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 bottle
manufacturing group Sidel, the Swedish...
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 reflects the division's membership and
activities.
US company Agr TopWave LLC has announced the launch of the Gawis
automated thickness and dimensional system for plastic containers
and preforms.
The equipment is a non-contact laboratory device designed to
provide accurate,...
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 in Russia.
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 for the first time for
flow-wrappers and other continuous form-fill...
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 expected due to weak
aluminium prices.
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 with€171.7 million for the same
period last year.
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
said that the increase was due to ongoing improvements in the
European flexibles business,...
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 a brand new event - Packaged IFE, the
organisers have claimed.
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 will permit the import of irradiated
fruits and vegetables.
Crown Cork & Seal, the global provider of packaging products,
has said that the 10 billionth SuperEnd, a beverage can end that is
claimed reduces aluminum use by 10 per cent, has been shipped. The
can end is now due to be launched...
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 corresponding operation within Arca Systems.
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 accommodation, has resulted in
the creation of a state-of-the-art factory...
Alcan has opened the newest addition to its composite business and
its first South American composites production facility, located in
Camaçari, Bahia State, Brazil.
Pactiv, a global food packaging provider, has reported a solid
third-quarter performance for the period ending 30 September,
improving on a challenging financial year to date.
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'.
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 2002 sales of $525.4
million (€538.6m) for the group as a whole,...
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 its delisting from
the stock exchange has worked, according...
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 own
already for £23.4 million (€37.2m) in cash, according to a report
from FT.com.
Food safety scares in both the US and Europe have raised wider
interest in desiccant dehumidification systems as a means of
ensuring the right levels of humidity within food production
facilities. US company Munters Moisture Control...
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 implemented, two-thirds of organic shoppers
(68 per cent) are relying primarily on...
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 process for jars and cans.
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 USA.
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 plates and bowls.
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 with a total
investment of €61 million.
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.
MEP's claim the laws will be the strictest in the world, backed up
by comprehensive labelling,...
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 Commission in 2001.
The latest enhancements to UK-based Claricom's Package Coding
Management Systems aim to offer greater accuracy to the often
endlessly complex field of packaging coding.
UpLynx, the US-based technology provider, has launched its food
inspection and audit application for use on handheld computers -
the Insight application.
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, thanks to strong sales and cost cuts, and its shares
soared in response.
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 and uncertainty for the industry
in Europe and the US.
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 Thai shrimp exports bound for Europe,
according to a report in the Bangkok...
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 and unit of Edison, for €449.2
million cash.
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 American country, according to
a report on FT.com.
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 preferences.
Rexam, a leading consumer packaging company, has reached an
agreement with Belgian brewing giant Interbrew to acquire German
glass container manufacturer Nienburger Glas.
Policy makers, marine scientists, fishing industry leaders and
non-governmental organisations are to gather in Malaysia next month
to begin a campaign to make fish a priority issue on the
international environment and development...
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 in September caused significant damage to
the company's distillery...
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 were not revealed.
UK seafood processor Youngs Bluecrest Seafoods has installed a
batch of metal detectors from UK company Lock Inspection Systems,
the processor announced on Thursday. 'Wet' products, such as fresh
fish, have traditionally...
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 of operations at its new
Tiverton processing plant.
The MeadWestvaco paper unit is to shut down eight sheeting machines
at its Luke, Maryland, paper manufacturing facility next year, with
a loss of around 150 jobs. The company also announced plans to
expand sheeting capacity at its...
