Swedish company Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Manor Farm, a chicken processor in Ireland, in a share-cum-cash deal. The deal values Manor Farm at an enterprise value of €94m. Under the deal terms, Scandi Standard will offer ...
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Sonoco has agreed to acquire Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m to expand its global flexible packaging and thermoforming plastics operations. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, develops and manufactures flexible and ...
Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has acquired Gehl Foods’ bottle manufacturing facility located in the US state of Wisconsin. Situated 30 miles north of Milwaukee, the West Bend standalone facility features around ...
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Tyson Foods has completed the acquisition of AdvancePierre Foods, a provider of ready-to-eat sandwiches, snacks and other food products, for about $4.2bn. The acquisition to expands its Tyson Foods’ portfolio of prepared foods and ...
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Food processing technology provider 915 Labs has launched a new food processing system that increases the shelf life of food items without adding preservatives. Named as the microwave assisted thermal sterilization (MATS), the new system ...
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Ohio-based meat processor John Morrell has issued a recall on various beef frank products over possible foreign matter contamination. The company is recalling about 210,606 pounds of ready-to-eat hot dog products that may be contaminated ...
Tags: Hot Dog, Metal Contamination
Grapevine Communications has been selected by Penta5 USA and Midlake Specialty Food Products for branding and packaging design services. Grapevine will provide branding and packaging design services for Penta5's UltraSun Cream, a ...
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Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
Meyn Food Processing Technology, Cabinplant and Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller have agreed to collaborate to offer joint solutions for food producers. The solutions will range from processing, filling and product weighing right through ...
Over the three months to April, non-food retail rose by 0.3 per cent while online sales of non-food products were up by 8.2 per cent over the same period. In store sales fell 1.3 per cent. UK retail sales have registered their biggest ...
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RAM Group, Singaporean based technology firm, has announced a new breakthrough in biometric authentication based on a novel quantum-state sensor that exploits quantum mechanical properties to perform biometric authentication. These new ...
Danish packaging company RPC Superfos has manufactured a customized pot for Czech food company Delimax. The pot made for the Czech firm’s Varmuza salad and delicatessen range has been claimed to be not only attractive but also ...
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Cascades, a leader in the recycling and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK on the American market. These are the first polystyrene foam trays which contains a minimum of ...
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Finnish startup Jospak has introduced a new high-barrier fiber-based tray suitable for different food products. The new tray is claimed to keep food products that are easily perishable fresh while having minimal impact on the environment. ...
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Private equity firm Swander Pace Capital has acquired Passport Food Group, a manufacturer and distributor of globally-flavored foods to foodservice and retail sectors in North America. Passport Food Group (Passport), was previously owned ...
Tags: Passport Food, foods