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31-Oct-2002
Australia claims EC wine regulations break WTO agreement
The long running trade spat between Australia and the EC over the labelling of wines exported into the EU has run into further problems. This...
EarthShell reduces losses
EarthShell, the US-based manufacturer of biodegradable packaging products, has announced a significant reduction in its losses for the third quarter. The company reported a preliminary...
GM food industry fights labelling regulations
US and European biotechnology companies are making concerted efforts to fight a state ballot initiative that will require new labelling standards for genetically-modified foods in...
Floating packaging
US Company, 3M Packaging, has developed a cushioning system for the packaging and transportation of delicate produce such as fresh foods. To help protect fragile...
PackExpo set to open in Chicago
PackExpo International 2002, which runs from 3 to 7 November, will be showcasing all the latest from the packaging industry, when it opens its doors...
'Raging Bull' high-speed peeler
Lyco Manufacturing, the US processing equipment manufacturer, has introduced the Raging Bull High Speed Peeler for waterless peeling applications. Waterless vegetable peeling has typically required...
30-Oct-2002
Unilever raises outlook on strong Q3
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever has today posted a 68 per cent increase in third-quarter 2002 net profits of euro 803 million and boosted its...
Ahlstrom launches new coated labels
The LabelPack division of Finnish company Ahlstrom has developed a new triple coated paper for the self-adhesive label market. Launched under the name Extrachrome X3,...
Sugar bail-out less than sweet
A federal government bail-out of the Australian sugar industry was under threat on Tuesday after business and opposition groups,in particular food manufacturers, objected to a...
UK blames Spanish eggs for salmonella
The UK's Food Standards Agency has reported 'growing evidence' that the recent outbreak of salmonella, which has so far caused two deaths and made 350...
Aquentium acquires Food Safe
US based Aquentium, a publicly traded diversified holding company has confirmed that it has acquired Food Safe. Food Safe has developed food safety equipment and...
Canadian brewers battle over bottling rights
Trouble is brewing between Ontario's dominant beer retailer and a small-city brewer over the use of 1970s-style "stubby" bottles, following the launch of a nostalgia...
29-Oct-2002
SIG gears up for Emballage
One of the biggest exhibitors at this year's Emballage show in Paris will be SIG, one of the leading names in the global packaging industry....
Tetra Laval still aiming for Sidel merger
Immediately after the European Court's decision to overule the EU competition authority's veto on the merger between Swedish packaging manufacturer Tetra Laval and French PET...
Name change for TAPPI's container division
In the US, TAPPI's Corrugated Containers Division has changed its name to the Corrugated Packaging Division in a move that the company said more accurately...
Trend towards outsourcing confectionery production grows
Mexico is rapidly emerging as one of the world's leading suppliers of confectionery, and now seems set to usurp Chicago's position as the world centre...
Ebro Puleva ends SDF alliance
A four-year alliance between Spain's Ebro Puleva dairy group and Swiss Dairy Foods of Switzerland, designed to help both companies tackle the growing strength of...
Packaging venture forms new company
Ishida Europe has announced the acquisition of Qualitech Systems Handling, one of the UK's major suppliers of tray sealing solutions. Qualitech manufactures a range of...
28-Oct-2002
US Can reports increased losses for Q3
Although net sales were slightly up for US Can in its third quarter, operating cost inefficiencies have pushed the company further into the red. The...
Testing system for PET containers
US company Agr TopWave has announced the launch of the Gawis automated thickness and dimensional system for plastic containers and preforms. The equipment is a...
Crown Cork and Seal wins Russian contract
Crown Cork & Seal last week announced a long-term agreement with Nestle in Russia for the supply of cans for Nescafe, the leading coffee brand...
Sidel deal gives Tetra crucial leverage
Although the future of the EC Merger Regulations Committee might have been thrown into doubt, the recent overruling that allows Tetra Laval to go ahead...
Supreme Plastics launches new zipper
Patented Keyseal narrow zipper technology, devised by UK company Supreme Plastics, is being used on a new cross-web, resealable closure applicator that is now available...
