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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Amerplast has launched new AmerGreen brand, as part of its effort to provide better services for the flexible packaging industry. AmerGreen features three components, including an advanced flexible packaging system that expands the shelf ...
Tags: Amerplast, Flexible Packaging
Glencore has been informed by Katanga Mining Limited that, it is with deep regret, it has announced that a third body has been recovered from the KOV open pit. The body is in the process of being identified. The search for the remaining ...
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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. ...
Tags: Milk Powder, dairy
A US judge has approved Volkswagen's $14.7bn deal that arose from the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal. Judge Charles Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to the ...
Tags: diesel emissions, diesel cars
Avery Dennison has launched new Monarch Freshmarx 9417+ food labeling printing system. The Monarch Freshmarx 9417+ solution is the latest addition to Avery Dennison’s food freshness labeling product family encompassing hardware, ...
Specialty chemicals supplier Milliken is planning to present its Millad NX 8000E clarifying additive tailored for extrusion blow molded polypropylene applications at the K 2016 trade fair being held in Germany from 19-26 October 2016. ...
Allpax, powered by Pro Mach, introduces an innovative new loading/unloading system for two door retorts that keeps personnel safe by eliminating any need to enter a two door retort during the loading and unloading stages. The company ...
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Iranian firm Khoshform has selected Sacmi’s IPS 400 injection preform moulding machine to manufacture PET performs. The high-performance solution will be utilized by the Iranian firm to produce PET preforms using injection ...
Parmalat, a supplier of milk products and fruit based drinks, has commissioned Sacmi’s new injection preform system (IPS) 220 to renew its Piana di Monteverna plant in Caserta, Italy. Lactalis Group-controlled Parmalat has installed ...
Tags: Pet Preform, Parmalat, milk products
Valmet has developed a totally new concept for quality oriented process control of corrugating machines. This includes cost- and space-efficient Valmet IQ Multipoint Moisture Measurement system and a new camera based Valmet IQ Warp ...
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Model Group, a manufacturer of packaging made of cardboard and corrugated board, is planning to build a material processing plant in Switzerland with an investment of CHF35m ($35m). Planned to be built in Weinfelden, the plant will ...
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US-based specialty hydrocolloids producer CP Kelco has expanded its Dubai office, including a new laboratory for food and beverage applications. The expansion is aimed at providing technical capabilities and customer service throughout ...
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Cargill has agreed to offload its 10-year-old Canadian egg processing facility in Etobicoke to the Global Egg. However, the transaction details were revealed by the two companies. Following the acquisition, the facility’s 53 ...
POS Bio-Sciences has partnered with Apeiron Lanka to set up a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka to extract pure essential oils. The new facility will process raw materials from Sri Lankan farmers, employing the local people. Apeiron ...
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