The Alianza Team group of companies has said that it plans to
construct a 'megafactory' in Barranquilla for the production of
oils and fats in Colombia.
Pechiney, the French metals and packaging company, is bidding for
the aluminium assets of Corus, which analysts believe are worth as
much as €1.6 billion
With food marketers constantly on the look out for more flexible
packaging to achieve eye-catching aesthetics, it seems that the
future of blow-moulded high-density polyethylene containers looks
sealed.
CSN, the Brazil-based flat steelmaker, and Canadian aluminium
manufacturer Alcan are on a head-on collision course over which
will dominate the metal packaging market, reported Brazilian
business daily Gazeta Mercantil.
Irish investors have sharply criticised Jefferson Smurfit, the
Dublin-based paperboard and packaging company, for its willingness
to accept a €3.7 billion takeover bid from Madison Dearborn
Partners, the US private equity firm.
King Oscar will be left with one brisling sardine canning plant in
Norway after the owners decided yesterday to close the King Oscar
canning plant in Fusa, western Norway.
Flexographic press manufacturer Edale is in the process of
designing and building the first of a new range of machines for
packaging and carton printing.
Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever has confirmed that it
is to invest $230 million (€239m) in its Mexico operations this
year, a proportion of which will be spent to upgrade and increase
production capacity.
French packaging and aluminium group Pechiney says it is still
interested in the acquisition of the aluminium activities of
Anglo-Dutch counterpart Corus, and that it will be particularly
careful with regard to competition law when...
Pinguin Foods of Belgium has announced that it will take over the
frozen vegetable activities of Fisher Frozen Foods, and with it an
important production and packaging department in King's Lynn in
Norfolk, the most prominent...
The British Retail Consortium will be holding a series of in depth
course on how to implement the latest food packaging standards into
the production process.
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, has completed the
disposal, announced in April 2002, of its Image Products business
to Sun Capital, a leading US private investment firm.
Baldwin Richardson Foods, one of the largest African-American owned
food companies in the United States, has won a multi-million euro
contract to supply Kellogg's Nutri-grain fruit fillings, which
comes on the back of a big investment...
Robina, the food arm of the Gokongwei family business empire in the
Philippines, will reinvest $20 million (€21m) to cover its capital
expenditures in its next fiscal year beginning this October.
The Indian state of Karnataka aims to increase its food processing
exports threefold within five years by setting up six exclusive
food parks in different parts of the state.
BOC, the worldwide provider of gases and vacuums to the food and
beverage industry, has found a significant market for its newly
launched flour chilling equipment for the bakery industry.
Acquisitive US private equity group Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
is keen to buy up more UK food businesses and expects to be running
its major Premier foods unit for the next few years before seeking
an exit.
Jefferson Smurfit, the Dublin-based paper and packaging group,
could become the centre of a takeover battle after a last minute
approach from David Bonderman, chairman of the low-cost carrier
Ryanair and chief executive of the investment...
Sonoco, the global provider of packaging products for the food and
beverage industry, has announced that it will increase prices for
all coreboard grades manufactured in and shipped to continental
Europe by €50 per metric tonne.
Portola Packaging, the US based bottle and closures manufacturer,
has reported a fall in its 3Q sales to $53 million (€55,4m)
compared to $57.6 million for the same quarter last year. The
figure represents a drop of a of 8 per cent.
Worldwide demand for food processing machinery is projected to rise
4.6 per cent annually up until 2006, to $21 billion (€22bn),
according to a study conducted by US industrial market research
group Freedonia.
Processors seeking an alternative approach to mechanical and heat
treatment of fruit pieces could benefit from the latest research
findings from the Dutch-based DSM group.
US-based Portola Packaging, a manufacturer of closures and bottles
for the beverage industries, reported an 8 per cent drop in sales
in the third quarter of 2002 from $57.6 million in the same period
last year to $53 million (€56m).
US company A&D Weighing has introduced new models of its
moisture analysers which use an innovative drying system and
A&D's Super Hybrid Sensor technology.
US companies MeadWestvaco and EastPrint have created a new consumer
packaging company in Russia called WestvacoEastPrint. The new
business will begin operations in autumn and will supply printed
paperboard packaging materials for...
Larry Pillard is to leave his job as chief executive of Tate &
Lyle to take over the executive chairmanship of Tetra Laval, the
privately owned Swedish packaging group.
Rexam, the US-based global packaging provider, is to buy the Czech
can making plant of German-based packaging company
Schmalbach-Lubeca for £15.4 million (€24m), according to a report
from dot.packaging.
The Prince of Wales has issued an attack on the environmental
impact of using synthetic wine closures, boosting the cause of
consumers and conservationists who have been fighting producers'
increasing use of wine closures other...
A cardboard packaging factory is to open in Chubut, Patagonia,
aimed at satisfying the demands of the southern Argentine fishing
industry, according to a report from FIS
The only remaining tuna cannery in Australia has received a
prestigious international food service award for the second year
running, according to a report from FIS.
Food processing manufacturers in Eastern Europe will have to invest
substantially in food safety equipment if they are to obtain the
food hygiene standards implemented by the European Uniion,
according to a report in the Financial...
Graham Packaging Company, a worldwide provider of customised
blow-moulded plastic containers, has unveiled a state-of-the-art
manufacturing plant located on site with a new filling facility
operated by the Danone Group in Aldaia,...
Debt-ridden Thai food packaging company Peace Canning, has had a
debt revamp plan approved by creditors, countering reports that its
Pigeon brand, Thailand's best-known food trademark, would be put up
for auction.
Anglo/Dutch company Corus is to send half of its 1,019 workforce at
the soon to close Ebbw Vale tin plate plant in Wales to work at the
company's sister plant in IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
South African tin producer Phamine Mining, which is to open a new
smelter plant in Limpopo next month, has secured a tin supply
contract for steel manufacturer Iscor.
The UK snacks sector is coming under increasing pressure from
competing markets with sugar and chocolate confectionery
particularly hard hit by the consumer desire for a healthier
lifestyle, according to a new report from market analysts...
GSE Systems, a leading provider of real-time simulation and process
control solutions for the food processing industry, has released a
new version of its widely used Process Automation System, D/3.
