Greenpeace has stepped up its campaign against board supplier Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) by claiming that fast food giant
- Norbev increases turnover by over 50% following £300,000 investment in skills development Ballymena -based soft drinks manufacturer, Norbev has increased its turnover by over 50 per cent following an investment of almost £300,000 in the up-skilling of its staff. Founded in 1919,...
- The next generation of on premise consumers: how to win Ireland’s Gen Z spend Gen Z consumers are some of most frequent visitors to Ireland’s pubs, bars and restaurants. However, younger adults have been more affected by the cost-of-living crisis than older consumers –...
- Glanbia to expand its Nutritional Solutions business with $300 million acquisition Glanbia plc, the Better Nutrition company, has agreed to acquire US-based Flavor Producers LLC for an initial consideration of $300 million plus deferred consideration. Flavor Producers is a leading flavour platform...
- Booze brands remain on top in annual ranking of top 25 Irish brands Valued at EUR2.4 billion, Guinness remains the most valuable Irish brand for the third consecutive year, according to new data from Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy. Guinness continues to leverage its...
- Refresco expands in North America Refresco, the global independent beverage solutions provider for global, national, and emerging (GNE) brands and retailers in Europe, North America, and Australia, has completed the acquisition of VBC Bottling Company....
The AccuVeyor® AVD offers Dynamic Accumulation and saves valuable floor space. Its usable length can be expanded to overcome micro-stops
Premier Foods has agreed to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan of Japan for a cash
A famous food manufacturer uses a Mecmesin peel testing system to reduce wastage from seal adhesive defects and provide their
MULTIVAC has launched a new design of traysealing tool for air-packs which combined with a new infeed system delivers significantly
Cama Group realised this packaging system for the case packing of cans of different dimensions, containing instant powder for coffee/cappuccino.
AMI Consulting, Bristol, 24/10/2012– According to a recently published study by leading industry consultants, Applied Market Information Ltd (AMI Consulting),
TerraCycle has announced that it is celebrating a new milestone after the company’s recycling and fundraising ‘Brigade’ programmes diverted their
MetalMatters, the metal packaging recycling campaign, has launched what it calls its most ambitious campaign to date, in partnership with
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has opened a brand new education centre at Continuum Recycling – its joint venture with Eco Plastics
The ban on cash transactions for scrap metal will end cash for cans schemes, despite lobbying from Aluminium Packaging and
The Packaging sector in Catalonia accounts for a turnover of 4.600 million Euros through the productivity of 550 companies employing
The wine and spirit industry have been using PET bottles for miniatures and flasks for over twenty years, initially the
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, November 1, 2012 Vitablend, the premium provider of nutrition fortification and protection solutions, opened a new state
Frutarom Health, USA, is pleased to announce that starting mid November 2012, its patented HyperPure® technology, developed and used to
With food and pharmaceutical manufacturers looking to extract every ounce of value from their assets, the potential benefits to be
Sato, supplier of integrated Automatic Identification and Data Collection solutions based on barcode and RFID technologies, is participating in the
Sato, supplier of integrated Automatic Identification and Data Collection solutions based on barcode and RFID technologies, is participating in the
Since its initial implementation in 2011 the Empirica warehouse management system provided by Chess Logistics Technology has supported rapid growth
Burton’s Foods came to Crown Conveyors with a need to divert product to an auto packing station and hand packing
Holistic Margin Management award recognition of Smurfit Kappa’s support over the last 15 years The awards took place at the
The Holmen Group, which includes Iggesund Paperboard, has claimed that it is the only Swedish company to have been selected
Yorkshire based Potter Group Logistics has posted a set of strong financial results for the year ending April 2012. With
Premium adult soft drinks manufacturer Bottlegreen has handed its ‘Enjoy Hot’ cordial product a makeover Bottlegreen first launched its Enjoy
Global brand and creative design consultancy agency The Brand Union has created the new designs for Malibu’s limited edition Snowcoco
Spiroflow Ltd are a leader in the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of bulk materials and ingredients handling and processing
Executives from developer Gazeley and A.G. Barr – the soft drinks manufacturer behind popular drinks IRN-BRU, Rubicon and TIZER –
The REVO TC combines a temperature controller, solid state relay (SSR) thyristor, quick blow fuse protection and current monitoring –
Chocolate bars and wafer biscuits maker OP Chocolate has announced that its investment in a 53LTi thermal transfer printer from
Food packaging machinery specialist Tna has claimed that it has launched the world’s first vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS)
Start-up business Conversion has clinched deals to distribute Highcon’s digital cutting and creasing machine, the Euclid, and the Scodix suite
Mettler-Toledo Safeline has launched an x-ray detection machine that is claimed to operate using less power The X3310 is
CRP Print & Packaging has beefed up its pre-print business by installing a new ink dispensing facility and laboratory.
22nd October 2012: As the largest packaging supplier in the UK, Invopak recognises the industry’s need to take environmental issues
Link Design provides bespoke prototypes to meet clients’ needs and create a uniquely tailored service Let’s face it, most of,
By Stephen Jacobs, Global Product Manager, Fruit and Vegetables, Bühler. As consumers and retailers continue to demand uniformity in
PepsiCo and Tingyi, one of the leading food and beverage companies inChina, have official opened a new beverage manufacturing plant
By Hitesh Hirani,Group Technical Director of Lock Inspection With food and pharmaceutical manufacturers looking to extract every ounce of
Research just published by Grant Thornton highlights that the Irish food and beverage sector needs to look beyond the ‘greenness’
Tetra Pak has invested €25m in its packaging material plant in Turkey The aseptic carton firm said that its plant
Heinz has installed a new Kawasaki end-of-line palletising system at its Telford production facility The new Kawasaki system palletises ‘single
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, intends to build a new malt whisky distillery
Glanbia Dairy Ingredients Ireland has been presented with the global award for ‘Best in Relative Carbon Reduction (2011-12)’ at the
The Nestlé Cocoa Plan, which was scaled up this year to increase the sustainable supply of quality cocoa and the
The challenge of working with an iconic brand on a new product project places a large amount of responsibility with
Taste? Profit? Packaging? Control? Concept? Customers? Whatever you need for your business, you’ll find something to celebrate at Gulfood, the
C&C Group, the Irish and UK branded cider and beer producer, is acquiring the Vermont Hard Cider Company, an independent,
British Lion egg processors are urging UK food manufacturers and retailers to reconsider their purchasing policies following another outbreak of
International Flavors & Fragrances plans to invest over $50 million in its existing flavors facility in Gebze, Turkey over the
FoodTech, taking place in Herning, Denmark, is Northern Europe’s leading trade fair for the food industry and its suppliers of