US company Inland Paperboard and Packaging has announced that it
has acquired the converting operations of Mack Packaging Group, in
Chicago, Illinois, and Mishawaka, Indiana. Inland acquired these
assets from Alwin Kolb GmbH &...
The UK-based BOC Group, which provides the food processing and
glass packaging industries with gas services and related products
on a global basis, has reported profits of £196.2 million for the
six months ending 31 March, down 14...
Crown Cork and Seal, the US-based international supplier of
packaging products, has reported that construction of its new $40
million (€43 million) beverage can manufacturing plant in Seville,
Spain is now on schedule for completion...
Amcor, the Australian packaging company, is now positioning itself
to become a global leading in beverage packaging production. Chief
executive, Russell Jones is playing a major part in cleaning up a
fragmented and underperforming...
North America's leading provider of digital imaging prepress
services to the food and beverage industry, Schawk, has announced
that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the balance of 35
per cent of the outstanding shares...
Graham Packaging Holdings, a US-based international manufacturer of
blow-moulded plastic containers for the food and beverage
industries has reported that unit sales increased 11 per cent in
the first quarter of 2002, compared to...
Global fast-food chains, particularly Tricon and McDonald's, are
turning more to Thai processed chicken supplies, due to problems
related to bird flu in other producing countries.
The Danish Crown group, a leading pork meat processor, made an
interim profit of DKK 578 million (€77m) for the first half of the
financial year 2001/02.
US-based Crown Cork & Seal, one of the global leaders in
beverage packaging and design, has launched a new closure for the
beverage industry aimed at the sports and general activities
markets.
The US Food Processors Association's Supplier Audits for Food
Excellence (NFPA-SAFE) Programme has announced that Catherine
Adams, general manager of Quality Assurance for Heinz USA and Dan
Donahue, vice president of Worldwide...
Amphire Solutions, a US-based provider of supply chain relationship
management solutions, has said that it is has reached agreements
with 75 of the North America's leading foodservice suppliers to
integrate productivity enhancing...
Filipino processed food exporters said in a recent statement that
they expect the government to finally give them the go signal to
directly import sugar as raw materials for their export products
without having to pay high import...
One of three Jefferson Smurfit non-executive directors appointed by
the board to give an impartial assessment of a takeover offer
backed by management fails to meet the guidelines set by Ireland's
corporate governance watchdog.
Scottish whisky distiller Glenmorganie is set to invest nearly
£500,000 (€800,000) in a move that will boost production capacity
in anticipation of an upturn in future sales.
DSM Food Specialties is highlighting a new range of SavorKey yeast
extract-based flavours offering a boiled beef and boiled chicken
taste at this week's IFIA exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
Ozone, long known as a protective shield between humans and the
sun's rays, has a new use in the seafood industry. Researchers from
the NorthCarolina State Seafood Laboratory have found that ozone
may enhance the freshness of...
Alcan's US subsidiary Alcan Aluminium, the top US recycler of used
beverage cans, has said revamps at some of its plants slowed its
recycling to over 22 billion cans in 2001, from nearly 23.8 billion
cans in 2000.
Canadian company Old Dutch Foods has bought software from software
specialist J.D. Edwards to integrate its business functions and
increase productivity.
Irish-based international paper and packaging giant Jefferson
Smurfit Group (JS) has announced that it has received a bid
approach from US private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners.
A poor performance from one of its US subsidiaries dragged down
first-quarter profits at Jefferson Smurfit, the Irish paper and
packaging business at the centre of a bid from a US private equity
house.
Amcor, the fast-growing Australian packaging group, has confirmed
that it is to buy most of the assets of Schmalbach-Lubeca, its
German rival, in a $1.56 billion (€1.7bn) deal that will more than
double its sales, making it one of...
Crown Cork & Seal, the US food and beverage packaging
specialist, has announced the groundbreaking of a
112,000-square-foot expansion to Zeller Plastik, its plastic
closures division, in Illinois.
Science Network is set to supply to countries and developing
regions with the technology and the necessary support for the
production-in-deries of mini-plants in mobile containers that can
be used for the production of food.
International dairy specialists have rated New Zealand company
Fonterra's alliance with food giant Nestle a "spectacular" teaming
among companies targeting the rich American market.
US-based Minnesota Corn Processors(MCP) has announced that it is
engaged in preliminary discussions with Archer Daniels Midland
Company (ADM) regarding a potential sale of MCP to ADM.
Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US, has agreed to
pay $189 million for the 64 per cent stake it does not already own
in White Wave, which makes Silk refrigerated soymilk.
DT Industries, a US-based engineering-driven designer, manufacturer
and integrator of automation systems and related equipment used to
package food, has reported a net loss of $12.8 million (€14million)
for the three months ended...
Filipino food processors are calling for a summit meeting on food
quality so its industry and government can develop "offensives" to
counter the rising protectionism in the form of non-tariff barriers
to trade being erected...
The European food packaging industry has turned its eyes on the UK
to determine what moves its Government will take with regards the
classification of packaging release liners - a ruling that will
eventually clarify future EU waste...
Australian packaging company Amcor has said it plans to buy the
polyethylene container and closure assets of Germany's
Schmalbach-Lubeca for A$2.875 billion (€1.7bn).
A recent report from Primedia suggests that the future
consolidation of flexible packaging companies serving the food and
beverage industry is set to re-shape the segment.
A new exhibition has been launched for the European processing and
packaging market by the Process and Packaging Machinery Association
(PPMA), with the support of the Institute of Packaging.
US company Nutraceutical Clinical Laboratories International
Incorporated (NCLII) has begun selling its NuPreserv product to one
of the leading American bakery groups.
Brazilian pork and poultry processor Sadia has seen an 11 per cent
rise in its gross profits for the first quarter of the year, rising
from R$219.6 million (€219.6m) in 2001 to R$243.7 million.
Argentina has reopened 32 meat processing plants in the past four
months thanks to a recovery in beef sales to the European Union
(EU) and devaluation of its currency, Cabinet chief Alfredo
Atanasof said on Monday.
A quick tour through this year's supermarket industry trade show in
Chicago on Sunday proves the trend toward convenience shows no sign
of abating, as food makers try to shake things up in a slow-growing
industry.
Factories in the US that convert corn into the gasoline additive
ethanol are releasing carbon monoxide, methanol and some
carcinogens at levels "many times greater" than they promised, the
US government said.
Canadian company Maple Leaf Foods has reported its financial
results for the first quarter ending 31 March, with solid increases
in both sales and profits.
Unilever has announced that it intends to sell its international
specialty oils and fats business, Loders Croklaan Group, as part of
its Path to Growth strategy which focuses on core activities.
Thailand's Useful Food, one of the country's largest snack
producers, has revised its regional growth plan by focusing on
Southeast Asia rather than the whole of Asia.
US bacon processor Patrick Cudahy celebrated the grand opening of
its new state-of-the-art bacon and sausage facility recently. The
expansion will increase production capabilities in pre-cooked
sliced bacon, salami, pepperoni and...
Crown Cork & Seal has completed the sale of the metal closure
assets of its Danish subsidiary, Crown Cork Company Scandinavia, to
Pelliconi Scandinavia. The Danish business manufactures metal
closures for glass bottles to the...
