News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Malaysian plantations giant Golden Hope Plantations (GHPB) is planning to expand its operations in Europe. The company, one of the top 20 companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, wants to establish a new plant for the production of palm...
UK-based heat seal machinery specialist Seal-it-Systems (SIS) is another company eager to display its wares at the forthcoming Total Processing & Packaging exhibition in Birmingham. The firm believes that its latest innovation has much to offer the...
Organic food sales in the UK are set to grow by 12 per cent by 2007, reaching €2.6bn. But this is still half the size of the German market, with further growth still hampered by the high prices and dubious claims about the alleged superiority of...
Epoch Biosciences has entered into a partnership with BioControl Systems. Under the license and supply agreement, BioControl receives a license to specific probe sequences from Epoch for use the field of food safety testing.
US-based packaging firm Smurfit-Stone has reported a net loss for the third quarter of 2003, topping off a year that the company would most likely wish to forget. A major factor in the firm's reversal of fortunes has undoubtedly been a litigation charge.