Swire Pacific subsidiary Swire Beverages has agreed to acquire Coca-Cola bottling assets in China in a bid to strengthen its business in non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages. The deal to refranchise bottling operations in China has been ...
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UK-based brewing company Morrow Brothers has opened a new bottling plant in Buckshaw Village, near Chorley in Lancashire. The new plant has received a £23,750 grant from Chorley Council for the purchase of bottling equipment, ...
Switzerland-based manufacturers of injection molding machinery and system solutions, Netstal, will be launching its new PET-LINE 5000 in the US market at NPE. The equipment has been designed for markets with high output and for molds ...
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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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Global drinks major PepsiCo has offloaded its entire company-owned bottling operations in North India to its franchisee bottling partner Varun Beverages. The divestment is expected to enable the company to move forward in its fight with ...
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Bottling plants and packaging machines producer SMI Group has signed an agreement with Datalogic for the exclusive supply of the latter's products. The deal will allow to integrate Datalogic sensors in SMI's bottling and packaging ...
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US-based soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola has opened its 43rd bottling plant in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China with an investment of CNY650m ($106m). The new facility is part of the company's three-year, $4bn investment plan for 2012-2014 ...
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Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
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Mexico-based Coca-Cola FEMSA has broken ground on a new $200m bottling plant in Tocancipa in central Colombia. According to the company, which is a unit of Fomento Economico Mexicano, the plant will become operational in late 2014. ...
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Varun Beverages, an India-based bottling arm of RJ Corp, is set to sell a minority stake in the company to private equity firms in a move to raise INR3bn ($47.5m). The company is currently in talks with four private equity firms - GIC ...
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Diversified industrial company Gates has released a new bottling industry infographic which synthesizes extensive beverage industry research. The company has included quick-hit, easy-to-digest content on preventive maintenance, minimizing ...
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A laser engraving machine can be thought of as three main parts: a laser, a controller, and a surface. The laser is like a pencil - the beam emitted from it allows the controller to trace patterns onto the surface. The controller (usually a ...
Czech Republic - Showlight has always been highly regarded as one of the best networking events in the international lighting calendar, with plenty of time allowed for the social aspects of the event. This year's visit programme, featuring ...
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PepsiCo has announced plans to open its sixth manufacturing plant in China, in a bid to drive its growth in the market. The facility in the province of Wuhan has the capacity to produce 15,000 tonnes of Lay's branded potato chips ...
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Mexican bottler of soft-drinks Arca Continental has invested about $20m to open a new production line at its plant in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which is expected to contribute to a 35% increase in production capacity in the country. Over the ...