Squaring up to packaging innovation
Since the recent trial launch of its square soup cans in two of its UK stores, the packaging industry has been keenly observing proceedings at...
Curry Group to promote UK food production
In the UK Food and Drink Federation director General, Sylvia Jay, is to join a new, nine-strong body headed by Sir Don Curry, which will...
25-Oct-2002
Ball Corporation announces improved results
Ball, the US-based global food packaging provider, has reported third quarter earnings of $50 million (€51.2m) on sales of $1.039 billion, compared to $35.7 million...
Pechiney results disappoint
After announcing the acquisition of Corus's aluminium packaging activities, Pechiney has reported a third-quarter net loss and said its full-year profit would be worse than...
Falling results for Sabate Diosis
French oak barrel and wine closures manufacturer, Sabate Diosis, announced that sales in the nine months to 30 September 2002 amounted to €152.9 million compared...
UK firm invest in colour glass treatment
An investment approaching €1.6 million has just been completed at Berryman's glass treatment plant in West Yorkshire, UK. The company claims that the investment has...
European acquisition boosts Amcor earnings
Amcor's profit before interest and tax for the three months to 30 September has risen by a more than healthy 47 per cent. The company...
IFE to focus on packaging
Visitors to next year's IFE, the UK's leading food and drink exhibition will see an increased emphasis on packaging and design, with the introduction of...
UK drinks company updates cider bottle
In the UK, Rockware Glass has created a sleek new bottle shape and contemporary presentation to give the Thatchers Single Variety Cider range fresh impact...
24-Oct-2002
Smurfit-Stone posts Q3 profit
Smurfit-Stone Container, a maker of cardboard boxes and paper bags, has announced that its third-quarter earnings rose, helped by improved container shipments and prices. Earnings...
USDA rule on irradiated produce 'huge loss'
Public Citizen, the US consumer advocacy organisation, has said that it is extremely disappointed that the Bush administration has decided to approve a rule that...
Crown Cork & Seal set to launch can end in Europe
Crown Cork & Seal, the global provider of packaging products, has said that the 10 billionth SuperEnd, a beverage can end that is claimed reduces...
Bottle art for premium wine
This year's Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2000 wine has been launched featuring an innovative bottle-making technology designed to enhance its appeal. The Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2000...
Tray co-operation for the beverage industry
Finnish company K. Hartwall has said it has strengthened its market position as a supplier of trays to the beverage industry by buying out the...
Acrylamide update
In May 2002 a team of scientists at Stockholm University's Department ofEnvironmental Chemistry, working with the Swedish National FoodAdministration, released information that acrylamide, a potentialcarcinogen,...
Supreme Plastics invests in facilities
A £2.6 million (€4.1m) investment programme at Supreme Plastics Group's Lincoln site in the UK, both in new building and improvements to existing plant and...
23-Oct-2002
Alcan opens first South American composite plant
Aluminium and specialty packaging company Alcan has opened the newest addition to its composite business and its first South American composites production facility, located in...
Ceba introduces dairy-free alternative
Swedish company Ceba Foods has launched a non-dairy alternative to milk and soya drinks on the Spanish market this week. The product, called Oatly Organic,...
Pactiv delivers solid 3Q
Pactiv, the global food packaging provider, has reported a solid third-quarter performance for the period ending 30 September, improving on a challenging financial year to...
Stora Enso beats Q3 targets
The world's biggest paper and board maker Stora Enso yesterday reported better than expected underlying third-quarter profits and said it had seen some minor improvement...
GMOs: the road is long
The controversy surrounding genetically modified foods hotted up this week as environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth (FOE) on Tuesday launched its GM-free Britain campaign,...
Dairy Crest updates logistics system
Prescient, the supply chain planning solutions provider, has supplied UK company Dairy Crest with planning and scheduling software at its Severnside and London dairies to...
Tetra Pak launches premium ambient package
Tetra Pak has announced the international launch of a new aseptic 1-litre package, adding to its ambient product portfolio. The Tetra Prisma Aseptic 1000 Square...
