Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH, one of the world's leading plastic converters, have announced their Joint Development Agreement for the development of PEF bottles. After The Coca-Cola Co. and ...
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On May 28, 2013, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a ruling (Ruling 2013-2) that allows alcohol beverage industry members to provide consumers with nutritional information about their products and provides guidelines ...
McDonald's, US-based fast food restaurant chain, has introduced three new flavors of Quarter Pounder Burger – made with 100% beef. This move comes as part of the company's efforts to evolve its menu with more food and beverage ...
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The global market for advanced packaging solutions that includes active, controlled, intelligent packaging, and advanced packaging components was at $31.4 billion in 2011, according to a report from BCC Research entitled Active, Controlled, ...
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Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has announced the opening of its new INR7000m ($125m) packaging materials factory in Chakan, near Pune in India. The plant, which has a capacity of 8.5 billion packages annually, is equipped ...
China Mengniu Dairy is set to launch a new organic milk brand, which will be imported from Denmark. The company stated that the new brand of milk will be supplied by Swedo-Danish cooperative Arla Foods and will be marketed under Arla ...
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France-based Axa Private Equity is evaluating plans to divest French food ingredients manufacturer Diana in a deal estimated to be worth EUR1bn. The ingredients firm is likely to attract both strategic and private-equity interests, ...
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Dotmatics, a UK-based provider of scientific data management solutions, has released a version of its Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN), which is specifically tailored to the food and beverages industry. The enhanced Studies Notebook ...
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US-based Campbell Soup has agreed to acquire Plum Organics, a leading provider of premium, organic foods and snacks that cater to the nutritional needs of babies, toddlers and children, for an undisclosed amount. Established in 2007, Plum ...
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True Drinks has signed a co-packer bottling agreement with Adirondack Beverages, a soda and water bottling/warehouse company. With locations in Scotia, New York and Worcester, Massachusetts, Adirondack Beverages represents third co-packer ...
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Lassonde Industries has entered into an agreement to increase its stake in Clement Pappas and Company (CPC), a leading private brand supplier of cranberry sauces and beverages, from 70.7% to 84%. The deal is valued at $21.2m. Lassonde has ...
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German non-alcoholic beverages manufacturer Valensina has launched its Valensina Saft-Limonade No1 lemonade in a new beverage can supplied by Ball Packaging Europe. The 33cl beverage cans have a sleek format and are available with ...
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Thermoplastic resins producer in the US Braskem has announced the launch of recyclable, polyethylene (PE) caps for carbonated beverages. According to the company, the launch complements its product portfolio for the beverage segment, ...
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Global polymer materials provider ColorMatrix has launched a new oxygen scavenging solution, Amosorb Plus for PET packaging. The solution offers improved container clarity to enable customers achieve recyclability goals. ColorMatrix Asia ...
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Design consultancy P4CK has launched a brand new packaging concept for takeaway fish and chips The news follows an appearance by the firm, last year, on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den and a £50,000 investment from Theo Paphitis. ...
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