EarthShell Corp of California, US and DuPont of Detroit, US have
announced a strategic alliance to accelerate commercialisation of
environmentally friendly packaging.
FAO, the food and agriculture organisation for the UN, credits
China's vast aquaculture sector with making an important
contribution towards alleviating poverty and improving food
security and social well-being.
Italian pasta maker Barilla said it would consider raising its €12
per share bid for Europe's leading baker Kamps AG, should a rival
bidder emerge, a German newspaper reported on Saturday.
US company Corn Products International, Inc. has reported total net
sales for the first quarter of 2002 were $432 million (€486
million), down five per cent from $454 million in the same three
months last year, but up one per cent...
Thailand's first distribution centre focusing on small and
medium-sized enterprises is scheduled to open in June. The concept
will provide a new window for the country's highly successful food
export industry, meeting growing...
US-based Tyson Foods Inc. has signed a letter of intent to purchase
a bacon processing facility in Omaha, Nebraska, from Millard
Refrigerated Services.
US food and beverage sourcing company ecFood has announced a
comprehensive procurement service alliance with US organisation
Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA).
French fresh and processed vegetables group Bonduelle has announced
a 34 Per cent increase in the value of its shares on the stock
exchange since January 2002, which it claims have been achieved
thanks to investments in logistics...
Alcoa, the US packaging group which makes the Reynolds and Baco
food wrap brands, is to buy the Chicago-based Ivex Packaging
Corporation for around $790 million, broadening its presence in the
food packaging sector.
US company Chesapeake announced this week that it is planning to
close a paperboard packaging plant in Congleton, England, because
of "tough market conditions" for food and household
packaging, reports US newspaper the Richmond...
Armfield, the UK processing equipment manufacturer, has teamed up
with US counterpart RBD Technologies of Los Osos, California, and
compatriot Ebortec, to offer a full range of small scale edible oil
processing equipment.
UK-based meat processor George Adams is planning to roll out an
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in five of its factories
in a £1 million bid to improve its production procedures.
The worldwide market for automation products and services for
process industries, worth more than $44 billion in 2001, is
expected to grow at the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of
just over 5 per cent over the next five years,...
Germany's Boekels group has upgraded its WS 30 kg B and WS 60 kg B
heavy duty weighers, giving them a new weighcell designed by parent
company Sartorius and an EWK 2000 weighing electronics unit.
Rexam, the world's leading producer of beverage cans, has sold two
flexible packaging plants in the UK to Australian group Amcor for
A$30 million (€17.9 million)
DGF Stoess confirmed recently that with effect from 1 April 2002,
the company acquired six of the eight Leiner Davis Gelatin plants
along with two sales offices from Goodman Fielder.
