The processed food exports are currently valued at $43bn and are expected to grow significantly. The food processing sector employs about 13 million people directly, and has about 35 million people who are indirectly involved. This ...
Producers of 3C products such as computers, communications items and consumer electronics, and food retailers, manufacturers in Taiwan have signed an agreement with the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to minimize packaging. ...
Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is to acquire China meat and ready-to-eat foods producer Chia Tai Food Enterprise in a deal worth THB483m (US$15.8m). In a filing to the Thailand stock exchange, the company said the ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill plans to set up a corn milling facility in India, with an investment of $73m. The first phase of the facility at Davangere, Karnataka will begin by the third quarter of 2014. It will produce modified ...
Tags: Cargill, Agriculture, Corn, Corn Processing Facility
Brazilian meat giant Marfrig has appointed former Cargill CFO Sergio Rial to lead its processed food division, Seara Foods. Rial will become CEO of the unit, which includes Marfrig's European meat business Moy Park and US arm Keystone ...
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Marfrig has reported higher quarterly profits as the Brazilian meat processor increased its focus on value-added products and disposals and lower financing costs boosted its bottom line. Net income in the first quarter of 2012 rose ...
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K-1 Packaging has installed the Esko Kongsberg XL22 with the Studio Visualizer press at its California location. According to the firm, it uses presses for printing litho laminated cartons, rigid set-up boxes, flexible packaging, and ...
Tags: Packaging, Studio Visualizer press, packaging design and prepress
Tuv India,a subsidiary of German technical provider Tuv Nord,has entered into high-end testing services by constructing a food testing laboratory in Pune,India,with an investment of€5m. The new laboratory will be involved in the ...
US-based packaging company Sonoco has completed the 18,000ft2 expansion of its thermoforming location in Waynesville, North Carolina. The company plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place line, which will facilitate the production ...
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 ...
India-based ice cream and processed food manufacturer Vadilal Industries is planning to double its processed food revenues to over INR1bn ($18.4m) by 2015. The company noted that this decision comes in response to the growing demand for ...
Tulip, a leading producer of processed food in Denmark, has improved the efficiency of its existing gas flushing system and lowered costs with the installation of new equipment from MAP specialist PBI-Dansensor. The company installed the ...
Tags: sausages, installed equipment, analyzer, gas mixer
Sonoco Products Co. announced two expansions to its growing plastics packaging business this week. The newest: 18,000 square feet of space at its Waynesville, N.C., plant, where it plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place ...
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Indian Ice cream and frozen foods firm Vadilal Industries plans to invest INR306.2m($5.52m)to expand and modernize its production facilities. This project will cover the company's facilities in Gujarat,Uttar Pradesh,and its processed food ...
Tags: production facilities, net profit, net sales
Lion Nathan National Foods, the Australian dairy and drinks giant, has announced the removal of the substance 'permeate' from its milk. The company said the decision to remove permeate is based on research showing that nine out of ten ...
Tags: dairy, drink, milk, remove permeate, additives, preservatives