High distribution costs and no success in finding a European manufacturing partner has forced UK bread manufacturer Warburtons to end its export trial with Tesco across Central Europe.
Eastern Europe is spearheading growth in the packaging machinery
industry as new EU states attempt to muscle in on the Western
market, says a new report.
Slovakia's sole salt producer Solivary, which is based in Presov,
in eastern Slovakia, has confirmed that it is to invest Slovak
crowns 700 million (€17 mn) in a new salt plant in Zbudza, near
Michalovce in eastern Slovakia.
Vetropack, a leading Swiss-based manufacturer within the European
glass packaging industry, has agreed to acquire the Slovakian
glassworks Skloobal, Nemsová.