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Heinz and Conagra launch new ketchup packaging

23-May-2002 - Heinz and Conagra Foods went head-to-head in the US this week when they simultaneously unveiled new inverted squeeze ketchup bottles designed to pour ketchup from...

New vitamin packaging

22-May-2002 - UK vitamin company Vitapak is launching a new packaging concept in the vitamins, minerals and supplements market. The VitaPak range of the top six essential...

American Italian Pasta begins work on new plant

22-May-2002 - American Italian Pasta Company has begun renovations to produce pasta at an existing food plant previously occupied by Borden Foods in Tolleson, Arizona - according...

Sweetheart Cup and EarthShell sign agreement

22-May-2002 - Single-use food service disposables manufacturer Sweetheart Cup and EarthShell have signed a letter of intent naming Sweetheart the primary North American supplier of EarthShell Packaging....

Fazer to build new bakery

22-May-2002 - Bakery giant Fazer Leipomot (Fazer Bakeries), a subsidiary of Finnish food giant Fazer Group, has revealed that it is to build a new 1,800 square...

AgIon Technologies announces licensing agreement

22-May-2002 - A licensing agreement has been signed between US-based Colorcon, a division of Berwind Pharmaceutical Services, and AgIon Technologies, enabling Colorcon to use the AgIon antimicrobial...

Japan to help modernise Vietnam's food technology

21-May-2002 - The Japan International Agency (JICA) has signed the record of discussion for a five-year technical cooperation project to help strengthen food production and processing methods...

Tetra Pak to package dry foods

21-May-2002 - Tetra Pak's first 50 years have seen it become the undisputed world leader in liquid food cartons. Now it wants to grab a share of...

Salmon farms approved at Shetland sites

21-May-2002 - Two Scottish fish farming developments have been approved by the local planning authority despite opposition from Friends of the Earth (FoE). Shetland Islands Council's marine...

Name change for packager

21-May-2002 - UK packaging firm Rexam Combibloc has been renamed, following a change of ownership. The company, which is based in Houghton-le-Spring, was established in 1974 and...

Spanish plant for Crown Cork and Seal

17-May-2002 - Crown Cork and Seal, the US-based international supplier of packaging products, has reported that construction of its new $40 million (€43 million) beverage can manufacturing...

Amcor now positioned for dominance

17-May-2002 - Amcor, the Australian packaging company, is now positioning itself to become a global leading in beverage packaging production. Chief executive, Russell Jones is playing a...

Processing could be bad for your health

16-May-2002 - Temperature, air quality, dampness and noise are some of the causes of the high number of sick days in the seafood processing industry. The results...

Owens Brockway Reopens Idled Bottle Plant

16-May-2002 - US company Owens Brockway, a division of Owens Illinois Glass Container has recently reopened a 96-year-old glass bottle plant in Pennsylvania which had been idle...

Fast-food firms seek Thai chicken processors

16-May-2002 - Global fast-food chains, particularly Tricon and McDonald's, are turning more to Thai processed chicken supplies, due to problems related to bird flu in other producing...

UK fails EU target

16-May-2002 - The UK failed to meet its overall packaging waste recovery target last year, Environment Minister Michael Meacher has announced. However, targets for recycling individual materials...

Glanbia plant to close

15-May-2002 - Food producer Glanbia is to make 717 staff redundant after announcing plans to close its struggling sliced cooked meats plant in Britain. The Irish firm...

New closures for Crown Cork & Seal

15-May-2002 - US-based Crown Cork & Seal, one of the global leaders in beverage packaging and design, has launched a new closure for the beverage industry aimed...

Heinz and Campbell execs co-chair food processor audits

15-May-2002 - The US Food Processors Association's Supplier Audits for Food Excellence (NFPA-SAFE) Programme has announced that Catherine Adams, general manager of Quality Assurance for Heinz USA...

Sunrise Soya opens new plant

15-May-2002 - Canadian soya processor Sunrise Soya Foods is opening a new tofu manufacturing plant in Toronto to help facilitate the launch of its newest brand, Pete's...

Filipino food processors win sugar war

14-May-2002 - Filipino processed food exporters said in a recent statement that they expect the government to finally give them the go signal to directly import sugar...

Crown Cork & Seal wins awards

14-May-2002 - Crown Cork & Seal Company recently received a number of awards for its closures, design and its self-heating can. The company received the WorldStar Award...

Concern over role of Smurfit non-executive

14-May-2002 - One of three Jefferson Smurfit non-executive directors appointed by the board to give an impartial assessment of a takeover offer backed by management fails to...

Findus renovates French fish plant

14-May-2002 - Sweden's frozen food giant Findus has revealed that it is to invest €3.8 million on the renovation of its plant in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, according...

SSF starts Spanish expansion

13-May-2002 - Norway-based Stolt Sea Farm Holdings (SSF), the world's largest producer of farmed turbot, halibut, sturgeon caviar and bluefin tuna, and a wholly owned subsidiary of...