Archives for August 7, 2002

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Sonoco to supply Nestlé

Nestle USA has engaged Sonoco as its exclusive supplier for paperboard cans used to package certain Nestle products in the United States.

ConAgra criticised over beef recall

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.

Danish Crown to build world's most modern pork plant

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 in just over two years'...

Weak dollar may hit packaging

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.