Innovation including new nuts and chocolate products has contributed to a strong performance by the confectionery and snacks division of Norwegian-based business Orkla.
Belgian supplier Puratos says its undisclosed acquisition this week of 17-year-old Latvian fruit fillings firm, Pure Food, is about expansion into the central and eastern European and Nordic regions – and the supermarket channel - but its artisanal customer...
The dominant position of two Finnish bakery manufacturers in the Baltics will make it difficult for Estonian’s Eesti Pagar to boost the market share of the Latvian baked goods producer that it acquired a stake in this week, claims an industry analyst.
An industry body has hailed plans by Latvia to adopt EU standards on bioplastics as a way to boost the national industry and set an example to pave the way for greater investment in the Eastern European sector.
Finnish dairy products company Valio is to acquire Norwegian firm
Synnöve Finden's 42 per cent holding in Estonian cheese producer
Võru Juust, leaving Valio with a 99 per cent stake in Võru Juust.
Croatian food group Podravka says it is looking to expand
production at its Polish production facility to keep up with
demands in the Polish market and to increase exports to other EU
countries.
Lithuanian grain producer Malsena says that its move towards
multi-functional food manufacturing has meant challenges finding
skilled staff to operate its new pasta line. In its quest the
company says that it will have to turn towards...
Latvian fruit and vegetable processing company Pure Food says that
it has reached an agreement with a major Chinese shopping chain to
supply its products there.
One of Lithuania's leading grain processors, Malsena, has announced
that it is to invest in a pasta manufacturing venture aimed at
diversifying its current product portfolio and turning its
operations multifunctional.
The Latvian Minister of Agriculture has proposed that the Latvian
government acts as a medium between the EU and Russia in an effort
to promote greater trade between the two for food products.
The Estonian Brewers' Association is concerned that a requirement
to buy back empty beer cans for recycling could get out of hand
once the country joins the EU in May. Trans-border purchases of
beer, already very high, will increase...
Kalev, Estonia's leading confectionery producers, has acquired 99.1
per cent of compatriot Jarle, a producer of sweet and savoury baked
goods, according to the Baltic News Service.
Following a strong third financial quarter, Baltic Beverages
Holding - a 50 per cent joint venture with Scottish & Newcastle
and Denmark's Carlsberg, says it is set for further production
expansion in the coming financial...
Chips Group, the Nordic snack maker, continued its steady growth in
the first nine months of the year, helped by acquisitions in Sweden
and Russia. But while the group said it expected further gains in
most markets this year, it also...
Finland's Chips group is to expand its operations to Russia by
acquiring the Russian Snack Company. The group sees major potential
in a market where annual consumption of snacks is just 0.3kg per
head.
Suominen Corporation is to expand the Poland plant operated byits
Flexible Packaging business area. The investment, which amounts to
€7 million, will double the plant's present capacity.