Styrenics joint venture begins operations
A joint styrenics venture between two of the world’s biggest chemical companies has announced its official start of operations.
Archives for October 6, 2011
Ralcorp completes acquisition of Sara Lee's Refrigerated Dough ops
Ralcorp confirmed this week it had closed the $545m deal to buy Sara Lee’s Refrigerated Dough Business.
Study: children expect familiar snack foods to be more filling
A new study led by psychologists at the University of Bristol has found that when children are familiar with a snack food they will expect it to be more filling, suggesting that one way of preventing children from over-consuming snack foods is to give...
Boise reaches agreement to buy Hexacomb
Boise Inc said it has reached an agreement to take over the Hexacomb protective packaging business from Pregis Corporation for US$125m.
Canada’s ‘super’ bakery fires up the ovens
Maple Leaf Foods has opened a new commercial bakery it claims is the largest in Canada. The Canadian packaged food company has spent $100 million on creating the 385,000 sq ft facility, which is situated in the Red Hill Business Park in Hamilton, Ontario.