The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
Tags: AIMCAL, Bacon package, Graphic Packaging International
Controlrite, a subsidiary of Walsall Engineering, was awarded the main contract to re-install several packaging lines in the new Bottling Hall 3 at Leven. The Leven development and was completed over a phased basis throughout 2012. This ...
Tags: Walsall, Major Diageo Factory, Controlrite
The British Fashion Council announces the appointment of Josef Jammerbund to Head of Events. He replaces Caroline Reader and will join the BFC's senior management team from 15th February 2013. Alongside Clara Mercer, Head of Marketing; ...
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The Packaging Conference in Atlanta February 4-6 attracted 28 exhibitors and more than 230 attendees that included me. The three-day run was characterized by stimulating presentations and several energetic speakers and content that centered ...
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Coke has been joined by Schweppes, Lion Nathan, and the Australian Food and Grocery Council in the Federal Court trying to stop the NT scheme. “Coca Cola is now notorious in Australia for being the driving force behind misleading ...
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UK-based Diageo will purchase 50% stake in a joint venture (JV), which owns United National Breweries' (UNB) traditional sorghum beer business in South Africa, for $36m. The remaining 50% will be owned by a company affiliated to Vijay ...
Tags: Diageo, joint venture, UNB, South Africa
Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions, today announced that it has made a binding and irrevocable offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to purchase from it the entire ...
Tags: Ardagh Group, glass, metal, packaging solutions
Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
Tags: food, drink, acquisition, Bright Food Group
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
Tags: UK, food, drink manufacturing, UK economy
GUINNESS is now in a "glass of its own" but for many punters it's a case of "if it's not broken, don't fix it". Drinkers of the black stuff have turned their noses up at the new-shaped glass launched by Diageo for its best-selling stout. ...
Tags: GUINNESS, glass, glass design, guinness drinkers
FDT Consulting Engineers & Project Managers (FDT) and Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) have been presented with a Green Apple award at the Palace of Westminster, London, UK. FDT won the Gold Award and nominated Koch Membrane Systems as ...
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FDT Consulting Engineers & Project Managers (FDT) and Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) have been presented with a Green Apple award at the Palace of Westminster, London, UK. FDT won the Gold Award and nominated Koch Membrane Systems as ...
Tags: Environment award, water reuse projects, green company, Recovery, Reuse
UK crisp manufacturer Burts has teamed up with drinks giant Diageo to launch Guinness flavour crisps. Guinness Burts Chips are being launched in the UK after six months of work by Guinness flavour experts and Burts' own team at the ...
Beverage company in the UK Diageo has announced the opening of its $50m blending and packaging facility in Relay, Maryland, US. The company has installed three new bottling lines and upgrades to key production areas of the facility. In ...
Tags: blending and packaging facility, bottling lines, production network