A tax on plastic shopping bags in the Republic of Ireland has cut
their use by more than 90 per cent and raised millions of euros in
revenue, the government has said.
EarthShell Corporation, the US eco packaging provider, has been
recognised with a Silver Award as part of DuPont's 15th annual
Competition for Innovation in Food Processing and Packaging.
China is to nearly double the capacity of its processing industry
of farm produce in the next three years, making it competitive in
the international market.
Solbar Industries, an Israel-based processor of soy proteins and
soy isoflavones, closed its financial year 2001 with significant
growth in sales and profits.
Schneider Packaging Equipment, the US-based specialist in
end-of-line solutions for case packing and palletizing, has
unveiled its new MP-20 Multi-Packer/Bundler.
Japan's Nippon Meat Packers, battered by a beef mislabelling
scandal, will give results of an investigation today at a news
conference in which its founder is expected to resign as chairman.
Coca-Cola is abandoning the "splash graphic" design it
introduced two years ago and returning to the familiar Coke ribbons
for a look on cans and bottles that is traditional but updated, the
company has announced.
The recent losses posted by US irradiation specialist Food
Technology Services have bought into question the future of the
industry. Company losses of more than €152,000 in the quarter
ending 30 June and falling share prices may be...
The Indian state of Karnataka has said that the food processing
industry will have to upgrade technologically and produce
world-class products in order to survive in competitive markets,
the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, has said.
A tax on packaging in Thailand will only add to costs,
industrialists say, urging the government to promote recycling and
economical use of the products instead - according to a report in
the Bangkok Post.
The UK food and drink industry has pledged to limit emissions of
greenhouse gases and use recycled packaging wherever possible.
Other targets included reducing the amount of water used in
production and to look at switching to cleaner...
Transporting food and drink over long distances uses less energy
than domestic refrigeration and cooking, the UK food industry has
claimed. The Food and Drink Federation said consumers would not
support any moves to restrict the year-round...
Rexam, the UK-based global consumer packaging company, said it has
completed its exit from coated films and papers with the sale of
its weatherable films business in Lancaster, South Carolina, US,
according to a report from AFX News.
Shares of Mexico's Pepsi-Gemex rose sharply on after US-based Pepsi
Bottling Group has confirmed that a deal has been reached to buy
Mexico's main Pepsi products bottler.
Gordon Food Service, a US broadline foodservice distributor, has
implemented Maximo Mobile Suite, the wireless deployment of MRO
Software's strategic asset management solution, Maximo.
In the US Sealed Air Corporation has announced that the federal
court overseeing the W. R. Grace bankruptcy proceeding did not
grant an immediate appeal.
UK chemical analysis company Burkard Scientific has developed a
compact package for accurate and user-friendly sugar analysis, the
company claims this week.
The Agriculture Ministry will question Nippon Meat Packers
president Hiroji Okoso today about a subsidiary's suspected
defrauding of a state-run beef buyback programme.
European Union plans to break illegal blackfish landings by
licensing fish traders and processors have received a cool
reception from Scottish fishing interests, according to a report by
Fis.com.
After nearly two years of construction work, Beck & Co's new
filtration cellar in Bremen, Germany, has been officially put into
operation. The facility raises the company's production capacity by
around 16 per cent.
Gruppo Fabbri, a leading European player in the production of
machines and plastic films for the packaging of fresh food
products, has chosen Intentia's Movex Solution to manage its
business.
In Japan, Nippon Meat Packers, hit by a beef-labelling fraud
scandal, will cut production of ham, sausage and other processed
foods by 40 per cent for August, the major dailies Mainichi and
Asahi Shimbun reported.
Asahi Breweries of Japan has turned corporate wisdom on its head,
by cutting production costs enough to compete with Chinese brewers.
The company has overcome the problem of higher labour costs by
cutting down on packaging and other...
Repak CEO Andrew Hetherington claims he is taking a pragmatic
approach to the problem of streamlining the recycling of packaging
waste in the Republic of Ireland, a challenge that the country has
had to rise to in the light of recently...
Spanish industrial group Coexpan, which specialises in yoghurt
packaging, has acquired French plastic packaging manufacturer FSP,
part of Franco-German group Bericap, according to a report in Les
Echos.
Enodis, the UK-based food equipment provider, suffered a share
price fall of more than a quarter yesterday after it said that
current weak market conditions were likely to persist "further
than we had originally expected".
RBV Leaf, Europe's second largest producer of sugar confectionary,
has brought the packaging of its Sportlife chewing gum in-house,
with two new flexible multipack packaging lines from SIG Pack
Systems.
Geac Enterprise Solutions, the UK-based division of Geac Computer
Corporation, has announced that it has won a £200,000
(€315,000)contract with ZPC Mieszko, one of Poland's leading
manufacturers of sweets, biscuits and crackers.
Danish Crown is about to begin work on the construction of what the
company claims will be the world's most modern pork processing
plant. The facility will be built at Horsens, Denmark, and when
construction has been completed...
Jefferson Smurfit used its last results as a public company to warn
that the weakening US dollar would hit demand for European and
Latin American cardboard box production, as sales of manufactured
goods into the US become less competitive.
ConAgra's public response to the second-largest meat recall in US
history differs dramatically from several high-profile food and
medicine scares of the past, say experts in crisis management.
Irish packaging group Jefferson Smurfit is set for takeover by a US
private equity group following shareholder approval of the bid
earlier this week. The acquisition comes as the company announced a
decline in pre-tx profits for the...
As we reported earlier this week Australian biscuit giant Arnott
has plans to restructure its Australian and New Zealand operations
into three separate business units as it seeks further growth in
the region.
