Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Latvija is boosting its cookie production with a new plant in Latvia, which will be the biggest of its kind in the Baltics and Scandinavia.
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...
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.
Latvian government 'meddling' in a dispute between one of the
country's leading sugar processors and its beet suppliers is
motivated by the desire to make a rival sugar processor a more
attractive takeover target, according...
The Danish Brewery Group, Denmark's second largest beer maker, has
strengthened its position in the Baltic markets through the
acquisition of a controlling stake in Lacplesa Alus, Latvia's
number three brewer.
A number of the leading players from the bakery sectors in the
Baltic States have announced strong first half results in the past
week. The results for Latvia's Hanzas Maisnica, together with
Lithuanian players Vilniaus Duona...
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...
Fazer Maiznica Druva, the second largest bread maker in Latvia, has
refitted one of its production facilities in the city of Ogre, some
40 kilometres outside the capital Riga.
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.
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...
Spilva, the largest Latvian condiment manufacturer, has increased
sales of its range of cold sauces and salad dressings with metal
closures from Closures Europe, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings.
