ...
Global food and beverage company FAL Food and Beverages has launched a range of coconut-based beverages in Australia. The Coco Joy Flavoured Coconut Milk range is available in Chocolate, Banana and Coffee flavours in 500mL or 250mL ...
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Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
Scientists from IBM Research and Mars established the “Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain,” a collaborative food safety platform that will leverage advances in genomics to better understand and improve food safety. ...
Tags: Food Safety, Agriculture