A few of these commercial pre-shrunk nano-capillaries have had their end diameter reduced to a few nanometers, from an original 200 nm, thanks to an electron microscope at EPFL's Center for MicroNanotechnology. Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL. ...
Tags: glass, glass industry, glass market
Switzerland-based ingredients firm Givaudan is set to shut down its savory flavor production facility in Merseyside, UK, by the end of this year, a move which is expected to result in more than 150 job losses. The company is shifting most ...
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A Merseyside factory that manufactures flavours for Walkers crisps is moving 150 British jobs to Hungary. Givaudan is moving its savoury flavour production to Hungary Global flavour supplier Givaudan is moving most of its current ...
Tags: crisps, Walkers crisps, flavour supplier
The third week of March is American Chocolate Week! To celebrate the sweetest week of the year, SKINNY COW Candy is officially introducing new SKINNY COW Divine Filled Chocolates, adding more delicious offerings to the SKINNY COW Candy ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Nestle Candy
A German design student Sabine Zits has joined forces with Innovia Films to create new crisp packs, in a bid to promote renewable packaging materials. Innovia Films helped Sabine Zits, an undergraduate at the FH Aachen University of ...
US snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is to close its bakery facility in Ontario as part of a company-wide review. In a statement yesterday (25 February), the firm said its plant in Cambridge will close on 17 May. The company did not say ...
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Canadian retailer Loblaw has added lines of "healthier" foods to its flagship own label President's Choice. Loblaw has launched products including cereal, yoghurt and side dishes into the range. "Research shows that eighty-five percent ...
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John Moloney, managing director at Glanbia, is to also take a seat on the board of fellow Irish food group Greencore. Moloney, who became Glanbia MD in 2001, "adds deep sectoral and international experience to the board", Greencore ...
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US-based snack company Snyder's-Lance has reported that its net earnings increased by 54.4% to $59.09m for the full-year 2012, compared to $38.26m in 2011. For the year ended 29 December 2012, the company posted 1.2% decrease in net sales ...
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Eagle-eyed viewers of Heston Blumenthal's latest Channel 4 television series 'Heston's Fantastical Foods' will have spotted the latest lighting upgrade undertaken by fragment retention lamp specialist GlassGuard at KP Snacks. KP Snacks ...
LesserEvil Healthy Brands, a US-based healthy snack food company, has introduced its Crunchy Dill Pickle and Southern Barbeque Chia Crisps at 150 outlets of Fresh Market, a gourmet supermarket chain, in the US. Crunchy Dill Pickle and ...
The appointment of Christine Tacon as the UK’s first groceries code adjudicator is “an important step in the battle to ensure fairness across the supply chain”, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU) and others. ...
PepsiCo will begin using a number of British-sourced ingredients for its line of Walkers crisps. The move aims to emphasise Walkers' "taste and quality" and will include a brand refresh and marketing campaign, PepsiCo said. Across its ...
News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
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PepsiCo is considering replacing 87 staff with modern packaging machines at its Walkers crisps factory in Lincoln. Walkers is installing new machinery that has put 87 jobs under threat In a statement issued to FoodManufacture.co.uk, ...
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