News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Packaging Automation, the UK manufacturer of heat sealing machines, is supplying one of the country's leading chilled food producers, Uniq Prepared Foods, with equipment on a hire basis to meet seasonal production requirements.
ProPak Asia 2003, one of Asia's leading packaging exhibitions, is said to be the largest show in seven years - although the SARS outbreak is expected impact final visitor numbers.
Geest, the British prepared food business, is predicting solid growth this year after acquisitions and investments in 2002.
World wheat production in 2003 is set to beat the figure set in 2002 by 3.6 per cent, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Koenig & Bauer has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Bauer + Kunzi Gesellschaft für Drucktechnik in Ditzingen, Germany, for an undisclosed sum.
Institutional Investors are starting to weigh the cost-benefits of irradiating ground beef, poultry and other foods for food service providers, foodprocessors and food retailers, according to a leading adviser in the US.