Silgan to acquire Graham Packaging for US$4.1bn
Silgan Holdings Inc has announced it is to buy Graham Packaging for US$4.1bn to create a global food and beverage packaging powerhouse with combined annual revenues reaching $6.2bn.
Archives for April 12, 2011
Callebaut leverages US growth with cocoa pilot testing site
Leading industrial chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut has opened its first cocoa pilot plant in North America, a move that follows its reported objective to grow its chocolate volume sales by between 6 to 8 per cent up to 2013.
EFSA sweetens industry with positive sugar replacement health claim opinions
Intense and bulk sweetener suppliers are basking in the glow of positive sugar replacement health claim opinions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) last week.