One of NutraIngredients.com’s sister websites, www.foodmanufacture.co.uk, received a new look this week with a full redesign, daily dedicated news updates, easier navigation, and many new features.
Dutch bakery ingredients supplier CSM, in releasing its 2009 full year results, said it saw more consolidation in the industry with the expected narrower supplier base leading to synergy savings and thus lower costs for the industrial, artisan and in-store...
Finnish food and agriculture firm Lannen Tehtaat has announced that it will combine the operations of its subsidiaries Avena Nordic Grain Oy and Mildola Oy.
As 2008 draws to a close, BakeryandSnacks.com recalls some of the mergers and acquisitions that have seen consolidation of bakery manufacturing over the past year.
The Swiss takeover board has rubberstamped the merger of Irish bakery group IAWS with Swiss-based baker Hiestand, clearing a further hurdle to create €2.5bn firm Aryzta with access to nearly a billion consumers.
This week, Flower Foods bakery continues its geographical expansion
plans with its acquisition of ButterKrust bakery, and Kellogg
acquires a major Chinese cookie company.
A packaging group is forming to challenge Tetra Laval's pole
position following Carter Holt Harvey's announcement of the
purchase of International Paper's beverage unit.
Cargill has welcomed the EC's decision to approve its acquisition
of Degussa's food ingredients operations, claiming that the
decision will accelerate the company's focus on creating value and
growth for its customers.
Two leading European manufacturers of oils and fats for the food
industry last week joined forces in a move the companies hope will
allow them to significantly expand their businesses in the US and
Northern Europe.
The decrease in merger and acquisition activity in the European
food processors market in 2004 appears to have been a pause as
buyers digest previous purchases before filling up on further deals
this year, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)...
German-based Siegwerk said it will acquire SICPA's packaging ink
division for an undisclosed sum to become the world's secondlargest
manufacturer of packaging ink.
The Competition Commission (CC) today announced it has
provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Napier Brown
Foods (NBF) of James Budgett Sugars (JBS), but voiced concerns
about the lack of competition in the UK sugar...
Alcan's hostile takeover of its French counterpart Pechiney has
become a friendly bid following the acceptance of a revised offer
for the company by Pechiney's board. But getting regulatory
approval may prove harder.
Aluminium packaging specialist Alcoa has merged its Reynolds and
Ivex subsidiaries to create a new company, Reynolds Food Packaging,
with a strong position in the foodservice sector.
The Burns Philp hostile bid for Australia's biggest food company
appears to be far from over with the ingredients and yeast company
yesterday referring its bid to the Australian Takeovers Panel - the
principal forum for resolving...