A Brazilian federal court has blocked meat processing giant JBS’s proposal to divest its beef operations in three South American markets. JBS’ $300m sale of the select South American beef processing operations to rival ...
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PET packaging company Petainer has established an independently operating business in Brazil in line with its expansion plans for the Latin American region. Through its one-way PET kegs innovation, dubbed petainerKeg, the company is ...
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Traceability systems provider Optel has opened new manufacturing plants in Campinas, Brazil. The company said its new site in Sao Paulo, particularly in Campinas, was opened due to the quality of the local infrastructure, which will help ...
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Solegear Bioplastic Technologies and Braskem are showcasing the first product of their partnership to produce and distribute a series of household recycling containers using Braskem's I'm green Polyethylene under Solegear's good natured ...
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Brazilian retail chain GPA Group and thermoplastic resins producer Braskem have partnered to manufacture recycled plastic packaging from materials collected in supermarkets. Under the partnership, the two companies are set to produce 60 ...
It's finally happened – the Google Assistant arrives on the Apple iPhone today. Among the initial announcements at Google I/O 2017, the Mountain View-based company confirmed recent rumours. The Assistant, which arrives as a ...
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Five Argus E Turbo inspection system from AVT and Two Apollo Turbo systems have been installed at Videplast in Brazil. Both systems are part of AVT’s Turbo Series, a set of solutions specifically designed for packaging applications ...
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Brazilian flexible packaging firm Videplast has installed seven AVT Turbo Series 100% inspection systems for high print quality. Five Argus E Turbo inspection systems were installed on various printing presses, while two Apollo Turbo ...
Brazilian meat industry has received a huge blow as several countries have started to ban its meat imports following an investigation into corruption by health inspectors and the alleged sale of rotten products. China is the latest of the ...
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Brazilian meat company BRF has launched a new subsidiary named OneFoods to target the halal market in Middle East countries. The company has commenced the operations of the new subsidiary, which previously was called Sadia Halal. With ...
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“The Libra oil discovery in Brazil is one of the largest deep water oil accumulations in the world. We look forward to applying Shell’s global deep water experience and technology, to support the profitable development of this ...
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Brazilian meat processor JBS has cancelled its plans to move some of its operations outside the country after a government agency BNDESPar vetoed a proposed reorganization. BNDESPar, Brazil's state development bank BNDES’ investment ...
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Smurfit Kappa UK has acquired Saxon Packaging, as part of its efforts to expand operations in the region. Based in Lowestoft of Norfolk, Saxon designs and produces corrugated products, cardboard packaging and boxes. The company provides ...
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Kirin Holdings has agreed to divest one of its Brazilian production facilities to AmBev. Brasil Kirin Holdings has signed a stock purchase agreement to sell unit Cachoeiras de Macacu Bebidas. The company is selling a stake of 11,415,000 ...
Brazilian dairy cooperative Cooperoeste has begun packing its Terra Viva UHT milk into 1 litre carton packs from SIG Combibloc, following its investment in a filling machine from the European packaging equipment manufacturer. Cooperoeste ...
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