News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Pactiv has purchased the stock of a manufacturer of absorbent products used in fresh meat, fish, poultry and produce and announced plans to expand a facility in Texas, with work starting at the end of 2012.
Dispatches from IBA 2012
Ingredients firm AB Mauri has a patented technology for reduced-fat tortillas that opens up opportunities in a vastly untapped market sector, a company director said.
UK meat products firm Pork Farms has speeded up production line changeovers through installing Allen Coding Systems' carton coding technology at its factory in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
UK distributor NFT is pumping millions of euros into its operations, having secured a five-year refinancing agreement with HSBC Midlands corporate banking team.
Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G) Group has selected Texas as the location for its one million ton polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant with construction expected before the end of 2013.
Jokey Plastik is investing €20m to build a plant in Russia with 50% dedicated to food packaging.
PepsiCo plans to invest about $38m on a new high-tech warehouse distribution system for its Frito-Lay factory and distribution center in Killingly, Connecticut.
Millions of Europeans are still at increased risk of heart disease due to consumption of artificial trans fatty acids, according to a new pan-European review published in BMJ Open.