Golden Peanut Co., a subsidiary of Decatur, IL-based Archer Daniels Midland Co., has acquired an 80% ownership stake in the assets of a South African peanut business and a 50% ownership stake in a South African pecan business.
Mondi Group has unveiled a financial plan to spin off its South African packaging operations to give both businesses the flexibility to pursue different opportunities.
Nampak has announced that it plans to expand its packaging
operations beyond the low growth South African domestic market and
will initially drive its future growth by concentrating on its
European operations.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world's biggest bottler of Coke, is
switching to a box that stacks six rows two cans deep, with the
idea that a longer box will fit better in refrigerators.
