Danish Crown’s Polish meat business Sokolow has revealed its intentions to acquire its rival Gzella Meat Group. Gzella Meat's operations are confined to the northern region of Poland. The deal between the two Polish meat firms ...
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Flexo and offset printing presses producer MPS has sold three presses to Iran based corrugated carton and package printing producer Asan Pack. The Middle East firm has bought two MPS EB 370 presses and one EF 430 flexo press for ...
Poland based West-East Meat Group has purchased the 8-colour EF 340 multi-substrate flexo press from MPS, a provider of flexo and offset press solutions for label and flexible packaging printers. Established in 2010, West-East Meat offers ...
US-based establishment Golden State Foods is planning to establish a new meat processing facility in Opelika, in the US state of Alabama. To be located in the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park, the proposed facility will see an ...
Nestle has recalled two beef ready meals on sale in Spain and Italy after tests returned positive for horse DNA. The company is recalling its Buitoni beef ravioli and beef tortellini products on sale in the two markets because tests ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan booked an increase in profits in 2012 but said the group's performance last year was "below expectations". Earnings amounted to EUR16.4m (US$21.8m), a 34.4% increase on the prior-year period. Operating ...
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US meat group Tyson Foods is expanding four of its plants in the country as part of a strategy to "add value" to their products. Tyson said it has spent US$40m on facilities in Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Florida. "Tyson continues ...
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Scottish food firm Browns Food Group has purchased the Hall's brand from Dutch group Vion. Browns said the move "effectively merged" two of Scotland's "oldest family-owned food businesses". "We are very pleased to have secured the ...
UK meat packer Hilton Foods Group said today (10 January) that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Woolworths Ltd, Australia's largest supermarket. The deal establishes a new company, Woolworths Meat Co, in which Hilton ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has said its plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country will not affect production. The firm this morning (7 January) said it will begin labour ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan plans to cut up to 295 jobs as part of efforts to streamline its subsidiaries in its home country under a cost savings programme announced last week. The company last week revealed its HK Ruokatalo Oy ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has streamlined its subsidiaries in its home country as part of a cost savings programme. HKScan said today (2 January) that HK Ruokatalo Oy has become a wholly owned subsidiary of HKScan Corp. The ...
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Dutch meat group Vion has reaffimed that its Hall's of Broxburn processing facility will close, with none of the bids received having provided a "viable alternative". In a letter to workers earlier this month, Vion said it was still in ...
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Russian meat processor Cherkizovo has reported a jump in first-half earnings as profits from each of its three businesses increased. Net income was up 56% to RUB2.95bn (US$94.4m) for the period to the end of June. Operating income ...
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This week Premier Foods announced plans to axe 900 jobs and to close two bakeries, while Dutch meat group Vion revealed the sale of its UK food businesses - raising doubts about the future of 13,000 employees. Here, we capture a flavour of ...
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