Canadian packager found guilty of tax evasion
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency last week reported that Agripak and its president, Joseph Aronovitch, had pleaded guilty to charges of evading tax. An...
Metal detector enhances cheese safety
Dutch cheese producer Schipper Kaas has updated its quality control system with the installation of Lock Inspection Systems' new generation metal detector. Schipper Kaas is...
22-Oct-2002
Wimm-Bill-Dann acquires juice facilities
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has acquired a 95 per cent stake in Depsona ZAO, a leading Tula, Central Russia-based juice and concentrate plant. The company said that...
FPI releases 2002 packaging study
In the US, the Foodservice & Packaging Institute, (FPI) has published and released to its members its bi-annual 'Market Research Study on Foodservice Packaging Products'....
USDA okays irradiated fruit and veg
The US Agriculture Department said on Monday it would begin allowing imports of fruits and vegetables treated by irradiation, a technology used to kill bacteria...
CCS opens Spanish can plant
Crown Cork & Seal has opened its new state-of-the-art €40 million beverage can production facility in Seville, Spain. Built to meet the growing demands of...
FMC Technologies 3Q results
FMC Technologies, the global provider of energy processing and production systems for a number of industries including the food industry, has reported solid third quarter...
Clondalkin thrives as private company
Reversing the recent trend towards public listing of packaging companies, Irish flexible packaging group Clondalkin has made a healthy recovery in recent years, proving that...
21-Oct-2002
First UK food safety communications conference
Some 250 top food safety experts from across the UK gathered in London last week for the first ever foodlink National Food Safety Communications Conference....
Online verification for the food industry
Dimaco, the Belgium-based quality assurance systems provider, has cornered the problem of code and label accuracy with the launch of its online verifier. The verifier,...
'Talking' beer
Molson Canadian is introducing to the US market what it claims is the first beer bottle designed to 'talk for you'. The beer bottles feature...
Good things come in small packages
A small New Zealand-based manufacturer of prepared foods has introduced a new form of mini packaging aimed at increasing its presence in one of the...
Singapore Food buys up UK soup maker
Singapore Food Industries said at the end of last week that it was buying the outstanding 70 per cent of S. Daniels it does not...
Solving production moisture problems
Food safety scares in both the US and Europe have drawn food processors' attention to desiccant dehumidification systems, which ensure the right levels of humidity...
18-Oct-2002
Researchers improve canning process
Research work is taking place at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Food Research and Development Centre in Saint-Hyacinthe to develop a more efficient and hygienic canning...
Survey reveals food labelling really does count
A survey recently published by Whole Foods Markets in the US reveals that on the eve of the national standards for organic product labelling being...
San Miguel to build glass plants in Australia
Philippines group San Miguel Corp plans to invest $140 million (€144m) to build two glass plants in Australia, according to a report in the Australian...
US law firm establishes food safety practices
Following a series of major lawsuits against food companies in the US, the law firm of Bowman and Brooke has established a firm-wide Food Safety...
Cutting equipment designed to fight mad cow disease
The UK-based Silsoe Research Institute has developed a power saw that can more efficiently strip the spines out of cattle and sheep carcasses, claiming to...
17-Oct-2002
Stora Enso to invest in Finland and the USA
Stora Enso has approved two investments to enhance productivity and improve cost competitiveness at the Kotka Mill in Finland and the Kimberly Mill in the...
Earthshell and Green Earth invest in new packaging equipment
Green Earth Packaging and EarthShell Corporation have announced a major investment programme in new equipment to allow Green Earth to expand its production of EarthShell...
DuPont and Shineway agree on soy protein JV
DuPont Protein Technologies International has signed an agreement with Shineway Group, China's largest meat and sausage producer, to establish a soy protein joint production venture...
Pepsi Bottling to Buy Canada's Kitchener
Pepsi Bottling Group, the world's largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola drinks, said on Wednesday it plans to buy family-owned Kitchener Beverages of Ontario, further expanding its...
EU rules to end ban on GM food
The EU has agreed on legislation to bring an end to the four year ban on new genetically modified food products being sold in Europe....
