Hector Beverages, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, plans to invest $10m to expand its facility in Mysore, India, a move that comes as it sets to launch milk-based beverages under its core brand Paper Boat by early next year. The ...
Brewing major Anheuser-Busch will invest $170m to expand its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida. The proposed expansion will ramp up Budweiser and Bud Light aluminum bottles ...
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UK-based brewery Northern Monk Brew is offering its core beverage - beer in a can form. The cans are available through their online store and offered at local beer stores. It claims to have become one of the first breweries in the UK ...
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Chivas Brothers has broken ground to expand The Glenlivet distillery in Speyside, Scotland, in order to bolster production capacity of its single malt Scotch. According to the planning applications, the company intended to add more ...
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Anheuser Busch’s subsidiary Goose Island Beer has acquired 51% stake in Michigan-based hard cider firm Virtue Cider. The remaining equity will remain with 31 investors, who include Virtue Cider founder and CEO Greg Hall. Hall ...
Matrix Packaging Machinery, a provider of vertical form-fill-seal equipment powered by Pro Mach, has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new Inever MVC series at Pack Expo Las Vegas. The new MVC series of machines ...
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Ishida Europe has introduced a new high speed leak detector, which will identify leaks in packaging to minimize spoilage in pre-packed retail food products. The new Ishida AirScan rectifies leaks at speeds of up to 180 packs per minute, ...
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New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened a new $37m blending and packing plant in Indonesia. Said to be Fonterra's first manufacturing facility in the country, the plant uses the company's manufacturing design standards and technology. ...
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US-based McDonald’s plans to stop using eggs from chickens raised in cages in the US and Canada over the ten years. This may leave a major impact on the egg industry given that the restaurant chain annually uses two billion eggs in ...
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Nissan has given a preview of its new crossover concept with teaser image of a black and red car which is set to be debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The company already has crossover car models including JUKE, Qashqai and X-Trail ranges ...
Toyota has committed to invest $50m over the next 5 years on research and development of intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies. The Japanese automaker is teaming up with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of ...
Hong Kong needs to maintain its hospitable image as declining visitor numbers are affecting tourism-related businesses, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Leung Chun-ying said here on Tuesday. ...
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Osaka University in Japan has developed a plasma pre-treatment for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on gallium nitride (GaN) that avoids creating enlarged etch pits [Hui Deng et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p051602, 2015]. Surface ...
Japanese carmaker Toyota has introduced Prius v with expanded cargo space and fuel economy of 44mpg city, 40mpg highway and 42mpg combined. The new feature is stated to help rear passengers get in and out conveniently of Prius v and ...
Bosch Packaging Technology is launching its vertical packaging lineup, including new SVC 2620 VFFS machine, for food producers, at FachPack 2015 next month. The new addition is targeted at market segments demanding high hygiene ...
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