A licensing agreement has been signed between US-based Colorcon, a
division of Berwind Pharmaceutical Services, and AgIon
Technologies, enabling Colorcon to use the AgIon antimicrobial
product, No-Tox, in its new product line.
Pactiv Corporation has announced an agreement to purchase Winkler
Forming, a leading thermoformer of amorphous polyethylene
terephthalate (APET) used in food packaging, for $72.5 million,
(€78.5mn) or approximately 7 times EBITDA.
In the US a BOC cryogenic impingement freezer is helping a
hamburger manufacturer in St. Louis, Missouri to increase yield,
reduce nitrogen consumption and save money, after adding it was
added to a processing line.
The Japan International Agency (JICA) has signed the record of
discussion for a five-year technical cooperation project to help
strengthen food production and processing methods in Vietnam.
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...
The chairman of UK Packaging maker API Group, David Hudd, said
prospects for the current year are encouraging and he predicted an
improved performance for the company in the second half after
unveiling narrower losses for the six...
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...
Canadian soya processor Sunrise Soya Foods is opening a new tofu
manufacturing plant in Toronto to help facilitate the launch of its
newest brand, Pete's Tofu.
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.
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.
Latvian packaging producer Langa will open a plant for the
production of confectionery packaging in St Petersburg this month,
the company has confirmed.
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...
