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Pigeon flies again
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Acatris opens factory in the Netherlands
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...
AGR Topwave introduces PET measuring system
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
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...
Beverages fuel sector growth
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...
Hershey restarts plant with temp workers
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
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
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
Nagasaki is to play host to the 22nd Aquaculture Technology Convention - to be held on 19 and 20 September at Kabutogani Arena. It will...
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