Splenda fights back
Tate & Lyle's Splenda brand in the news again this week as McNeil Nutritionals, the table-top supplier of this increasingly popular sweetener, takes the US sugar industry to court.
Archives for February 10, 2005
Orkla in acquisitive mood after solid financial results
Norwegian group Orkla has expressed interest in takeovers beyond its $1.76 billion bid for aluminium packaging manufacturer Elkem after it reported a stronger than expected 25 per cent rise in fourth quarter-core earnings.
RPC to unveil latest plastics innovations at Interpack
RPC plans to showcase its latest innovations in rigid plastics packaging, including an alternative to the tin can for food applications, at Interpack 2005.
Krispy Kreme crisis prompts redundancies
The cash-stricken Krispy Kreme doughnut company is to shed a quarter of its workforce in an attempt to overhaul losses as over-expansion and a lack of new products to appease health-conscious consumers threaten to send the firm under, reports Chris...
Nova plans Arcel resin expansion as demand soars
Nova Chemicals is to expand its Arcel mouldable foam resin manufacturing capacity to 100 million pounds per year by the end of 2006 to meet soaring demand.
Bidding starts soon for Degussa ingredients unit
Bidding for the food ingredients business at Degussa, Germany's third largest chemicals group, could be underway by the start of the second quarter.