Germany-based folder cartons and blister maker Leupold has installed the first HP Indigo WS6600 digital label press for folding cartons. According to the firm, the investment in HP Indigo machine is a strategic move as its future lies in ...
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Specialty ingredients firm Innophos has completed the acquisition of AMT Labs,a US-based manufacturer of custom ingredients for the food,beverage,confectionery and nutraceutical industries,for$27m. The agreement includes 100%of the equity ...
Tags: custom ingredients, food, beverage, confectionery, agreement
Connell Brothers,a California-based specialty industrial ingredients marketer and distributor,has opened a food application facility in Sydney,Australia. The new facility enables the company's food technicians to assist its customers in ...
Tags: ingredient, baked goods, desserts
Uflex,a flexible packaging manufacturer based in India,is set to begin production at its first US polyester film facility by the end of this year as a part of its strategy for global expansion. The company said that the facility is ...
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Genius Foods,a UK-based producer of gluten-free baked goods,has partnered with Bako,as a part of its plan to foray into the foodservice sector. Bako,a bakery products and ingredients wholesaler,will initially market Genius Foods'products ...
Tags: gluten-free baked goods, foodservice sector, bakery products
Bosch Packaging Technology’s new capsule filling machine the GKF 702, to meet the growing needs in today's pharmaceutical industry for flexibility, says the company. The new design is said to offer improved ergonomics and ...
Tags: Filling Machine, Pharma Flexibility, pharmaceutical industry
The confectionery market of Australia is set to continue growing momentum in the next five years, finds a new research by UK-based research firm Canadean – Food. According to the report 'The confectionary market in Australia, to ...
Food Standards Australia New Zealand(FSANZ)has released a new report which confirms that Australian children are consuming low levels of food colors. The new report is an update of the 2008 survey of added colors in foods available in ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is evaluating an application from the Canadian company Bioneutra for the approval to market a carbohydrate, known as isomalto-oligosaccharide, as a novel food ingredient for use in a range of foods. The ...
Tags: carbohydrate, novel food ingredient, beverages, cereal products
American Industrial Systems (AIS), a designer and manufacturer of specialty solutions has launched 10.4, 15, or 17 inch industrial Human Machine Interface(HMI) operator touch panels. The HMI operator touch panels have been designed to ...
Tags: touch panels, measurable improvements with packaging OEE
Argentinian food firm Arcor,through its Danone joint venture firm Bagley,has forayed into the cereal market with the launch of its new cereal line in the country. The company has invested$10m into the cereal line,which features seven ...
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South African food company Tiger Brands has agreed to acquire 63.4% stake in Dangote Flour Mills, a leading manufacturer of pasta and flour in Nigeria, from Dangote Industries. Tiger Brands announced in May 2012 that it was holding ...
US-based food company Kraft Foods is seeking to sell its Breakstone's sour cream and cottage cheese products unit,which is estimated to be worth$400m. Mexico-based Dairy firm Grupo Lala is planning to acquire Breakstone's ...
Tags: sour cream, cheese products, Kraft Foods, brand
The Hershey Company,a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products,has launched the Mexico Cocoa Project in collaboration with cocoa supplier Agroindustrias Unidas de Cacao,a member of the Ecom Cocoa ...
Tags: cocoa, GAPs, productivity, farmer
Nestlé UK & Ireland has gained Fairtrade certification for its 2-finger Kit Kat, as a result of which, the company will now buy an additional 5,300 tons of sustainable cocoa from Fairtrade farmer co-operatives in the Ivory Coast. ...