European bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices, Refresco Gerber has signed an agreement to acquire the bottling facility in Hamburg, Germany from food and beverage company PepsiCo in a bid to strengthen its co-bottling activities. The ...
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Blue Waters Products has equipped its purified drinking water facility at Trinidad with a new bottling line from liquid packaging solutions provider Sidel. Sidel's complete line includes Sidel Matrix Combi, a Sidel Rollquattro Evolution ...
Alicyclobacillus (ACB) species are bacteria which are resistant to low pH and pasteurisation. They produce off-flavour and aroma compounds that spoil juice products. Current methods for ACB testing are laborious and require over 7 days to ...
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Closure Systems International's (CSI) capping equipment designers, systems engineers and closure designers collaborated to develop the Intelli-Torq Servo Capper. This computer-controlled capping machine continuously monitors and ...
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Installed at its Pudahuel production facility, both machines are producing lightweight PCO 1881 screw caps for the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Chile, helping to cut carbon emissions across the value chain and reduce carbon footprint ...
Bacardi has bought a minority stake in Scotch whisky bottler, producer and marketer Compass Box. With the investment, Bacardi has become a 'long-term' supplier through its John Dewar & Sons business to Compass Box, reported The Spirit ...
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Dutch bottler of soft drinks and juices Refresco Gerber BV has raised $597m (€548m) through initial public offering on Amsterdam stock exchange. This is its third IPO this year, reported Bloomberg. Refresco sold 37.8 million ...
Tags: juices, facilities, Food
Coca-Cola Consolidated has opened its sales and distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky, the US . Additionally, it has made a formal debut as Louisville’s new Coca-Cola bottler. Coca-Cola chairman and CEO Frank Harrison said: ...
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Mexico-based soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Femsa has plans to invest $200m to expand its operations in Brazil. The company intends to use the investment on developing different kinds of packaging such as minipets. It will also invest in ...
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Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than 40 years ago, according to a new report prepared by the Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA). ALSA said the report, which it said was based on data sourced from the Australian ...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated has signed a definitive agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to provide its distribution services in Cleveland and Cookeville, in Tennessee which are currently being served by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA ...
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
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The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI) will combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa. The new entity, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ...
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Lebanese mineral water bottler Tannourine Water will install Sidel Matrix Combi line to increase its production. Developed by beverage packaging provider Sidel, the Matrix Combi water line has a capacity to produce 31,500 bottles every ...
Tags: Sidel Matrix Combi line, Lebanese mineral water, Agriculture
The company has also recently recieved a place in the CDP Global Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014, and has been named the global industry leader amongst beverage companies in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). This ...
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