Italian flexible packaging company SCEA has invested in BOBST gravure technology. The rapid expansion required SCEA to relocate to a larger production facility in Zevio, near Verona, in 2008 in order to accommodate the increasing number ...
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Plastic bottle recycling in the US had gone down by 2.4% to a little over £2.9bn in 2016, according to a new industry report. The figures were revealed by Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council ...
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UK-based independent milk processor Wyke Farms and The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo) have announced a growing partnership to expand organic cheese production, distribution and sales. Wyke Farms and OMSCo are developing their ...
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RPC Promens Consumer Kolding is delivering customized PET bottles for Scandic Food’s range of dressings and sauces. The RPC Group subsidiary will design and supply PET bottles for the Scandinavian food company which is part of the ...
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Amber Beverage has acquired a minority stake in UK alcohol distributor Cellar Trends. Amber Beverage Group confirmed that the investment is of a strategic nature and that management and operational control of Cellar Trends will remain ...
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Russian meat producer Cherkizovo Group has dispatched its first shipment of poultry meat to Angola. The first batch of 54 tons was dispatched from Novorossiysk to Luanda from Cherkizovo’s Chicken Kingdom poultry farm in the Lipetsk ...
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Parrish and Heimbecker has secured a funding of $10m from the Canadian government to build a new wheat flour milling plant at Hamilton. The Canadian grain company’s new plant is expected to increase production capacity of wheat ...
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In the first nine months of 2016, KBA-Sheetfed achieved a 17.5% increase in revenue to €443.8m, accompanied by strong segment earnings of €17.3m. Following a good third quarter, the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) came substantially ...
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Blue Goose Capital, a privately-held, Canadian-based protein and organic food company, has announced the acquisition of Tender Choice Foods. Tender Choice Foods operates processing plant specializing in the processing, packing and ...
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Thimm Verpackung is building a corrugated cardboard plants in Europe between Nuremberg and Munich. The plant is being built on a 90,000 square metre site near the Holledau motorway interchange. Operations are scheduled to start in early ...
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British gin exports have increased in value by 166% since 2000, with exports to the US rising by 553% in the last decade, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association's (WTSA) latest annual spirits report. The report details the ...
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The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of Slaney Foods JV and Slaney Proteins by ABP Group and Fane Valley. The proposal for acquisition of the stake has been cleared unconditionally by Europe’s competition ...
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Beston Global Food Company (BFC) has acquired the assets of Australian Provincial Cheese (APC) for $2.2m. The acquisition includes its plant and equipment, trademarks, intellectual property along with all other assets needed to continue ...
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Russia-based Cherkizovo Group has entered the East African market by launching exports of halal poultry meat to Tanzania. The vertically integrated meat and feed producer said that it expects to export about 500 tons of total shipments to ...
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The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which took place in Mumbai this week, reflected a cautious local diamond and jewelry trade, even if sentiment was better than expected. Suppliers arrived with low expectations as a month-long ...
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