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Two new wineries to open in Argentina
In Argentina Roberto Luka and Manuel Gallardo, former General Mangers of the wineries Finca Flichman and Seagram have decided to open their own respective wineries...
Inland acquires Mack Packaging Group's converting operations
US company Inland Paperboard and Packaging has announced that it has acquired the converting operations of Mack Packaging Group, in Chicago, Illinois, and Mishawaka, Indiana....
Snow Brand consolidate
Scandal-tainted Japanese milk processor Snow Brand has confirmed that, following a merger with two other Japanese farm cooperatives, it is to close down five plants...
Strong outlook for Rexam
Rexam, the global food and beverage packaging manufacturer, has boosted longer-term confidence within its sector after chairman, Jeremy Lancaster, made positive comments about its outlook...
Mixed results for BOC Group
The UK-based BOC Group, which provides the food processing and glass packaging industries with gas services and related products on a global basis, has reported...
API upgrades prospects for H2
The chairman of UK Packaging maker API Group, David Hudd, said prospects for the current year are encouraging and he predicted an improved performance for...
Danish Crown merger creates cut-backs
Danish Crown, the European meat processor, is proposing to cut staff by 115 as part of the integration of Danish Crown and Steff-Houlberg. The reduction,...
Schawk buys out Laserscan Group
North America's leading provider of digital imaging prepress services to the food and beverage industry, Schawk, has announced that it has entered into an agreement...
Graham Packaging posts mixed results
Graham Packaging Holdings, a US-based international manufacturer of blow-moulded plastic containers for the food and beverage industries has reported that unit sales increased 11 per...
Sudfleisch returns to profit
Sudfleisch, the German meat processing group, showed a group turnover dip of 6 per cent for 2001, to €1.37 billion. However, the net result rose...
Sysco on the up
Sysco, the largest supplier to the US food service industry, has posted its 104th consecutive quarter of sales and earnings growth. The company announced that...
Healthy profits for Danish Crown
The Danish Crown group, a leading pork meat processor, made an interim profit of DKK 578 million (€77m) for the first half of the financial...
Profits dip for UK milk processor
UK milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported a decline in pre-tax profit after losses and costs associated with reorganisation and an inquiry by Britain's...
Continued losses for EarthShell
EarthShell, the US food service packaging design company, has announced another disappointing first quarter result. The first quarter net loss for the period ending 31...
Strong 1Q for Krones, but future growth expected to slow
Krones, the German-based manufacturer of bottling plant equipment, this year reported first-quarterly turnover up by 16.6 per cent to €344.8 million and incoming orders up...
Jefferson Smurfit weighs US bid
Irish-based international paper and packaging giant Jefferson Smurfit Group (JS) has announced that it has received a bid approach from US private equity firm Madison...
US associate behind Jefferson Smurfit's IQ decline
A poor performance from one of its US subsidiaries dragged down first-quarter profits at Jefferson Smurfit, the Irish paper and packaging business at the centre...
Amcor buys its way into leading PET position
Amcor, the fast-growing Australian packaging group, has confirmed that it is to buy most of the assets of Schmalbach-Lubeca, its German rival, in a $1.56...
Oland Breweries investing in Nova Scotia brewery
Canadian company Oland has begun a C$14 million (€9.8m) investment to expand brewing capacity at its 135-year-old brewery in Halifax. Construction on the project began...
ADM may purchase Minnesota Corn Processors
US-based Minnesota Corn Processors (MCP) has announced that it is engaged in preliminary discussions with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) regarding a potential sale of...
Dean Foods buys soymilk maker
Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US, has agreed to pay $189 million for the 64 per cent stake it does not already...
Pepsi buys Mexican bottler
Pepsi Bottling Group has announced a non-binding agreement that could allow it to buy Mexican Pepsi-Cola bottler Pepsi-Gemex. Pepsi-Gemex, the second largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola...
DT Industries reports drop in 3Q results
DT Industries, a US-based engineering-driven designer, manufacturer and integrator of automation systems and related equipment used to package food, has reported a net loss of...
Amcor buys Schmalbach-Lubeca
Australian packaging company Amcor has said it plans to buy the polyethylene container and closure assets of Germany's Schmalbach-Lubeca for A$2.875 billion (€1.7bn). Amcor said...
Sadia profits rise
Brazilian pork and poultry processor Sadia has seen an 11 per cent rise in its gross profits for the first quarter of the year, rising...
