News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The plastic rigid food packaging market in North America reached about 10.3 billion pounds in 2003 and is expected to increase to over 13.6 billion pounds by 2008 at an AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 5.8 per cent, according to a recent report.
In a move to focus on its retail business, Swiss baking aid firm Hero has sold UK bakery ingredients division Renshaw Scott to UK sugar ingredients company Napier Brown Foods.
Could environmentally-friendly biodegradable containers made from wheat starch eventually replace traditional polystyrene-based products? Only if the price is right, reports Anthony Fletcher.
Swedish oils and fats firm Karlshamns, which saw its profits slip at the end of 2003, has acquired UK flaked fats company Kelanco, and with it a drive into value-added speciality fats for the booming UK convenience food market.
Cognex has launched a new suite of hand-held industrial ID readers, designed to make traceability within food production more efficient and easier to access.