Irish Republic exceeds packaging recycling targets
Ireland, which once trailed far behind fellow EU states in its packaging recycling efforts, has now exceeded the levels of recycling set by the European...
Surebeam rides high on safety concerns
Shares of Surebeam, the US provider of electronic beam food safety systems, yesterday soared more than 30 per cent after the company won its latest...
16-Oct-2002
Coding system aims to increase packaging accuracy
The latest enhancements to UK-based Claricom's Package Coding Management Systems aim to offer greater accuracy to the complex field of packaging coding. The 'Scanpoint Packaging...
Mobile food inspection
UpLynx, the US-based technology provider, has launched its food inspection and audit application for use on handheld computers - the Insight application. The technology has...
Prima profits on Nippon slump
Prima Meat Packers, Japan's third biggest meat processor, said today it had raised its full year group net forecast to a profit from a loss,...
Plastics packaging more viable in Asia
Despite the plastics packaging market reaching a mature status, it is still a viable and growing market, however recent economic uncertainty has led to oversupply...
Thai shrimp producers protest against EU
Shrimp producers in Thailand have urged the government to impose the same exacting standards on food shipments from the European Union that are imposed on...
Killer salmonella outbreak in the UK
In the UK one person has died and around 150 have fallen ill with a rare form of food poisoning linked to the use of...
15-Oct-2002
Bunge completes acquisition of Cereol
Bunge has announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of an approximately 55 per cent controlling stake in Cereol, a leading oilseed processor...
Peru gains victory over EU sardine labelling
A dispute between the Peruvian fishing industry and the European Union over the labelling of sardines has been resolved, surprisingly, in favour of the South...
Advent of the square tin?
The UK's number two supermarket, Sainsbury's, has begun selling a range of its soups in square cans in an attempt to try and gauge consumer's...
Fluor to build hi-tech bakery
In the US, Fluor has been awarded a contract for the new King's Hawaiian Harbor Gateway facility in Los Angeles. Fluor's scope of services includes...
Packaging Corporation of America Q3 results
Packaging Corporation of America has reported a significant drop in its third quarter net income, citing rising costs as a major factor. Income fell to...
14-Oct-2002
Brewer supports Rexam purchase
Rexam, a leading consumer packaging company, has reached an agreement with Belgian brewing giant Interbrew to acquire German glass container manufacturer Nienburger Glas. Rexam has...
Fish summit targets environment issues
Amid signs of a serious looming shortfall in the global fish catch, policy makers, marine scientists, fishing industry leaders and non-governmental organisations from around 40...
EU delivers food irradiation report
The European Commission has released the results of an investigative report into the use and labelling of food irradiation in Europe today. Out of more...
Kickstart in Kansas
US food alcohol producer MGP Ingredients has announced that it is proceeding with plans to restart alcohol production at its Kansas plant, where an explosion...
UPM-Kymmene sells liquid packaging unit
Finland-based packaging group UPM-Kymmene Corporation has agreed to sell Walki Can, its liquid packaging system business, to Stromsdal and RMG Pointo. Terms of the sale...
11-Oct-2002
New food park for Pune
Chordia Food Products of India is to create a new food park near the city of Pune at a cost of some Rs1 billion (€20.9m)...
Solutions to acrylamide?
When scientists from Sweden reported earlier this year that several ordinary foodstuffs could contain high levels of acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical - governments,...
Stopping disruption in seafood processing
UK seafood processor Youngs Bluecrest Seafoods is to start using a metal detector from UK company Lock Inspection Systems, the processor announced on Thursday. Lock...
Pepsi dispute settled
Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA) and Marion Pepsi-Cola Bottling said on Thursday that they have reached an agreement to settle legal action, pending since June 1999,...
D'Angelo ready to begin Tiverton operations
Canadian fruit juice processor D'Angelo Brands has said that negotiations are almost complete for a new US$3 million (€304m) credit facility to finance the start...
