Orkla has agreed to divest its confectionery producer OJSC Orkla Brands Russia to Slavyanka-Lyuks JSC, a member of the Russian confectionery group Slavyanka. The agreement signed will require the company to sell 100% of its shares in ...
Tags: confectionery, Agriculture
US-based food manufacturing company Kellogg's has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to £82.2 per share. Kellogg's new offer overtakes Abraaj Investment Management's latest offer of ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit, Agriculture
Abraaj Investment Management has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to $129.6m. The move comes after breakfast cereal maker Kellogg's offered $127.06m for the biscuit producer, Reuters reported. ...
Tags: cake, biscuit, Agriculture
Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
Fairfax Media claims supermarket growth focus on ‘Junk’ food and cigarettes – confidential data leaked Fairfax Media’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Sunday Age over the weekend have published their analysis of ...
Tags: milk, Cigarettes, Agriculture
Design Bridge was tasked with delivering a deeper level of storytelling, craft and wonder, the packaging reflecting the provenance of ingredients. The design team commissioned letterpress artist Jon Kielty at JMG Studio to re-design the ...
Abraaj Investment Management has secured approval from the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire 51% stake in the nation's confectionery producer Bisco Misr for $119m. The company, which will pay £73.91 per share, will ...
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 ...
Mondelez International has agreed to acquire 80% stake in Vietnam-based Kinh Do's snack business for $370m, in order to strengthen its presence in emerging markets. The transaction includes the acquisition of Kinh Do's two production ...
Tags: snack business, Agriculture
Mondelez International is planning to invest $24m to ramp up production capacity of its confectionery plant in Gebze, Turkey. The investment will see the installation of a new processing and packaging line, which will increase the ...
Bosch Packaging Technology’s two-in-one biscuit packaging system has been given the German Packaging Award (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) in the packaging machines category. The new packaging system enables switch from slug to pile ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging Technology, biscuit packaging system, Agriculture
This was part of a Cartesian pick and place robot solution for handling packs of fresh food. Referred to by UPM as ‘SYSCON’ conveyors, the simplistic ‘groove’ design with side channels made from high molecular, ...
Tags: fresh food packs, Packaging, Conveyor
This was part of a Cartesian pick and place robot solution for handling packs of fresh food. Referred to by UPM as ‘SYSCON’ conveyors, the simplistic ‘groove’ design with side channels made from high molecular, ...
Tags: fresh food packs, Packaging, Conveyor
Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for AU$443 million, in cash. [The final consideration is ...
Global food and drink launches that carried a vegetarian claim doubled between 2009 and 2013, increasing to 12 per cent, up from 6 per cent, according to new findings from global market research organisation Mintel. Further to this, ...
Tags: Vegetarian Food, Vegetarian Drink