As the BRI brings Chinese trading opportunities westward, those Chinese manufacturers that establish a presence in Western Asia first will reap the largest rewards. In order to help you export your products to West Asia, we have developed a ...
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National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) has agreed to acquire 100% of Al Safi Danone (ASD) for an undisclosed price to consolidate its position in Saudi Arabian dairy market. ASD is a joint venture between the Saudi Arabia-based ...
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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Saudi Arabia-based Napco National is set to exhibit a range of food and beverage packaging solutions at this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing event in Dubai, UAE. The event will take place from 31 October to 2 November at Dubai World ...
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Russian food firm Cherkizovo Group said that its Vasilyevskaya poultry production facility has received permission to export poultry products to Iraq. The Vasilyevskaya poultry farm, which is Cherkizovo Group’s largest poultry ...
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Flexible packaging firm Uflex has unveiled new aseptic filling machine, Asepto Smart 78, at this year’s PackEx India event. The event has been conducted from 21 to 23 August in New Delhi. The new advanced filling machine has a ...
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Pegasus Food Futures has finalized plans for a new facility in Abu Dhabi. The organisation is aimed at providing solutions to global food supply challenges through operations and innovations in livestock, feed stock and food production. ...
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UAE-based Amira Nature Foods has acquired a portfolio of packaged specialty rice brands from Euro Basmati in Germany for an undisclosed price. The acquired brands include Al Amir, Al Hakim, Bano, Dalia, Hanna and Shah Pari which have ...
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Brazilian meat company BRF has launched a new subsidiary named OneFoods to target the halal market in Middle East countries. The company has commenced the operations of the new subsidiary, which previously was called Sadia Halal. With ...
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Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts has been acquired by Chicago-based investment firm Kenex Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Aiea, Hawaii and founded in 1985, Bubbies makes mochi ice cream sold across the US and select ...
Flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to commence the production of packing liquid products at its new aseptic packaging plant in Sanand in Gujarat, a state in India by April 2017. Being built with an investment of Rs5800m ($85.2m), ...
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UAE-based Hexxa Flexible Packaging has purchased and installed its first MPS flexo press to strengthen its business. The printing company has installed a 10-colour, 430mm EF multi-substrate press. It features the advanced Automated Print ...
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The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced plans to buy 50% stake in Adeptio Group’s, which controls the Kuwait Food Company (Americana). However, financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Saudi Arabia's ...
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Milliken & Co. invites polypropylene producers, compounders and converters attending Arabplast 2017 to join with it to enable future innovation across the plastics industry. On Stand 6C155 during the Jan. 8-10 show at the Dubai World ...
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Pro Mach’s subsidiary KLEENLine is set to exhibit its new its automated case and bagger loading system at Pack Expo 2016 in the US. The event will take place from 6 to 9 November in Chicago, Illinois. The system has been developed ...