News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The UK snacks sector is coming under increasing pressure from competing markets with sugar and chocolate confectionery particularly hard hit by the consumer desire for a healthier lifestyle, according to a new report from market analysts Mintel
Anglo/Dutch company Corus is to send half of its 1,019 workforce at the soon to close Ebbw Vale tin plate plant in Wales to work at the company's sister plant in IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Debt-ridden Thai food packaging company Peace Canning, has had a debt revamp plan approved by creditors, countering reports that its Pigeon brand, Thailand's best-known food trademark, would be put up for auction.
Food processing manufacturers in Eastern Europe will have to invest substantially in food safety equipment if they are to obtain the food hygiene standards implemented by the European Uniion, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Graham Packaging Company, a worldwide provider of customised blow-moulded plastic containers, has unveiled a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant located on site with a new filling facility operated by the Danone Group in Aldaia, Spain, near Valencia.
South African tin producer Phamine Mining, which is to open a new smelter plant in Limpopo next month, has secured a tin supply contract for steel manufacturer Iscor.
GSE Systems, a leading provider of real-time simulation and process control solutions for the food processing industry, has released a new version of its widely used Process Automation System, D/3.