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Special Edition: Food Factory Careers

Profile of a plant manager

By Helen Glaberson

Production manager Sven-Arne Löfving is soon to retire after spending almost 30 years in the food production industry. In the third part of FoodProductionDaily's special edition on food factory careers, he talks about what it takes to run a successful...

Spanish team flags up 'right' formulation for functional bread

By Jane Byrne

A blend of oat, rye, and buckwheat flours with wheat flour ensures a bread with added value in terms of nutrition, palatability, shelf life and ease of handling during processing, in comparison to bread from whole grain flours, finds a Spanish study.

Partners poised to ink PLA joint venture

By Rory Harrington

CSM subsidiary Purac and Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL) are poised to reach agreement on setting up a polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Thailand to produce high quality material for the food packaging, textile and car industries.

Donegal bakery jobs 'saved' by former owner's buy out

By Jane Byrne

The fresh bread section of Irish business, Gallagher's Bakery, has been bought out by its former owner from Swiss company Aryzta, who announced last month that 124 jobs would be lost at the facility in Donegal following the closure of its frozen food...