MeadWestvaco reduces sheeting production
MeadWestvaco will next year permanently shut down eight sheeting machines used to convert rolls of paper into sheets at its Luke, Maryland, paper manufacturing facility....
Fonterra commits to organic
The New Zealand dairy company Fonterra plans to make a major commitment to organic dairying, writes the Tasmanian Country this week. The giant co-operative intends...
Leading Brands signs packing agreements with Ocean Spray
Leading Brands said this week it has entered into three new co-packing agreements with Ocean Spray International, a North American provider of cranberry juice and...
10-Oct-2002
Ruling expected soon on Sidel
Nearly a year after the Swedish company Tetra Laval announced its plans to acquire French packaging firm Sidel, the European Court of Justice will rule...
Web weaving for food packaging
The parent of a UK food packaging facility has revitalised the company's website to produce a comprehensive interactive online catalogue featuring its entire product range....
Beet processor sells facilities
Sugar giant Imperial Sugar Company has completed the sale of a group of US beet processing facilities to American Crystal Sugar company, a co-operative based...
Million euro deal for bakery operation
Canada Bread, a unit of Canada's Maple Leaf Foods, said on Wednesday that it will buy all of Maple Leaf's other bakery operations and consolidate...
New man at Riverwood
Riverwood International Corporation, a leading integrated provider of paperboard packaging solutions, has appointed Robert W. Spiller as senior vice president of Consumer Products Packaging. Spiller...
09-Oct-2002
Sweet agreements
US manufacturer of single-use food service disposables Sweetheart Cup has signed a licensing agreement with packaging company EarthShell Corporation. Under terms of the agreement, Sweetheart ...
Tougher processing regulations in Japan
Processors in Japan will soon have to adopt guidelines previously applicable to retailers only. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said this week that in the...
UK discusses foods processing
A UK independent body of experts created to advise authorities on matters relating to novel foods and novel food processes will hold an open meeting...
Pallet expansion
Chicago-based Excalibur Pallet Group, a manufacturer of quality engineered paper pallets and other transport packaging products for the food and beverage industry, this week announced...
FDA offers industry opt-out on irradiation labelling
US food companies can seek federal approval to avoid using the word "irradiation" on labels of foods treated with the disease-killing process, and instead use...
The art of digital printing
The age of digital printing is upon the packaging industry. At the same time as opening up new mediums to promote products and increase customer...
08-Oct-2002
Bids begin for Pepsi-Gemex
The US-based Pepsi Bottling Group on Monday began bids in the United States and Mexico for an $880 million (€897m) purchase of Pepsi-Gemex, the largest...
Philippine group opposes styrofoam use
Religious and environment groups last weekend urged the public to stop buying food at fast-food chains, such as Jollibee and McDonald's, that was sold disposable...
WestPack to join industry-wide show
Next year's WestPack, until now a stand-alone event, is to join four other related exhibitions in the Anaheim Convention Center from 19-21 February 2003. The...
Norway pulls out of seafood processor
Seafood processor the American Seafoods group announced on Tuesday that the company's ultimate parent, American Seafoods Limited Partnership, has acquired the remaining ownership interests in...
Food in 3D
Dutch packaging company MY Cartons has won the ECMA Carton Award 2002 for its Monsters Inc. breakfast cereal cartons made for Cereal Partners UK. The...
07-Oct-2002
Protein Solutions adds to DynaPro range
Protein Solutions has launched the DynaPro Plate Reader, which it claims is the first dynamic light scattering plate reader to assist in high throughput biomolecular...
Coca-Cola Icecek Uretim may go for IPO
Turkish Coca-Cola bottler Coca-Cola Icecek Uretim is considering an initial public offering, according to a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange, reported Dow Jones. Brewer...
Pepsi Bottling finalises Pepsi-Gemex purchase
The Pepsi Bottling Group , the world's largest maker and distributor of Pepsi beverages, said today that it has commenced cash tender offers in the United...
EFSA: risk communication, location, independence
Raymond O'Rourke, food lawyer at Mason Hayes & Curran in Dublin, Ireland. O'Rourke, the author of 'European Food Law', while generally positive about the European...
