Archives for June 20, 2002

← 2002

Unilever to invest in Mexico

Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever has confirmed that it is to invest $230 million (€239m) in its Mexico operations this year, a proportion of which will be spent to upgrade and increase production capacity.

Food packaging training

The British Retail Consortium will be holding a series of in depth course on how to implement the latest food packaging standards into the production process.

Pinguin buys up Fisher Frozen Foods

Pinguin Foods of Belgium has announced that it will take over the frozen vegetable activities of Fisher Frozen Foods, and with it an important production and packaging department in King's Lynn in Norfolk, the most prominent vegetable region in the UK.

Pechiney speculates over Corus aluminium

French packaging and aluminium group Pechiney says it is still interested in the acquisition of the aluminium activities of Anglo-Dutch counterpart Corus, and that it will be particularly careful with regard to competition law when considering a bid.