Australian grain handler GrainCorp has agreed to acquire Australian oilseed crusher Gardner Smith for A$302m ($313.82m) as well as Goodman Fielder's commercial oils business Integro Foods for A$170m ($176.65m). The deals, which represent ...
Tags: commercial oils business, edible oil sector, leading oilseed crusher
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has come out with ‘A Consumer's Guide to Food Labels and Animal Welfare’, whose aim is to dispel ambiguity faced by consumers regarding the meaning of label claims, help them purchase meat, ...
Tags: Animal Welfare, Food Labels, packaging
Australian manufacturing and distribution company, Pro-Pac Packaging has acquired the business and assets of two companies Source and Sell, and Stronghold Wholesale. Pro-Pac CEO Brandon Penn said the acquisition provides the company with ...
Tags: packaging products, food industry, industrial products
Thermo Fisher Scientific,a US based life sciences company,has introduced a range of machines for the Latin American market,which are designed to address weighing and product contamination issues in the food industry. The new machines ...
Thai researchers claim to have developed an electronic nose,which can enable the local food industry to standardize smell. To develop the new device known as NanoNos,the researchers at NANOTEC,King Mongkut's Institute of Technology ...
Britain's food industry was rocked by two announcements over the past month.Premier Foods broke the news that it was to close bakeries in Birmingham and Greenford,west London and restructure its distribution operations with the loss of 900 ...
Tags: Britain's food industry, Premier Foods, Vion, meat processing
China is set to enforce new food packaging regulations from 1 January 2013. The regulations will help consumers to identify a product's nutritional structure and ingredients straight away and con food packaging labels. As part of the ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Regulations, food packaging regulations
Finland-based provider of polypropylene based film solutions KWH Plast has launched a new generation of polypropylene-based lidding film, SecurityPeel for meat and ready-meal packages. The new secure and peelable film's properties are ...
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Chinese state-owned Bright Food has completed the acquisition of 60%stake in British breakfast cereal company Weetabix from its private equity owner Lion Capital,in a £720m deal. The remaining is held by Lion Capital and the ...
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US producer of plastic products Spartech has announced the launch of its 1-Seal packaging solution at FMI 2012 in Dallas, Texas. The technology provides a sustainable, re-sealable, durable packaging solution to packaging brands in the food ...
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Diane von Furstenberg (DVF), a fashion designer, joined hands with evian to unveil a new design for its 2013 limited edition bottle collaboration. evian's latest bottle by DVF reflects a playful celebration of life and features a nod to ...
Tags: Limited Edition Bottle, evian collaboration, recyclable packaging
Closure firms Bapco and Aptar have developed two all-in-one foil closure solutions, Sim-pull and Trilogy for the food industry. The new light-weight, sustainable and easy-open closures feature Bonded Aluminium to Plastic (BAP) Technology, ...
Tags: Bapco, Aptar, foil closure solutions, food industry
A management buyout is the"most likely"result of Vion's dramatic exit from the UK's meat processing market,according to City analysts. Investec Securities analyst Nicola Mallard told FoodManufacture.co.uk:"A management buyout is the most ...
Tags: Vion, meat processing market, management buy out, food businesses
Food ingredient suppliers ICL Performance Products and BK Giulini,with previously separate sales and marketing groups within ICL PP in North America,have combined to form the new North American food division ICL Food Specialties. The new ...
Tags: food ingredient, food, beverage
Around 1,200 workers at the 2 Sisters Food Group's sites in the West Midlands are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions and a culture of alleged bullying. 1,200 2 Sisters workers are deciding whether to ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food Group, pay, conditions, alleged bullying, strike