Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has acquired Institut Nehring, a food testing laboratory in the German market. Institut Nehring was established in 1905; today the company is well-known in the German market thanks to its ...
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The KHS Group, a manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food industries, will launch a compact labeler, Innoket Roland 40, at Drinktec 2017 trade show to be held in Munich, Germany, from September 11 to ...
Tags: Compact Labeler, Spirits Bottlers
A new report from Smithers Pira expects the worldwide rigid plastic packaging consumption to grow during 2017–2022 at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes. Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging ...
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The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has told the US Commerce Department that aluminum can sheets and aluminum ingot, which are used to make beverage cans, are not a security risk that requires intervention in the form of tariffs or trade ...
Tags: Can, Beverage Can
Philippines canned food company Century Pacific Food (CNPF) will acquire 100% stake in a group of unnamed Chinese distribution companies for a total price of $2.56m to further expand its branded exports business. In this regard, CNPF is ...
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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 ...
Tags: Kuwait Food, Food
A Dubai-based investment group led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Kuwait Food Company, which is known as Americana, for nearly $2.4bn. The consortium Adeptio headed by Emaar Properties PJSC ...
Seal integrity is extremely important for preventing contamination or spoilage of a canned food product. Here is why proper canned food sealing is important and most effective method for evaluating seal integrity for canned food. Why Seal ...
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Canned vegetable products manufacturer McCall Farms is planning to open a new production facility in Effingham, South Carolina. When operational this month, the facility will expand the company's existing Florence County operations, while ...
Tags: Canned food, food manufacture, canned vegetable, potatoes, canned yams
Vietnam Meat Industries (Vissan) has opened a new food processing plant in Tien Son Industrial Zone in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The move is in line with the company's strategy to improve food supply capacity in Vietnam and in ...
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Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
French food manufacturer SouliE Restauration, which is a part of packaged and canned food specialist William Saurin, has chosen packaging solution from RPC Barrier Containers for its new ready meal range ‘Shake Me’. 'Shake Me' ...
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Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company (TTA) has acquired nine percent stake in Chinese canned food maker Sino Grandness Food Industry Group for around S$24.5m ($18.3m). The acquisition forms a part of TTA's long-term diversification and ...
Tags: water chestnut, sweet corn, fruit, vegetable juices, Agriculture
Consumer demand for antibacterial packaging, Canadean Antibacterial packaging designed to delay the development of germs and bacteria in canned products is set to become a hit with UK consumers, according to new findings from market ...
According to Canadean’s latest survey, 55% of Britons are worried about bacteria on the outside of a can more than the presence of dirt and dust, or if it is dented or discoloured. So it predicts, reasonably, that antibacterial ...
Tags: Packaging Trend, canned products