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AGR Topwave introduces PET measuring system

06-Jun-2002 - Agr TopWave has introduced a new system to monitor the quality of PET production called the PETWallplus. The system is a non-contact device designed to...

Bigger show for ProPak 2002

06-Jun-2002 - The enormous growth rate in China's packaged and processed food and beverage markets is fuelling the interest that has led to the ProPak China show...

Hershey restarts plant with temp workers

05-Jun-2002 - Hershey Foods, unable to convince striking workers to accept a new contract calling for an increase in their health care costs, has restarted production at...

Farmland plants still fully operational

04-Jun-2002 - Farmland Industries has said that its pork plants are operating normally on the first working day after the largest US farm co-operative filed for Chapter...

Cargill to cut nearly 200 jobs at starch plant

04-Jun-2002 - Cargill, one of the largest US food processors, is to make about 200 workers redundant at the former Cerestar plant in Hammond, Indiana according to...

Aquaculture Technology Convention

03-Jun-2002 - Nagasaki is to play host to the 22nd Aquaculture Technology Convention - to be held on 19 and 20 September at Kabutogani Arena. It will...

Praxair opens US support centre

03-Jun-2002 - Praxair, the US-based provider of gas related services to the food and beverage industry, has opened its North American Specialty Gas Customer Technical Support Center,...

Bottling company improves productivity

03-Jun-2002 - Neverfail Springwater, the Australian bottled water company, has reduced costs and increased productivity after installing equipment from CapSnap Water Group, part of USA-based Portola Packaging...

Rocky Mountain Chocolate wins packaging award

31-May-2002 - In the US, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has won the National Paperbox Association's Gold Award for its new line of gift packaging designed for franchised...

Reseal gears up for production

31-May-2002 - Advanced Technology Industries has announced that its subsidiary Reseal has signed agreements with German company Ranftl-Wekutec to commence mass production of the Starcan, a resealable...

Syskron wins dairy contract

31-May-2002 - The dairy producer Milchwerke Berchtesgadener Land Chiemgau in Bavaria, Germany is investing in a new warehouse logistics project. Syskron - a subsidiary of Krones -...

Snow Brand reduces stake in French wine

30-May-2002 - Japan's scandal-hit Snow Brand Milk Products has said that it now plans to cut its shares in a French winery joint venture as part of...

Farmland Foods to rebuild plant

30-May-2002 - In the US, farmer-owned Farmland Industries and subsidiary Farmland Foods have announced plans to rebuild their pork processing plant located in Albert Lee, Minnesota. The...

Strong growth forecast for Styrenic Resins

30-May-2002 - Phillip Townsend Associates (PTAI) has indicated that Styrenic Resins, which is widely used for packaging within the food and beverage industries, will become an increasingly...

Foodservice & Packaging Institute awards

30-May-2002 - In the US, a 24-ounce insulated beverage cup, produced by the DIXIE Foodservice Business of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, was named the "Best of the Best" in...

Sonoco closes US machinery operation

29-May-2002 - The US division of global packaging solutions provider Sonoco has announced it will close its machinery manufacturing operation in Fenton, Missouri, by the third quarter...

Equipment manufacturer sets up new facility

29-May-2002 - In the US R & D Equipment Company, which supplies processing equipment to the oilseed processing industry, has announced that it has moved into new...

Equipment ensures EarthShell expansion

27-May-2002 - EarthShell Corporation, the US provider of environmentally friendly food service packaging, has announced that its manufacturing partners will receive equipment performance guarantees from certified equipment...

Alaska fish plant upgrade

27-May-2002 - US-based Alaska Seafood International is to shut down for two weeks next month to retool its plant in advance of an expected rush of big...

Refinancing for Graham Packaging

27-May-2002 - Graham Packaging Company, a worldwide provider in the design, manufacture and sale of customised blow-moulded plastic containers, has announced that it is to sell stocks...

Space age food processing

24-May-2002 - US nutritional marine oil company Neptune Technologies & Bioressources has formed a partnership with NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center (NASA FTCSC). NASA FTCSC works...

FMI survey questions packaged meat

24-May-2002 - A recent Food Market Institute (FMI)survey conducted in the US has found that consumers prefer to buy their meat through an in-store fresh meat department with...

UK food processor faces uncertain future

24-May-2002 - The UK government hopes a buyer will be found soon for frozen foods processor Albert Fisher, which has called in the receivers after failing to...

FMI research suggests food companies are using technology to increase productivity

23-May-2002 - The food industry and its retailers are using technology to increase productivity and enhance customer service, according to the annual state-of-the-industry report released by the...

Lung damage link to food flavour production

23-May-2002 - Workers in the food-flavouring manufacturing industry may be at risk of developing an irreversible type of damage to the lungs, according to a study presented...