French industrial designer Petit Romain has created a Heineken cube concept Romain imagined enjoying Heineken out of a square bottle
- 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....
- Deposit Return Scheme surpasses 20 million drinks containers collected since launch Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme, Re-turn, has achieved a significant milestone, collecting over 20 million drinks containers since its inception on February 1. This achievement was reached on March 29. Re-turn recorded...
- DS Smith, invests €6 million in state of the art 4-colour converting machine for EERBEEK Packaging Plant in the Netherlands in response to demand for Sustainable Plastic Replacement & Fibre-Based Packaging Solutions LONDON, Wednesday 3rd April 2024 – DS Smith, a leading global sustainable fibre-based packaging company, is investing in its Eerbeek packaging plant in the Netherlands in response to the growing...
Food packaging specialist’s ultra modern production facility is operational and geared to meet highest hygiene, quality and environmental standards FærchPlast
NACCO Materials Group (NMHG) has announced the proposed acquisition of assets and facilities of Barloworld Handling UK by Briggs Equipment
Packaging kit manufacturer Schubert UK, a subsidiary of Gerhard Schubert, will be celebrating 10 years of business in the UK
Potter Group Logistics, one of the UK’s leading logistics service providers for specialist goods, has just received its BRC Global
Strong performances in emerging markets have helped Diageo to achieve organic growth of 6% in net sales to £10.76 billion
UK fresh produce company AKP Group has invested nearly £3 million into making northern Lincolnshire a central hub for the
Eden Springs, Europe’s leading workplace drinks provider, has taken another important step in the roll-out of its hot beverage portfolio
Based on its recent research on the soy ingredients market, Frost & Sullivan has presented Fitorex with the 2012 European
The Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), a leading supplier of rigid, attractively labelled packaging for consumer goods in Europe, is presenting
Greencore Group has acquired International Cuisine, a private label chilled ready meal business, from the Hain Daniels Group in the
Premier Foods has agreed to sell its sweet spreads and jellies business, including the Hartley’s, Robertson’s, Frank Cooper, Keiller, Gales
UK regional brewer Adnams has increased operating profit by 5.5% to £857,000 on turnover up 5.1% to £25.7 million for
Heineken has reported a 4.5% organic increase in revenue to Eur8.8 billion for the first half of 2012, driven by
The eclipse range of tray sealers has been developed to set new standards for reliability, ruggedness and return on investment
Loma Systems is launching its next generation CW3 Checkweigher and IQ3+ Metal Detector Combination machine. This compact and versatile machine
Now with £12m turnover, 160 employees and landing major deals with supermarket giants nationwide such as Sainsbury’s, Higgidy Pies needed
The Co-operative Food has switched the packaging on its own-brand onion range to a recyclable material The retailer said that
Following eighteen years of complex negotiations, Russia has become a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This long-awaited moment
Carlsberg Group has acquired a 12.1% stake in Baltika Breweries for an undisclosed sum to increase its ownership of the
Patrick Ricard, chairman of Pernod Ricard, has died suddenly. He was part of the French and international drinks group since
Invopak have launched a complete new range of plastic tubs and buckets designed to provide customers with a number of
The demands on packaging performance can sometimes be high, especially in the food industry – and a new project for
Invopak is delighted to announce its latest Distribution Agreement – a partnership with Warsaw based Plast Service Pack (PSP) estimated
Orkla has taken a significant step towards becoming a pure play branded consumer goods company by agreeing to acquire the
The UK’s traditional smoked fish industry is to benefit from European and industry funding to promote awareness and increase sales
Maurizio Brusadelli (pictured) has been appointed as president of Kraft Foods UK & Ireland, replacing Nick Bunker, who is leaving the
Metal detector specialist Lock Inspection Systems will announce at PPMA Show 2012 (stand A53) upgrades to their range of INSIGHT
This year’s PPMA Show will see the launch of a new generation of Tray Erector by end-of-line machinery specialists Endoline.
Ilapak will demonstrate its Vegatronic 2000 OF form, fill and seal machine at this year’s PPMA show. The Vegatronic 2000
Total global fish production, including both wild capture fish and aquaculture, reached an all-time high of 154 million tons in
Ireland remains the UK’s largest export market for food and drink which is why UK Trade & Investment has arranged
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours is launching a range of ingredient and flavour solutions new to the Russian market at Agroprodmash,
The latest Tundra range of refrigeration air dryers, now available from Hi-line Industries Ltd, have been designed to the highest
WWEM 2012, the 5th in a series of highly successful environmental monitoring events, will return to the Telford International Centre
Premier Foods, the UK’s largest food producer, has extended its existing contract with Jigsaw, the specialist provider of large-scale managed
Major food and dairy producer Glanbia Consumer Foods has appointed Culina to manage the distribution of its chilled portfolio into
Shannon, Ireland, July 2012 – Shoes For Crews, a worldwide leading and fast growing supplier of slip resistant footwear and
Diageo, owners of Guinness, has unveiled a new global advert to launch the iconic beer brand’s annual Arthur’s Day celebrations.
Elderly people who consume the wolfberry fruit in a milk-based formula may strengthen their ability to fight certain infections, according
A clear opportunity exists for the Scottish dairy industry to tap into valuable export markets according to an interim report
Users of the SidePouch™ FAS SPrint Revolution food bagging system from Automated Packaging Systems are reporting increased productivity using fewer
In close co-operation with its customers, Stern Vitamin develops special vitamin and mineral premixes for foods, beverages and food supplements.
AMI is pleased to announce that the 4th edition of the Flexible Packaging Middle East conference will take place from
With the total amount of foreign fast food outlets in China set to break the 50,000 mark this year –
UK food group Premier Foods has appointed Jennifer Laing as a non executive director with effect from 1 October 2012.
Helped by market share gains in all regions, Carlsberg has reported a 47% rise in net profit to DKr3.28 billion