The beverage industry in the Philippines has opposed a proposal to impose additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, claiming that the tax would not tackle the obesity problem. The House Bill 3365, which was authored by Nueva Ecija Rep. ...
Tags: Beverage, Soft Drinks, Agriculture
Paper-based packaging producer Smurfit Kappa has opened its second UK Experience Center which will help in providing innovative solutions and services to customers. The new centre which will be opened at Mold, North Wales in the UK ...
Tags: innovative solutions, customers, Agriculture
Holcim Canada and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc., a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc, are proud to team up to reduce their respective environmental footprints. The two companies recently introduced a new service to recover the energy ...
Tags: K-Cup Packs, Ccoffee Services, Agriculture
Sweden-based Indutrade has acquired all of the shares in Verbeeck Packaging Group based in Wilrijk, Belgium which has annual sales of €5m. Verbeeck is made up of a number of companies that specialise in producing cosmetics, ...
Tags: cosmetics, pharmaceutical, industrial, Agriculture
Custom blow molded packaging solutions supplier Pretium Packaging has acquired Tri-Delta Plastics for an undisclosed amount. Tri-Delta manufactures a complete line of proprietary rigid packaging products for the food, healthcare, and ...
rlc | packaging group, a specialised supplier of innovative folding carton solutions for branded goods and pharmaceutical industry, has developed a company specific CO2 calculator that calculates greenhouse gas emissions for specific ...
Fonterra, New Zealand's dairy co-operative, has reduced the price it expects to pay farmers for milk, in response to the declining dairy prices in the international market. The price has been reduced to also deal with the glut in ...
Tags: Dairy, milk, Agriculture
China's consumer prices in November grew by their slowest pace in five years, official data showed on Wednesday, raising the probability of more easing measures by the central bank. China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of ...
Tags: consumer prices, November's CPI
According to report from Japan News Network, the price of rice fell sharply in 2014 and it gets farmers into trouble. Niigata, Japan's most famous rice growing areas, produced 660,000 tons rice last year. The price of rice produced in ...
Tags: Rice, Rice Price
Packed basmati rice provider Amira Nature Foods has joined hands with 7,500 farmer families in India to develop 12,000 hectares of land for organic crops. As part of this development, Amira plans to deliver technical guidance, marketing ...
Tags: technical guidance, farming, Agriculture
Nutroganics has inked a letter of intent to acquire certain assets of soy yogurt brand Wholesoy for an undisclosed amount. Wholesoy offers organic, non-gmo verified, soy yogurt to natural foods retailers such as Whole Foods and specialty ...
Tags: soy yogurt, Agriculture
UK’s Thomas Ridley Foodservice has acquired the Elveden Food Hub, which was part of the Earl of Iveagh’s Elveden Farms business. The financial details of the acquisition have not been declared. With this acquisition, the ...
Tags: Foodservice, Agriculture
Chicago-based Kronos Foods has signed a licensing agreement with Meyer Family Farms in Adams County, Illinois, to market, sell and distribute frozen pomegranate arils. With this agreement, Kronos Foods will be able to offer pomegranate ...
Tags: Kronos Foods, pomegranate arils, Agriculture
Indian multi-business conglomerate ITC has announced plans to invest around INR10bn ($161.4m) into dairy and juice businesses which are expected to be launched in the January-March quarter. The proposed capital will be invested in ...
Tags: Dairy, Juice Businesses, Agriculture
West Yorkshire-based thermoformed packaging specialist Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested about £530,000 in two new pieces of machinery to increase its capacity by 25%. The investment will also help in creating five new jobs in ...
Tags: packaging specialist, Agriculture