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Cork industry gets royal seal

17-Jun-2002 - The Prince of Wales has issued an attack on the environmental impact of using synthetic wine closures, boosting the cause of consumers and conservationists who...

Packaging plant opens in Patagonia

17-Jun-2002 - A cardboard packaging factory is to open in Chubut, Patagonia, aimed at satisfying the demands of the southern Argentine fishing industry, according to a report...

Tuna cannery expands

17-Jun-2002 - The only remaining tuna cannery in Australia has received a prestigious international food service award for the second year running, according to a report from...

Eastern Europe gives concern over food hygiene

14-Jun-2002 - Food processing manufacturers in Eastern Europe will have to invest substantially in food safety equipment if they are to obtain the food hygiene standards implemented...

Plastics packaging award

14-Jun-2002 - In the US the Dow Chemical Company has been presented with a National Medal of Technology in recognition of the advances it has made in...

Graham Packaging opens new plant on Danone site

14-Jun-2002 - Graham Packaging Company, a worldwide provider of customised blow-moulded plastic containers, has unveiled a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant located on site with a new filling facility...

Pigeon flies again

14-Jun-2002 - Debt-ridden Thai food packaging company Peace Canning, has had a debt revamp plan approved by creditors, countering reports that its Pigeon brand, Thailand's best-known food...

Welsh tin plate plant shifts to Netherlands

14-Jun-2002 - Anglo/Dutch company Corus is to send half of its 1,019 workforce at the soon to close Ebbw Vale tin plate plant in Wales to work...

Tin producer secures Iscor contract

14-Jun-2002 - South African tin producer Phamine Mining, which is to open a new smelter plant in Limpopo next month, has secured a tin supply contract for...

Crown Cork and Seal wins asbestos case

13-Jun-2002 - US law courts have ruled in favour of Crown Cork and Seal's motion for summary judgment, dismissing 376 pending asbestos cases against the company based...

US oilseed plants working to meet new EPA rules on hexane

13-Jun-2002 - Oilseed crushing plants across the United States are working to implement new rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to lower their emissions of hexane....

New shrimp feed plant

13-Jun-2002 - The Portuguese group Lusomar is planning to build a shrimp feed plant in the North Eastern state of Bahía. When operational, capacity will be 40,000...

Fruit contract for lock

13-Jun-2002 - Lock Inspections Systems has specified a custom-designed solution that has increased production efficiency while also protecting fruit and vegetables against bruising. Exotic Farms produces and...

Plastics packaging firm renamed

12-Jun-2002 - Following a management buyout, Rexam Closures & Containers, UK has been re-launched under its former name - Cope Allman Plastics Packaging. The company, which supplies...

Cut-backs for Copaga food plant

12-Jun-2002 - The vast majority of the workforce at Copaga's closure-threatened Spanish processing plant joined a weekend protest against layoffs at the company. More than 200 employees...

Meat packing idea ignites dispute

12-Jun-2002 - New Zealand plastics company Vertex is currently embroiled in an NZ$2 million (€2m) dispute with Wellington-based investment company Active Equities over a new chilled-meat packaging...

PMMI licenses Vastera

10-Jun-2002 - Vastera, provider of solutions for Global Trade Management, has been licensed by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute in an effort to enhance its members' trading...

HMSHost expands processing operations

10-Jun-2002 - HMSHost Corporation, the world's largest provider of food, beverage and retail concessions to the travelling public, is expanding its headquarters in Maryland, US, by adding...

Survey reveals consumption of processed, packaged foods set to increase

10-Jun-2002 - The future looks assured for the food packaging and processing industries, according to a survey conducted in the US by Madison Direct Marketing. The results...

DAK plans construction of PET unit

07-Jun-2002 - DAK Americas, a subsidiary of Grupo Alfa, Mexico, plans to begin construction of its second PET production unit at its South Carolina plant site later...

DS Smith wins ASDA award for packaging

07-Jun-2002 - At the inaugural ASDA Awards ceremony for outstanding supplier performance, the award for the Most Innovative Fresh Packaging was won by Hoppers Farmhouse Bakery for...

Survey reveals lack of knowledge about food safety equipment

07-Jun-2002 - Food manufacturers are failing food hygiene inspections often because they don't know where to turn for practical solutions, according to research carried out by UK...

Alcan strengthens position in China

07-Jun-2002 - Specialty aluminium packaging company Alcan has formed an agreement to set up a joint venture with leading Chinese aluminium company Qingtongxia Aluminum Company (QTX) for...

Beverages fuel sector growth

06-Jun-2002 - Bottling and can packaging providers should take note: three of the five fastest growing Food and Beverage categories in the global marketplace in 2001 were...

Acatris opens factory in the Netherlands

06-Jun-2002 - Acatris and Schouten Products have opened a new factory for the production of SoyLife (natural soy germ isoflavone concentrates) in Poederooijen, the Netherlands. The new...