Mexican bottler of soft-drinks Arca Continental has invested about $20m to open a new production line at its plant in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which is expected to contribute to a 35% increase in production capacity in the country. Over the ...
Coca-Cola South Africa has launched its PlantBottle packaging in Africa, as part of its sustainable strategy. The recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle is made from up to 30% plant that is 100% recyclable. PlantBottle packaging has ...
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Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines (CCBP) has launched a sustainable bottling plant in Mindanao, Philippines. CCBP said the 11-hectare bottling plant operates using the most modern advanced equipment and highly-skilled associates. The ...
Don Sebastiani & Sons has completed the production upgrade at its Napa Valley winery in a bid to cope with demand in the (B2B) business-to-business market. According to the company, the upgrades include 750 ml glass bottling line, bulk ...
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Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines plans to use biomass fuel in its operations to reduce the bottling plants’ carbon emissions and other environment hazards. The company is widening its sources for renewable energy at all its facilities ...
At the same time, Coca Cola is opening a new plant in the country, located in Heidelberg, southeast of Johannesburg which will fill Coca Cola's Valpré Spring water using the recyclable packaging. The 100% recyclable ...
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Coca-Cola (CCE) and Siemens Industry Automation agreed to initiate a new process of standardisation of automation and controls. The agreement will see both the companies working together to implement the approach across Europe. The ...
Pepsi Beverages Co. will begin manufacturing plastic bottles at its Latham bottling plant. Pepsi will invest $10 million in a project to replace merchant-supplied plastic bottles with ones blow molded on-site, according to a news release ...
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American food and beverage company PepsiCo reported that its net income for the third quarter 2012 fell 5% to $1.9bn, compared to $2bn during the previous year, due to increased spending on advertising, higher commodity costs and negative ...
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Water systems specialist Vivreau has launched the Vi Tap mains-fed beverage system for hotels,restaurants and pubs exhibiting it alongside their portfolio of products at The Restaurant Show(stand F88). Vivreau's Vi Tap filtered water ...
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Atlas Copco has applied its expertise in air compressors to vacuum pump technology with the launch of its new GV oil-sealed rotary screw vacuum pump system,suitable for?rough vacuum?between 0.5mbar and 500mbar.There are great synergies ...
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Higher sales and marketing costs pushed China Marine to a net loss in the first half of the year. In the six months to the end of June, the China-based seafood snack group recorded a net loss of US$2.79m , compared to earnings of $8.9m last ...
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Kraft Foods has said the split of the company in two, creating a North American grocery company and a global snacks manufacturer, will take place in October. The establishment of US grocery business Kraft Foods Group and international ...
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The Carola brand of spring water, sold in eastern France, has reportedly adopted new scribing lasers aimed at better flexibility, besides reducing the environmental impact. Nestlé Group's subsidiary Carola introduced the red, green ...
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The Coca-Cola Co has developed and tested at commercial scale a beverage process water recovery system to produce high-quality water for use in non-product activities such as clean-in-place and bottle washing. The Coca-Cola system takes ...
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