Talking from the Brau Beviale trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Rexam executive John Revess outlined the lobbying and marketing work needed to improve the environmental image of the beverage can.
Galam Group has signed an agreement with Czech company VUC Services to develop new liquid sweetener blends, as part of its strategy to spread its reach into new European markets.
Investments in European food processing machinery R&D are up on 2008 levels, with considerable innovation noted among exhibiting companies, reports the organisers of a trade event in Paris next month.
UK competition authorities have outlined the reasons behind their backing of DS Smith’s takeover of French company Otor which was approved earlier this month.
Frozen food supplier Lantmännen Unibake has sought to strengthen its position in Central Europe with the acquisition of a Hungarian bakery from the milling group Elsö Pesti.
Demand for stand up pouches (SUP) in Europe is forecast to leap by at least 50 per cent to around 28 billion units by 2014 despite growth being hit by the world economic downturn, according to an industry report.
Recovery in the European meat packaging and processing equipment sectors will be led by increasing demand in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe and South America, said the German trade association.
Sealed Air Corps said it had made a “modest recovery” in the first quarter but that continuing economic weakness in Europe had held the company back. Its revival would instead be led by growth in emerging markets.
Bread ingredients supplier, Sonneveld, claims its takeover by Orkla Food Ingredients (OFI) will not result in a narrowing of the bakery ingredients supplier base due to OFI’s decentralized business model.
Smurfit Kappa Group’s (SKG) proposed acquisition of Mondi Group’s corrugated packaging division has been given the go-ahead by UK competition authorities. But the deal will not be a game-changing one for the market, said analysts.
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) announced today the completion of the deal to buy Mondi Group’s UK corrugated packaging business as part of €51m asset swap deal.
LyondellBasell Industries said it plans to close its polypropylene (PP) plant in Terni, Italy, as demand for the product continues to be hit by the global economic downturn.
Mondi said it has completed the switch of its corrugated and recycled containerboard packaging operations away from western Europe in a bid to combat overcapacity in region and cut costs.
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) announced its revenue dropped by 14 per cent to €6.1bn in 2009 after a “significant collapse in market demand and pricing” during the year.
The market for cartonboard and folded boxes is set to improve next year after a “difficult” two years as companies look to expand sustainable packaging options, forecasts a leading European trade body.
Destocking, and lower volume orders have kept flexible packaging demand static in 2009, but growth is expected to return, as packaged food takes off in India and China, according to a new report.
Global demand for bioplastics will rise more than fourfold to 900,000t by 2013 with a value of $2.6bn fuelled by high crude oil and natural gas prices, according to the latest report from market research group Freedonia.
Global demand for containerboard is forecast to rise over the next 15 years with Chinese consumption, expected to increase by nearly 7 per cent, leading the growth, according to a new report from RISI; the organization dedicated to providing information...
New EU legislation to authorise pesticides, based on hazard-based assessment rather than long-established scientific evaluation, threatens the future of European food production, warns Dominic Dyer, chief executive of the UK Crop Protection Agency.
Puratos’ picturesque innovation centre in the UK has become a hub of customer activity following a major refurbishment, able to speed product development to short deadlines and meet very British bakery tastes.
The bakery sector in Eastern Europe is catching the attention of international food companies as the market experiences growth in the region and shows future potential.
A China-based manufacturer of weighing and packaging products is looking for greater collaboration with confectioners and other food manufacturers to establish itself on the European market.
The Vandemoortele Group has announced its plans to take over Group
Panavi, expanding further its presence in the European frozen
bakery products market.
Ingredients firm Cargill yesterday completed the expansion of its
Polish wheat processing facility, designed to meet consumer demand
across the European bloc.
A new packaging product produced from chalk by Swedish firm Ecolean
has been launched in its home market after several successful years
in China and Russia.
Vivartia, Greece's largest food production company, yesterday
announced it is breaking into the US bakery market with its
acquisition of biscuit and cookie firm Nonni.
Heineken announced yesterday that it has doubled its forecast for
net profit growth, with strong sales in emerging markets offsetting
slow growth rates in Europe and the US.
European confectionery private label market share is continuing to
grow strongly, according the latest statistics by Neilsen for the
Private Label Market Association.
Central and Eastern European sugar processors are bearing the brunt
of new EU reforms due to dominant Western European companies within
the industry acting in a political and not economic manner, claims
an agricultural expert.
Scientists have identified a new gene in peanuts that codes for a
protein with no apparent allergic effects, research that opens up
the possibility of allergen-free GM nuts.
International packaging group Rexam will look to sell its PET
bottle facilities in Central and Eastern Europe as part of its
plans to focus on more globally recognised products like plastic
food packaging.
A handful of almonds, a rich source of flavonoid antioxidants,
vitamin E and magnesium, may enhance the feeling of fullness in
people and aid weight management, suggests a new study.
Driven by tougher waste legislation and set EU targets, the
recovery of plastics in the bloc is growing steadily, according to
a new report by Applied Market Information (AMI).
The Netherlands is the best place in Europe for food and drink
processors to locate manufacturing plants, according to a cost
comparison study by KPMG.
Operating profit was flat while sales rose only two per cent in
real terms for Unilever, which said yesterday its profit rose six
per cent in the first quarter of this year.
Recent research sheds new light on the allergenicity of lupin,
suggesting that common assumptions about the dangers of the
ingredient could be overblown.
Belgium and France remain top places for locating distribution or
logistics centres, while Eastern European companies are moving up
in rank as retailers expand in the region, according to a
consultancy report.
While exports of aluminium foil from Europe rose nine per cent in
2005, internal demand decreased by one per cent as manufacturers
continue to downgauge and source material elsewhere.
Europe's water treatment chemicals market is set for steady
expansion as regulatory authorities crack down industry's on waste
and water management, says a new report.
In a bid to return its European operations back to an acceptable
level of growth, Unilever today put up for sale most of its
underperforming frozen foods businesses, which includes four
manufacturing plants.
Food retail sales in all leading European countries are growing at
a historic rate with Hungarian and Czech Republic markets leading
the way, says new report.
PAI Partners' purchase of Crown Holdings' international plastic
closures business, most of which is based in Europe, could help
food processors here if the investment firm is able to make the
unitmore competitive.
A new fibre-based fat substitute that can reduce the fat content of
baked goods by 50 per cent is to be launched in Europe by Swiss
marketing group DKSH.
While cereal production in the EU will be 10 per cent below last
year's record harvests, food processors will not have to look to
imports to make up their requirements.
