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New EU food laws make production harder

10-Jul-2002 - The EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection has said that new regulations for food safety will simplify the current regulations. However, warnings have been...

Coke buys Swiss bottler

10-Jul-2002 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling, the second largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, has announced that it will buy the Swiss mineral water bottling company Valser Mineralquellen. The...

Dor Chemicals to aquire packaging rival

10-Jul-2002 - Dor Chemicals has said that it has signed an agreement to purchase polypropylene packaging products maker Shorko Australia for $24 million (€24.1m) from Dutch chemical...

Pennexx Foods builds case-ready facility

10-Jul-2002 - Pennexx Foods, a leading provider of case-ready meat to US supermarkets, is teaming up with Marel USA, a subsidiary of one of the world's leading...

Bion to build dairy complexes

10-Jul-2002 - Dairy Park, LLC - a subsidiary of Bion Environmental Technologies - has entered into an agreement with investors Dr. Michael McCloskey and Timothy den Dulk...

Coke sells Australian bottling division

09-Jul-2002 - Soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil has sold its plastic bottle manufacturing operations in Australia and New Zealand to Visy Industries for AUS$157 million (€90m), according...

Packager wins safety award

09-Jul-2002 - Mondi Packaging UK's Great Yarmouth site has been awarded Silver in the Anglo American CEO competition for outstanding performance in occupational safety. As part of...

Nestlé to open new R&D centre

09-Jul-2002 - The research arm of the Nestle Group has said that in 2003 it will open its global culinary development and technology centre in Singen, Southern...

Cascades sells egg carton business

09-Jul-2002 - Cascades has signed an agreement with Brodrene Hartmann to sell all of its retail egg carton activities in Canada and the USA, allowing the Danish...

Russian firm invests in soy plant

09-Jul-2002 - The company group Tekhnomol has invested €3 million in the building of a plant in Lytkarino, near Moscow, that will make a product called 'soy...

Seafood processing survey yields surprising results

08-Jul-2002 - A Sea Fish Industry Authority survey carried out in the UK is showing primary processors are making bigger profits. According to the Seafish survey, seafood...

US ranchers sue meatpackers over packaged beef

08-Jul-2002 - Cattle ranchers from three US states have filed a lawsuit against the top four beef packers, accusing them of manipulating the price of cattle for...

Manufacturing alliance for Express Dairies

08-Jul-2002 - Express Dairies went some way towards lightening its crushing debt load yesterday, when it sold its UHT milk and Frome Creamery businesses to Milk Link...

Cheese factory is future for dairy

08-Jul-2002 - A small-scale dairy producer in Wisconsin, US, has built a state-of-the-art cheese-making facility that has turned a once floundering business into a success. The eternal...

Lonza invests in production

08-Jul-2002 - Switzerland's Lonza group has confirmed its commitment to the construction of a major new production facility in the town of Visp with the announcement of...

Tetra attacks EU veto

05-Jul-2002 - Tetra Laval, the packaging company, has accused the European competition watchdog of using a "flawed" theory and ignoring crucial evidence in last year's decision to...

Corus in takeover talks with Brazil's CSN

05-Jul-2002 - Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel and aluminium maker, revealed last night it was discussing a possible tie-up with the Brazilian steel producer Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN),...

EU orders Italy to end packaging restrictions

05-Jul-2002 - The European Commission said it has ordered Italy and Germany to end import restrictions in the food and beverage sectors that are in breach of...

05-Jul-2002 - Conglomorate Sime Darby of Malaysia has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Singapore-based Petra Food to manufacture and trade finished chocolate confectionery products. The agreement...

AptarGroup results conference

05-Jul-2002 - AptarGroup, the US-based manufacturer of dispensing systems for the food and beverage markets, will hold a conference call on Friday 19 July 2002 to discuss...

Nestlé to invest in Philippines manufacturing

05-Jul-2002 - Food manufacturer Nestle Philippines is to proceed with its P3 billion (€60m) investment project that will result in increased production capacity and the introduction of...

Alcoa updates acquisition announcement

04-Jul-2002 - Alcoa has announced that it has completed its previously announced agreement to acquire Chicago-based Ivex Packaging Corporation. The acquisition excludes Ivex's 48.2 per cent interest...

Meat scares continue in Japan

04-Jul-2002 - Just when the Japanese food industry appeared to be settling down after a period dogged with food scares and consumer fears, the industry was stung...

Economist tackles EU over blocked Tetra Laval deal

04-Jul-2002 - An economist has criticised Europe's antitrust watchdog saying it botched the analysis of the drinks packaging market, as a landmark appeal by the Swiss-based Tetra...

Astrapak consolidates second spot in SA

04-Jul-2002 - South African packaging group Astrapak says it has consolidated its place as the country's second largest packaging group, after its shareholders approved a R123 million...