News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Amcor, the fast-growing Australian packaging group, has confirmed that it is to buy most of the assets of Schmalbach-Lubeca, its German rival, in a $1.56 billion (€1.7bn) deal that will more than double its sales, making it one of the top three groups...
International dairy specialists have rated New Zealand company Fonterra's alliance with food giant Nestle a "spectacular" teaming among companies targeting the rich American market.
Crown Cork & Seal, the US food and beverage packaging specialist, has announced the groundbreaking of a 112,000-square-foot expansion to Zeller Plastik, its plastic closures division, in Illinois.
Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US, has agreed to pay $189 million for the 64 per cent stake it does not already own in White Wave, which makes Silk refrigerated soymilk.
Canadian company Oland has begun a C$14 million (€9.8m) investment to expand brewing capacity at its 135-year-old brewery in Halifax.
A poor performance from one of its US subsidiaries dragged down first-quarter profits at Jefferson Smurfit, the Irish paper and packaging business at the centre of a bid from a US private equity house.
Science Network is set to supply to countries and developing regions with the technology and the necessary support for the production-in-deries of mini-plants in mobile containers that can be used for the production of food.
US-based Minnesota Corn Processors(MCP) has announced that it is engaged in preliminary discussions with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) regarding a potential sale of MCP to ADM.