SME fund Enact has made a six-figure investment in flexible packaging company Excelsior which specialises in high quality gravure print for the food, confectionery and medical sectors. Enact's investment is aimed at helping Excelsior to ...
Tags: food, confectionery, medical sectors, Agriculture
Yorkshire-based PFF Packaging has acquired Thermopak which specialises in manufacturing moulded trays and carriers for the food industry for an undisclosed amount. PFF group will now control Thermopak's 65,000 ft2 manufacturing facility ...
India-based Rajhans Enterprises has acquired a five layer extrusion line for film production to extend its operations to the flexible packaging market. The company has been expanding its operations in the past few months and one of its ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, registration setting system, Agriculture
Big Rock Brewery is pleased to offer its 2014 Alchemist Edition of our Cuvée Bru. Grape and grain converge in this sophisticated libation, another successful collaboration between Big Rock Brewmaster Paul Gautreau and Therapy ...
Tags: melon, subtle pear, honey, Agriculture
Wholesome Tea, a subsidiary of Braintrust Investments, has acquired ready-to-drink tea beverage company Blue Buddha Beverages for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2009, Blue Buddha Beverages markets and sells a wide range of bottled ...
Tags: foods stores, grocery stores, gourmet stores, Agriculture
Coca-Cola has commenced construction on its first plant in Gaza Strip, following an approval from Israel. The proposed plant is expected to see around $20m in investment and it is expected to become operational in 2015. When ...
Tags: beverages, juices, water, Agriculture
Motor Row Brewing has unveiled its new brewing facility in Chicago, Illinois. Spread over an area of around 8,700ft2, the $2.7m brewery is located inside the former Federal Motor Car Co. showroom. The facility includes brewing ...
Tags: brewing operations, distribution space, tasting room, Agriculture
Village Juicery, a leading producer and distributor of raw, 100% organic, nutritionist approved and never HPP'd cold-pressed juice, officially opens its doors this weekend at 540 College Street. Based in Toronto and produced every night, ...
Tags: cold-pressed juice, meals, snacks, Agriculture
Chinese lawmakers are in the process of considering a proposed revision to the country’s Food Safety Law which would include the mandatory labelling of all goods containing Genetically Modified (GM) organisms. The central ...
Tags: GM crops, labelling procedure, Agriculture
China concluded a rural work conference on Tuesday, vowing to push forward agricultural modernization through reform and innovation. Fiscal and monetary support to agriculture including tax breaks for banks that lend to the sector is set ...
Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) from China’s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing ...
Spanaway based Kkot Saem Sprouts has recalled Soybean Sprouts and Mungbean Sprouts due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The recalled products were distributed under brand names ...
Tags: soybean sprouts, Winter Blossom, Agriculture
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with PT Indofood Suskes Makmur in Indonesia. A binding memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between both the ...
Tags: milk, ice cream, yoghurt drinks, Agriculture
A number of Québec's institutional investors and bankers have announced a $470m investment, in the form of preferred units, in Agropur Cooperative, Canada's largest dairy cooperative. The transaction supports the cooperative's ...
Tags: dairy product, Agriculture
The government of Egypt has decided to buy wheat from France and Russia at an average price of $273.94 per tonne, country’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) stated. The country has signed contracts to import 240,000t ...
Tags: Wheat, Agriculture