Archer Daniels Midland has announced that as a result of reduced
soybean processing margins in the United States, it will decrease
its soybean crush rates at several manufacturing locations in the
US.
In a move to boost industry research and enhance nutritional
applications of wheat and other major cereal crops, chemical giant
DuPont announced this week that it is making proprietary wheat
genome data available to public and private...
In India, the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority, has established a collaborative study with
the Indian Institute of Packaging to design cost-effective
packaging, especially for the banana farming...
Hard cheese packed in new biopolymers which will give it an
extended shelf-life may be on the shelves in the near future.
Substituting fossil plastic materials by renewable biopolymers may
benefit the environment and at the same time...
Key Technology has launched the Prism2, the second generation of
its sorting equipment technology, designed to ensure quality
standards in a range of solid food applications.
BOC's 2002 global sales of food equipment rose by more than 25 per
cent year-on-year, due to strong demand for its line of chilling
and freezing equipment.
Hot on the heels of Pepsi-Cola's announcement that it is to update
the labelling of its entire Pepsi range, Coca-Cola has this week
unveiled a new package design for its Diet Coke soft drink.
DS Smith, the UK-based international packaging manufacturer and
office products wholesaler, has announced improved interim results
for the six months to 31 October 2002.
Quaker has introduced its low-fat snack brand Snack-a-Jacks to
Spain after a highly successful launch in the UK. The rice- and
corn-based products are touted as a healthy alternative to other
snacks which can be eaten at any time...
Zebra Technologies, a global leader in delivering printing
solutions, has launched ZebraNet, an internal wireless card socket
option, for its popular 105SL industrial label printer.
Sonoco, the world's largest manufacturer of composite cans, will
close two of its US can plants, one in Denison, Texas, and one in
Masillon, Ohio, and consolidate those operations into other
facilities, according to Charles L....
In the US, the Women in Packaging organisation has announced its
MILES programme, a series of professional development seminars
aimed at helping leading companies to reduce employee turnover.
German food equipment provider, Fristam, has established a new
company in Singapore as a means of ensuring its continued expansion
in the Asia Pacific region.
The Australian competition watchdog accuses biscuit, bread and
cake-maker George Weston Foods, and one of its former senior
executives, of fixing the price of flour.
Further to Tetra Pak's ambitions to expand beyond liquid packaging,
the Spain-based Siro Group has launched chocolate flavoured
biscuits in a 1-litre Tetra Rex aluminium-lined package.
In the US, the Kellogg Co. has announced the recall of 730,000
boxes of Pop-Tarts bakery breakfast snacks. The company warned that
the breakfast pastries may contain eggs that are not listed among
the ingredients - a potential hazard...
GSE Systems, a leading global provider of real-time process control
and simulation solutions for the food and beverage industry, has
launched a new version of its Process Automation System, D/3(R).
Chemists in India are lacing plastics with sugar to make them
palatable to soil bacteria. The plastics, which normally survive
for decades in landfills, start to biodegrade within days.
Sonoco CEO, Harris DeLoach, has outlined plans for the company to
reach $4 billion (€4bn) in sales by 2006 which include plans for
further growth of the company's European division.
Huhtamaki, the Finland-based consumer packaging specialist with
worldwide operations, has unveiled a new organisation structure for
its European and North American operations, aimed at increasing its
business reach.
To meet growing demand Amcor group, which bought Schmalbach-Lubeca
earlier this year to create Amcor PET Packaging, is to invest in
excess of €8 million to double its multi-layer PET production
capacity in Europe.
UK-based Moody has established a joint venture with the heat
exchanger specialists, PJ Heat Exchangers. The agreement means that
Moody will now be able to provide a dedicated, plate heat exchanger
service and maintenance facility...
In the UK, packaging systems provider, Packaging Automation, has
supplied Kwoks Foods with a heat-sealing packaging system for its
line of Oriental ready-cooked meals.
KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, a German-based international
manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage
trade has posted a strong set of results for the financial year
2001/2002 on the back of increased sales.
Metso Corporation, the Finland-based processing machinery provider,
has decided to establish a financial service centre to centrally
handle the financial administration services of its Finnish units.
The move is part of efforts to...
Bradman Lake, the UK-based food equipment provider, has designed
and installed a complete automated packaging line for one of the
UK's leading low fat spread manufacturers.
Klöckner Pentaplast, the global packaging provider, has launched a
new line of FDA compliant APET film in the US - Pentafood
FD-E670/54. The film is said to offer exceptional internal and
external denest properties for food packaging...
Rexam, the UK-based global consumer packaging company, is holding
aseminar for analysts and investors later today to report on
current global marketing conditions for consumer packaging.
Wellman, a leading global manufacturer of PET resins, has said it
plans to delay the previously announced modification of the
polyester fibre line at its Mississippi facility in the US.
In the UK geographers from Coventry and Exeter Universities have
been awarded over £170,000 (€267,000) by the Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) to investigate the links between food
production and food consumption.
EarthShell Corporation, the US-based manufacturer of eco-friendly
food service packaging, is to expand its production by increasing
the supply of its plates and bowls to Wal-Mart to select stores
throughout the US.
Canadian group Premier Tech is to acquire Chronos Holdings, a UK
company specialising in packaging systems and equipment for powders
and granular material.
Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging, is implementing the
Greif name around the world and launching a new company identity to
reflect its diversity in industrial and related packaging.
The dominance of the sandwich among UK menus keeps many office
workers anchored to their desks at lunchtime - a concept which
would shock most Continental Europeans, who feel the need for a
break at lunchtime.
In the same week that the agriculture Council cleared the way for
tougher GM legislation in Europe, the European Commission has
announced a new proposal that seeks to harmonise the use of food
additives in flavourings in order to...
US packaging company Sealed Air has agreed to resolve all of the
current and future asbestos-related claims and the pending
fraudulent transfer claims made against it and its affiliates in
connection with the 1998 transaction in which...
Having been virtually fished to extinction in recent years, the
beluga - which lays the much sought after fish eggs known as caviar
- is to be farmed commercially for the first time ever on the banks
of the river Ural in Kazakhstan.
A Danish production and delivery service providing organic food
directly to the customer was voted winner of the first Royal Green
Food Award last Friday in the Netherlands.
The Alberta government in Canada has undertaken a new three-year
Skills Development Training Initiative to enable the food
processing sector to develop more skilled workers for the industry.
The Institute of Packaging has announced a "positive and swift
response" to its 'Packaging the Stars of the Future' literature,
created as part of its campaign to raise awareness of Schools and
Student Starpack...
API, the UK-based packaging materials provider, has announced that
for the full financial year, ending 30 September 2002, the group
has returned to an operating profit, after considerable losses in
the previous year.
After long and difficult negotiations EU food and agriculture
ministers have reached a political agreement on the proposal for a
regulation on GMO food and feed, measures that are expected to have
considerable impact on food manufacturers...
A new report from global beverage research specialist Canadean
suggests that the market for PET packaging is set to grow at an
even greater speed thanks to the global increase in bottled water
sales.
Amcor's European packaging operations have come under the
microscope following a rash of profit warnings from global
companies with European operations. But analysts believe that the
company's strong presence in the food...
Stora Enso, one of the world's leading forest industry companies,
will move its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Singapore to China's
economic centre, Shanghai, the company's chief executive officer
announced today.
An international consortium has been formed to provide a low-cost
active RFID-based labelling system which will provide a major boost
to food production logistics and tracking.
