India based food contract packer Schreiber Dynamix Dairies (SDDPL) has launched a second aseptic food processing and packaging facility at Fazilka in the state of Punjab, with an investment of Rs1bn ($14.8m). Launched in International ...
HanesBrands has completed the acquisition of Pacific Brands Limited, the leading underwear and intimate apparel company in Australia. The acquisition of Pacific Brands adds Bonds, Australia’s top brand of underwear, babywear and ...
Huber Engineered Materials, a unit of J.M. Huber, has introduced a new packaging concept for precipitated amorphous silica. Implemented at precipitated amorphous silica production facility located at Havre de Grace, Maryland, US, the new ...
Tags: Polyethylene Bags, Silica
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported a 23% rise in revenue from €5.7m in first-half 2015 to €7m in first-half 2016, ...
Tags: Riber MBE, molecular beam epitaxy
Valspar is expanding production capacity at its Singapore facility to meet increased demand for its food and beverage packaging products in the Asia Pacific region. The expansion is expected to come on line in 2017. "This investment ...
The global light-emitting diode (LED) packaging equipment market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 2% to more than $656m in 2020, according to a report by Technavio. The report considers the emergence of COB ...
Tags: LED, packaging equipment, COB
Russian firm Kazanskiy Zavod Sovremennoy Upakovki (KZSU) has launched new plant for the production of AD*STAR block bottom sacks. Located in the Himgrad technology zone in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, the plant has capacity to produce ...
Tags: KZSU, polypropylene, plastics recycling line
UK’s fresh prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor Group has agreed to sell its Belgian fresh prepared food business, Vaco, to Culinor Food Group for undisclosed sum. The sale is part of Bakkavor's restructuring strategy to focus on ...
Tags: Bakkavor, fresh prepared foods
Brazilian meat company BRF has announced that it would establish a new subsidiary that will focus on supplying meat for Muslim markets. The company said it would set up a unit Sadia Halal that will hold assets related to the production, ...
Tags: BRF, Muslim Markets
Germany based Knorr-Bremse has signed a deal with Bosch to acquire its on-highway CVS transmission components business in Japan. Following the acquisition, Knorr-Bremse will develop and manufacture gear shift units and clutch actuators as ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Bosch
Despite indications the poll would be close, the London financial community has been dumbfounded by the decision of a majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU). However, advocates of the 'Remain Case' were not ...
Tags: Food Producers, Beverage, Brexit
Around the implementation of the party's eighteen big spirit, building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, promoting green building and building energy conservation work. As the country's first through the ...
Tags: Footprints
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said drinking very hot liquids could cause cancer but added no conclusive evidence showed that coffee is probably carcinogenic. Based on limited data which have shown a positive links ...
Tags: Hot Drinks, Cancer
EpiGaN nv of Hasselt, near Antwerp, Belgium, which supplies commercial-grade 150mm- and 200mm-diameter gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) epitaxial wafers, says that on 7 June it received official notification from the International ...
UK-based potato crisps producer Tyrrells has announced plans to expand its brand in the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets. The investment comes less than a year after the company acquired Australian snack foods maker Yarra Valley Snack ...