News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
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 in the form of non-tariff barriers to trade being erected by other countries.
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 packaging release liners - a ruling that will eventually clarify future EU waste package recycling...
A recent report from Primedia suggests that the future consolidation of flexible packaging companies serving the food and beverage industry is set to re-shape the segment.
Australian packaging company Amcor has said it plans to buy the polyethylene container and closure assets of Germany's Schmalbach-Lubeca for A$2.875 billion (€1.7bn).
Rumours of Kraft Foods' buy-out of United Biscuits are downplayed by sources close to the company.
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 the Institute of Packaging.
DT Industries, a US-based engineering-driven designer, manufacturer and integrator of automation systems and related equipment used to package food, has reported a net loss of $12.8 million (€14million) for the three months ended March 24, 2002.