News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The European Bank (EBRD) has bought a €10m stake in Russian cake and biscuit producer Hlebprom, a partnership that will have financial as well as strategic benefits for the bakery manufacturer, said the bank.
Dispatches from Interpack 2011
Safety, sustainability and convenience were the main themes of Interpack 2011, and we caught up with the show's organisers to determine the health of the European food packaging industry.
DISPATCHES FROM INTERPACK 2011
Environmental sustainability offers a key opportunity for the United States food packaging sector, a US executive told delegates at a seminar at the Interpack trade event in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Improved food packaging can help to cut the 1.3bn tons of food produced for human consumption which is either lost or wasted each year, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation.