PepsiCo installs business platform to unify operations
US food and beverage giant PepsiCo has installed a primary business platform from SAP to unify its operations, standardise its processes and increase efficiency across all its divisions.
Archives for June 8, 2004
Low-carb: British bread industry fights back
Three British food industry bodies have joined forces to promote a new diet which they hope will prove just as popular as the low-carb Atkins fad currently sweeping the nation - and which will, they hope, get consumers eating carbohydrate-rich bread...
Premium cereal launches belie market realities
Breakfast cereals are experiencing steady growth in central and eastern Europe, in particular in the largest markets in Russia and Poland. But while most of the recent product launches there have been at the premium end of the market, manufacturers...
Lantech unveils non-stop shrink-wrap technology
Technology firm Lantech is launching two new continuous-motion shrink-wrap machines designed to cut processing time and limit the need for line stoppage.
Buhler installs automated rice storage system
Buhler has installed a fully automated bulk storage system at a Swiss rice processing plant, a move designed to double the site's capacity.
CP Kelco slice up for sale
Number one global xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco is on the auction block as majority stakeholder merchant bank Lehman Brothers opts to sell its slice in the leading hydrocolloid company, reports Lindsey Partos.