DS Smith’s plastic division Worldwide Dispensers, providers of high quality precision-injection molding, automated assembly and custom-design dispensing solution, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Illinois, US. The new, ...
The European Union (EU) is planning to talk to Japan on opening the latter's beer market to the European countries prior to the signing of a free trade deal in 2015. The EU countries including France and Germany will ask Japan to alter ...
Tags: Beer Market, free trade deal, Agriculture
Hiro Sake, the hand-crafted, premium spirit from Japan, announced expansion into three new major markets: California, Texas and Nevada. Hiro is a brand positioned to be the first premium Japanese sake to be recognized and ordered, easily, ...
New UK drinks brand, Simplee Aloe, is hoping to get Brits hooked on the health benefits of aloe vera through the launch of its first aloe vera drink in Whole Foods Market and Sainsbury's stores across the UK. Simplee Aloe founders, Alex ...
Tags: Aloe Vera Drink, Agriculture
The European Commission has approved a €28m financing package for milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The move comes in response to the Russian ban on the import of certain EU agricultural products. Of the total ...
Process and packaging technology provider Bosch Packaging Technology has come up with a new patented energy recovery concept for hot water shower sterilisers. This new technology will help users to save energy in heating and cooling ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging Technology, Energy Recovery, Agriculture
Temperature assurance packaging provider Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco, has launched a new shipping solution for temperature-sensitive products called Envoy Direct series. Sonoco has developed the series to reduce dimensional ...
Tags: Shipping Solution, Agriculture
China-based ZRP Printing Group has installed five Manroland Sheetfed presses to enhance its production capacity. The first printer, the Ultima nine-colour Roland 700 HiPrint is already in operation in Kun Shan where the company was ...
Tags: Manroland Sheetfed presses, production capacity, Agriculture
Germany-based Theegarten-Pactec has developed a new flow-pack wrapping solution to wrap short items in flow-packs at a high speed. Flow packs help to deliver secure, hygienically sealed packaging that minimises moisture and odour ...
Global packaging company Smurfit Kappa has opened a Bag-in-Box plant in Spain for about €28m that produces both taps and bags under one roof. Also, the plant showcases the world's latest performing features in Bag-in-Box ...
Tags: Bag-in-Box plant, taps, Agriculture
Annandale Distillery, a whiskey distillery producing single malt Scotch whiskey in Scotland, has resumed production after 95 years. Thomson and Church, which acquired the distillery in 2007, have invested around £10.5m in a ...
The average time taken for Australian businesses to pay their invoices has fallen to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2007, in further signs that operating conditions have strengthened this year and the business sector’s ...
Tags: Payment Times, Pre-GFC Levels
For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture
To begin the holiday season, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials toured the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) and met with staff to discuss the importance of food waste reduction as part of the agency’s Food Recovery ...
Tags: Food Bank, food waste reduction, Agriculture
UK-based eco packaging specialist Biopac has developed a range of environment-friendly disposables for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in support of its new, 'Cafe Rating'. The SRA has launched a new cafe rating to improve ...
Tags: eco packaging, Cafe Rating, Agriculture