Ardo has acquired a majority stake in VLM Foods, a supplier of processed food in North America. Besides VLM Foods, the deal includes a controlling stake in Compañia Frutera La Paz S.A., Costa Rica’s largest frozen pineapple ...
Bosch Packaging Technology is set to unveil two new vertical solutions at the Pack Expo event in Las Vegas, US. The event will take place between 25 and 27 September. At the event, the company will exhibit two solutions, of which first ...
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Imperial Frozen Foods, a portfolio company of Kenex, has acquired 100% of the assets of Greystone Foods. Greystone is a Birmingham, AL based manufacturer of branded and private label frozen (IQF) vegetables. Greystone manufactures 30 ...
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Inventure Foods has agreed to divest Fresh Frozen Foods to The Pictsweet Company for nearly $23.7m in an all-cash deal. The strategic sale by Inventure Foods was announced during an ongoing company review process aimed at improving ...
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Canadian industrial technology firm EnWave has bagged a contract from Bonduelle to increase the productivity of the latter’s 120kW Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) machinery. Bonduelle is a French based global processor of frozen ...
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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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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 ...
UK-based packaging manufacturer Parkside Flexibles has introduced Parkside spiral wrap, a new flexible sandwich wrap packaging solution. The new packaging has been designed to allow consumers to peel away the packaging in a spiral motion, ...
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InnovAsian Cuisine Enterprises is voluntarily recalling its Not-Ready-to-Eat Frozen Chicken Fried Rice products because they contain frozen vegetables that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This voluntary ...
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Packaging manufacturer Parkside has unveiled a new flexible self-venting steam bag, Parkscribe Steam, for frozen vegetables. The Parkscribe Steam is claimed to be hassle-free, flexible microwavable pack featuring a special food safe ...
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Indian Dairy Manufacturing Company (IDMC), a subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has opened phase II of its plastic pouch packaging film plant in Anand district in the state of Gujarat. The Rs370m ($5.46m) phase I of ...
Canadian fruit and vegetable processor Pride Pak is building a new fresh fruit and vegetable processing facility in Orleans County in Medina, New York. Located in the 13 acre Medina Business Park, the new 68,000 ft2 facility will be a ...
US-based food company B&G Foods has completed the acquisition of frozen and canned vegetable Green Giant and Le Sueur brands from General Mills for $765m in cash. The deal also covers inventory adjustment at closing worth $58m. B&G ...
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Nomad Holdings has completed the previously announced acquisition of frozen food company Iglo Foods from Permira Advisers for €2.6bn. Said to be Europe's largest branded frozen food company, Iglo operates in 12 countries in Europe, ...
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Brazilian food company BRF is set to establish a joint venture with UK-based Invicta Food Group to distribute processed foods in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Reuters reported citing a securities filing that the company's ...
Tags: Processed Foods, BRF