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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...

Seafood processing benefits from ozone

13-May-2002 - Ozone, long known as a protective shield between humans and the sun's rays, has a new use in the seafood industry. Researchers from the NorthCarolina...

Russian-Icelandic processing venture

13-May-2002 - Russia and Iceland are considering setting up a joint enterprise for processing fish in Northern Russia. Sources with the information and analysis centre at the...

Alcan revamps slow aluminium can recycling

13-May-2002 - Alcan's US subsidiary Alcan Aluminium, the top US recycler of used beverage cans, has said revamps at some of its plants slowed its recycling to...

Langa to open Russian plant

13-May-2002 - Latvian packaging producer Langa will open a plant for the production of confectionery packaging in St Petersburg this month, the company has confirmed. Langa invested...

Crown Cork & Seal builds Zeller Plastik facility

10-May-2002 - Crown Cork & Seal, the US food and beverage packaging specialist, has announced the groundbreaking of a 112,000-square-foot expansion to Zeller Plastik, its plastic closures...

Beringer Blass Wine plans new winery in Napa

10-May-2002 - Beringer Blass Wine Estates, the Californian wine producer which is a division of Australian Fosters Group, is in the early planning and permitting phase for...

Food and packaging mini-plants

10-May-2002 - Science Network is set to supply to countries and developing regions with the technology and the necessary support for the production-in-series of mini-plants in mobile...

10-May-2002 - International dairy specialists have rated New Zealand company Fonterra's alliance with food giant Nestle a "spectacular" teaming among companies targeting the rich American market. The...

UK chicken plant closure

10-May-2002 - Grampian Country, the Scottish food group, is to close its site at Newbridge, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, with the loss of almost 547 jobs....

Filipino Food processors launch trade offensive

08-May-2002 - Filipino food processors are calling for a summit meeting on food quality so its industry and government can develop "offensives" to counter the rising protectionism...

Food packaging companies await clarification of EU recycling directive

08-May-2002 - The European food packaging industry has turned its eyes on the UK to determine what moves its Government will take with regards the classification of...

Fleming to close two distribution centres

08-May-2002 - Fleming, the US grocery supplier, is closing two distribution centres despite reporting a 60 per cent rise in income. Although the company has beat analyst...

Flexi-packaging faces up to globalisation

08-May-2002 - A recent report suggests that the future consolidation of flexible packaging companies serving the food and beverage industry is set to re-shape the segment. In...

Food industry gets new exhibition

08-May-2002 - A new exhibition has been launched for the European processing and packaging market by the Process and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA), with the support of...

Interpack attracts largest visitor numbers yet

08-May-2002 - This year's Interpack, the international trade fair for the food packaging industry held in Düsseldorf, Germany, attracted 175,000 visitors from 103 countries and 2,557 exhibitors...

Argentina reopens 32 meat processing plants

07-May-2002 - Argentina has reopened 32 meat processing plants in the past four months thanks to a recovery in beef sales to the European Union (EU) and...

Convenience driving food innovation

07-May-2002 - A quick tour through this year's supermarket industry trade show in Chicago on Sunday proves the trend toward convenience shows no sign of abating, as...

Ethanol plants releasing toxins, EPA reports

07-May-2002 - Factories in the US that convert corn into the gasoline additive ethanol are releasing carbon monoxide, methanol and some carcinogens at levels "many times greater"...

Patrick Cudahy opens bacon processing facility

07-May-2002 - US bacon processor Patrick Cudahy celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art bacon and sausage facility recently. The expansion will increase production capabilities in...

Smithfield to close plant by year-end

06-May-2002 - Smithfield Foods, the giant US meat processor, is to close a small production facility in Norfolk, Virginia, by the end of the year, laying off...

Cautious optimism about machinery sales

03-May-2002 - Spending for packaging machinery in the United States is expected to increase this year, but only by a modest 1.5 to 2.5 per cents, according...

New bottle line brewing at Molson

03-May-2002 - Canadian brewer Molson has announced plans to invest $34.8 million (€24.6 million) in upgrades at its Toronto brewery as the first installment in a $100...

Brazilian meat-processor closes Argentine plant due to crisis

03-May-2002 - Sadia, Brazil's largest meat-processing company, has announced plans to close its distribution centre in Argentina as a result of that country's economic crisis. According to...

Ardagh may open different business

03-May-2002 - Ardagh will consider locating a different business in the glass bottle plant it is closing in Ringsend, Dublin, its chief executive said. At present, Ardagh...