News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Asahi Breweries of Japan has turned corporate wisdom on its head, by cutting production costs enough to compete with Chinese brewers. The company has overcome the problem of higher labour costs by cutting down on packaging and other production expenses.
Repak CEO Andrew Hetherington claims he is taking a pragmatic approach to the problem of streamlining the recycling of packaging waste in the Republic of Ireland, a challenge that the country has had to rise to in the light of recently introduced EU...
Spanish industrial group Coexpan, which specialises in yoghurt packaging, has acquired French plastic packaging manufacturer FSP, part of Franco-German group Bericap, according to a report in Les Echos.
Gainco, the US-based food equipment provider, has introduced new belt sizes in its expanding line of portion sizing equipment.