Australia’s competition regulator has approved the CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn) acquisition of Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) by Canadian dairy producer Saputo. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said that it will not ...
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Fonterra Ventures has partnered with German active nutrition start-up foodspring via an investment in its parent firm, Goodminton. The new partnership will enable Fonterra to tap into the rapidly growing active nutrition consumer segment, ...
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Australia’s competition regulator has raised concerns about a proposed CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn) acquisition of Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) by Canada’s Saputo, saying that the transaction would lead to lower prices being paid to ...
New Zealand-based Fonterra has announced its plan to further expand its Waitoa UHT site to meet the growing demand for its products. The site currently has production capacity of more than 80,000 cartons of UHT milk and cream every hour. ...
More than 150 organizations globally endorsed a new statement that proposes to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging worldwide. The organisations supporting the initiative include M&S, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia, British Plastics Federation ...
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Canadian dairy giant Saputo has agreed to acquire Australia-based dairy processor Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) for CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn). The is expected to complement the operations of Saputo's Dairy Division (Australia). Saputo ...
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Packaging solutions provider Coveris has invested in two Hosokawa Alpine coextrusion lines to expand its business in food and consumer sectors across the UK. Coveris signed an agreement with KPMG, the administrators of Gelpack Excelsior, ...
The South Korea Plastic Production and Recycling Federation recently met with the British Plastic Federation (BPF), RECOUP and VEKA Recycling at VEKA’s site in Kent. The group — which included representatives from the Korea ...
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Packaging and coatings solutions manufacturer Coveris has developed a new multi-layer film for British consumer co-operative, the Co-op. The Co-op recently announced that it plans to have 80% of its own-brand packaging recyclable by 2020. ...
RCMA Group is investing £25m to build a new rapeseed processing plant in Atherstone on Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK, creating more than 30 local jobs. The new facility will be operational in the autumn of 2017 to ...
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The firm has taken to the crowdfunding site to raise a goal of $30,000 towards the manufacture of its new toy-gaming hybrid title, Oniri Islands - Children of the River. Geneva-based interactive developer, Tourmaline Studio, has launched ...
Tags: Kickstarter, puzzles
Glanbia Co-op has proposed to create a strategic joint venture named Glanbia Ireland encompassing Glanbia Ingredients Ireland, Consumer Products & Agribusiness. Glanbia Co-op also proposes a €100m “spin-out” of Glanbia ...
Tags: Glanbia, Premier Milk
Dairy giant Fonterra has announced to invest $240m to build a new mozzarella plant at its Clandeboye site in South Canterbury, New Zealand. The expansion is expected to double the co-operative’s capacity to produce its individually ...
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New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra has diversified its product portfolio, as consumer preferences across the world take new directions. The dairy giant said that the markets across wider Asia and the Middle East start to define ...
Niagara based Vineland Growers Co-operative has opened doors of a newly expanded warehouse and storage distribution centre in Canada. Located at Virgil, the facility has been expanded to 30,000sqft and features a dozen new shipping bays ...
Tags: Fruit Storage Facility, storage