SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (an Orbotech company that manufactures etch, PVD and CVD wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LED, high-speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets) has won a ...
Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) has acquired Minnesota-based purple-coloured corn maker Suntava Corporation. The acquisition will mean that the Suntava team will function as a unit of Healthy Foods Ingredients, which produces ...
Tags: HFI, natural colorants, purple corn
University of Sydney-based research centre the Fresh Produce Safety Centre has launched two landmark research projects, which it says are aimed at improving the safety of Australian and New Zealand fresh produce. Australian Food News ...
BASF started operations in a new emulsion polymers plant at its integrated Verbund site in Freeport, Texas. The acrylic emulsion polymers manufactured at this new plant are used for architectural coatings, construction chemicals, adhesives ...
Tags: architectural coatings, construction chemicals, Construction
PPG Industries’ coatings manufacturing facility in Bangplee was recently recognized with a Zero Accident Award by Thailand’s Department of Labor Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labor. The Zero Accident Award honors ...
Global reusable packaging solutions provider Ifco Systems has entered into a partnership with Sealed Air to ensure that all IFCO reusable plastic containers washed with the latter’s product, Diversey (detergents and disinfectants) ...
Tags: IFCO, Food Safety, Printing
MOM Brands, the largest family-owned cereal company in the United States, was recently honored by the Utah Labor Commission Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division (Utah OSHA) for the worksite safety and health management system ...
Tags: MOM Brands, Utah OSHA, Food
The transport industry now has more time to weigh in on the American new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) before it becomes law. And Canadian carriers should be paying attention, too. Although it was introduced in 2011, the U.S. Food ...
Tags: transport industry, Truckers
From Monday 10 February, there is one Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia, with the aim of 'boosting efficiency and productivity in the transport industry.' Under the new ...
The Healthy People 2020 initiative recently held a public webinar to update stakeholders on progress toward food safety objectives. Addressing the goals to reduce infections from pathogens commonly transmitted through food, Roberta ...
Taiwan’s love for American beef is evident by the growth in exports to the Asian island nation this year, and U. S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)-Taiwan’s team, contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program, is exploring new channels ...
Tags: Beef Growth, Food
Dairy producer WhiteWave Foods has announced plans to pay about $600 million to purchase Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce brand in the U.S. Earthbound Farm was the producer behind the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that ...
A new online utility calculation program has been launched which increases the power available to customers and makes the glass specification process easier. Available to customers registered with My PilkingtonTM, the new calculator ...
Tags: calculation program, construction, glass
GLG Life Tech, a Canada-based firm engaged in agricultural and commercial development of stevia products, has launched a new product range, GLG Naturals+, with support from China National Cereals, Oils, and Foodstuff Corporation (COFCO). ...
The call has once again gone out to North American drivers and owner/operators, to nominate their fleet for the Best Fleet to Drive For competition. The competition is hosted by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and administered by ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts