Haze from slash-and-burn agricultural has returned to Southeast Asia this year. Is it enough to wait for regulators to bring the (mainly palm oil) culprits to justice? Asian resource legal experts Rick Beckmann and Kresna Panggabean enter the storm.
Bosch has relocated its R&D activities to a new facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, having outgrown its previous location in various buildings across the city.
By Shane Starling at FI-Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia
From tea yoghurt to coffee fruit energy, portable water enhancement to Milo’s brand expansions, Mintel shared category-busting innovation at Food Ingredients-Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, this week.
Filipino food major Universal Robina Corp's has partnered with Calbee Inc., Japan's largest snack food company, a move that will further establish both firms in Philippines’ growing packaged food market.
Pringles brand awareness is varied across Asia Pacific but commercial innovations like seasonal marketing and in-store promotions should deepen traction, Kellogg’s Asia Pacific president says.
Puratos Group has inked a joint venture in Vietnam with Belgian chocolatier Grand-Place to seize on surging demand in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors in the country.
Crown Holdings has boosted its beverage can production capacity in South East Asia by around 600m a year following an acquisition in Vietnam, while signaling further output expansion in future.
Malaysian logistics group Haisan Resources is seeking to create a
regional hub for shipping temperature-controlled foods and
ingredients at an expanded facility in the Philippines.
Danisco Flavours has said that it will double its flavour
production in Asia with the construction of a brand new production
facility at its existing emulsifier and functional systems plant in
Penang, Malaysia.
Leading Australian biscuit manufacturer Arnott's Biscuits, part of
the global food giant Campbell Soup, says it wants to expands it
presence throughout the Asian region.
The US could see its share of the wheat market in Indonesia,
southeast Asia's biggest buyer, cut by half this year as a result
of surging freight tariffs. Rocketing prices are transforming
global food export markets as importers...
The price paid to British farmers for chicken needs to increase by
8p a kilogramme if the industry is to survive, the National Farmers
Union said yesterday. Poultry producers are getting an average of
2p less than the cost of production...
December is proving to be a good month for the UK pig industry. A
national pig health and welfare strategy has been launched, and the
government yesterday announced that the Japanese market to British
pork has officially been reopened....
Food processing and food science are the focus of the 8th ASEAN
food conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam this week. Organised
by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations the event will set
out to inspire new business opportunities...
Following the outbreak of sars in Asia, the organisers of ProPak
Asia have announced a surprise jump in visitor numbers compared to
last year's show attendance.
ProPak Asia 2003, one of Asia's leading packaging exhibitions, is
said to be the largest show in seven years - although the SARS
outbreak is expected impact final visitor numbers.
As part of its extrusion engineering expansion programme, global
technology group Buhler hasacquired the family-owned company
Millbank Technology in New Zealand.
German food equipment provider, Fristam, has established a new
company in Singapore as a means of ensuring its continued expansion
in the Asia Pacific region.
Thai Industrial Gases, a division of the worldwide BOC gas
processing company, has established spiral freezer manufacturing
capabilities to serve Asian food processors.
Danish food giant Danisco has confirmed the acquisition of flavours
company Perlarom, as it expands into the Southeast Asia flavours
market, according to a report from Dairy International.
A recent report from Primedia suggests that the future
consolidation of flexible packaging companies serving the food and
beverage industry is set to re-shape the segment.
Thailand's Useful Food, one of the country's largest snack
producers, has revised its regional growth plan by focusing on
Southeast Asia rather than the whole of Asia.