Krones is known to be a market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology. So, when it developed a complete next generation valve range with appeal for the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors as well as its regular audience, it ...
Freedonia, the Cleveland, Ohio, based market research firm, conducted teh study and found that food and beverages were the two largest markets for active and intelligent packaging in 2012. It predicts a surge in innovation in the ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging, Packaging
Minnesota-based craft beer company Summit Brewing is all set to expand its distribution into the Arkansas beer market. Summit will foray into Arkansas with the Arkansas Craft Alliance, made up of four core distributors: Arkansas Craft ...
Tags: Beer Market, Agriculture
Specialty flexible packaging services provider Interflex Group has acquired Star Packaging from the US-based Azalea Capital. Azalea noted that the diverse product mix serves the pet food and treat, fresh produce, food and beverage, snack, ...
The food industry is calling on ASEAN Member States to speed up the harmonisation of food standards across ASEAN to unlock the economic potential of the agri-food sector and accelerate progress towards a single economic community by 2015. ...
Beverage can producer Ball Packaging Europe has developed new aluminum extruded Impact Bottles for the African beer brand SKOL's PLATINUM beer. The new bottles feature a longneck with the whole surface printed in eight different shiny ...
Tags: SKOL, innovative packaging, ball package, Impact Bottles
Reusable transport packaging systems manufacturer Rehrig Pacific has introduced new PUBKEG program, a per-trip 1/6th barrel rental solution for breweries and wineries. The program is expected to help breweries and wineries to ship full ...
Tags: Rehrig Pacific, COGS, OSHA, Pubkeg Program
Ardagh is currently negotiating a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) of the antitrust complaint on the basis of proposals made by Ardagh on 11 December 2013. These proposals involve Ardagh divesting six ...
Tags: FTC, VNA, Tampa, Ardagh Group
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today released a 150-page summary of the two-day workshop held in August 2013 to examine the potential health impacts from consuming caffeine in dietary supplements and foods. Presenters included experts from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Overweight adults often turn to diet beverages to help them slim down, but this tactic might backfire, new research suggests. Compared to people who drink sweetened beverages, heavy people with a diet-soda habit actually consume more ...
The Australian brand Organic Stevia Plant-derived sweetener stevia has been quietly gaining traction with consumers and usurping the traditional pecking order of more established sweeteners, according to a new report from market research ...
Tags: Organic Stevia, sweetener stevia, intense sweeteners, Food Research
Beam has been acquired by Suntory Holdings Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings is set to acquire all outstanding shares of premium alcoholic spirits company Beam Inc for US$83.50 per share in cash or total consideration of ...
Tags: Suntory Holdings, acquisition, Beam
A couple of years ago, after reports surfaced about deaths that might be attributable to popular energy drinks, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) demanded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate the potentially dangerous ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Energy drinks
Suntory Holdings, a Japan-based beverage firm, has agreed to acquire American spirits maker Beam for around $16bn. As per the agreed terms, both the companies aim to achieve growth in markets across the world, including the US. The ...
Tags: Spirits Maker, Food
Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM) a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican craft beer proves to be right on trend with Day of the Dead Craft Beer. Since their roll out in Florida with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), the brand ...
Tags: Craft Beer, Drinks Americas