US meat recalls point to 'broken' food safety system
US Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin said on Friday that a series of massive food recalls in the US this summer underscored the need...
Award for fishbox
The Dutch Packaging Association has awarded European packaging group Kappa Packaging with the Zilveren Noot 2002 (Silver Nut) award for its Modified Atmosphere Fishbox. As...
04-Oct-2002
UK egg producers reinvent the egg box
The humble egg box is to be given a new look in the UK in an effort to boost egg sales there and update the...
Hydro Aluminium to sell flexible packaging division
Hydro Aluminium of Norway has said that by the end of the year it expects to sell the flexible packaging operations it acquired in Germany...
Bemis expands in Europe with Walki films acquisition
Bemis Company, the global flexible packaging manufacturer, has completed the purchase of the Walki Films business of UPM-Kymmene for a cash price of approximately $68.5...
Singapore food testing firm opens lab in Thailand
A Singapore-based testing body, PSB Corporation, is spending Baht 30 million (€700,000) to make Thailand its Southeast Asian industrial testing laboratory centre, in a bid...
Battleground shifts to food bacteria
In the UK, Alaska Food Diagnostics, a joint venture between Circus Capital and DSTL, is using Ministry of Defence technology to develop a rapid test...
03-Oct-2002
Pack Expo conference speakers
Representatives of Georgia-Pacific, Ernst & Young, Wal-Mart Stores, General Mills and Osram-Sylvania will be featured during three "Eye Opener" plenary sessions of the conference at...
PETA launches 'Got Pus?' campaign
As the World Dairy Expo currently gets into full swing in Wisconsin, US, dairy industry officials are having to respond to charges by People for...
Indian seafood processors ignore EU
Representatives of the Indian seafood industry have said that in the light of the ban on five major Indian seafood units in the European Union,...
Ranpak named as top innovator
Ranpak, the US-based packaging and packaging machinery manufacturer, has been named one of the Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in America by Inc Magazine. Inc...
Asian food exporters face tighter EU laws
In answer to European consumers' increasing worries about food safety, suppliers in Asia are likely to face stricter conditions next year, both at government and...
02-Oct-2002
Pepsi Bottling profits rise
Pepsi Bottling Group, the largest maker of Pepsi-Cola drinks, said on Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose, meeting expectations, as strong results in Russia helped offset...
McDonald's cuts fat but ignores antibiotics
McDonald's has today introduced reduced-fat French fries in its US restaurants. However, the company remains behind the curve on another public health issue - the...
Wine-lovers 'still prefer' cork
Amorim Cork America, a division of international Amorim Group, the world's leading producer of natural cork closures, has released results from a survey conducted among...
Sabate Diosos announces half yearly results
French cork and barrel maker Sabate Diosos has said that poor first half results have been impacted by bad weather, surplus production capacity and a...
First Russian Frito factory opens
Snackmaker Frito-Lay, a unit of PepsiCo, said it will officially open its first Russian snacks factory making potato and corn chips, in Kashira, around 100...
Crown Cork & Seal exec on university's packaging board
In the US, Crown Cork & Seal's executive vice president, Dr Daniel A. Abramowicz, has been included on Clemson University's Packaging Advisory Board, an integral...
01-Oct-2002
US consumer groups seek cancer warning labels
US consumer groups are demanding immediate action from the government to inform consumers that popular foods such as fried potatoes and crisps contain high levels...
EU still investigating Brazil tin plate market
The European Union has said that it will be maintaining its investigation into Brazilian exports of tin plate used in metallic food packaging, the business...
Pactiv set to expand
Two years after first going independent, and now debt-free, US packaging specialist Pactiv is about to expand its business with a series of strategic acquisitions,...
Caraustar completes Smurfit-Stone acquisition
Caraustar Industries has completed the purchase of the industrial packaging operations of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. The acquired business operations included 17 tube and core manufacturing...
ARS developing bacteria sensing system
The US-based Agricultural Research Services has devised a method of detecting fecal bacteria in fresh produce, which it claimed could reduce the chances of contamination...
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