UCB acquires speciality chemicals firm
In a new step to reinforce its position in surface technologies, Belgium-based UCB has announced the acquisition of the Graphic Arts business from Air Products.
Archives for January 16, 2003
Research project aims to make recycling safer
An EU-funded project is currently being undertaken to establish safer recycling methods for food packaging materials such as PET resins.
Huhtamaki strengthens egg trays
Finnish packaging provider Huhtamaki says that as a result of extensive research which has included customer collaboration, it has improved and strengthened its Multi-K egg tray range.
Understanding the elderly taste bud
The acuity of senses like taste and smell, essential for our enjoyment of food and drink, decreases with age. Such changes in sensory capacities will clearly have an impact on the choice the older consumer makes with regards to their food preferences.
Sucralose approved in Ireland
Moving in step with the European Union, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland this week granted a temporary authorisation for the marketing and use of the high-intensity sweetener sucralose.
Brossard sales improve, but still disappoint
A disappointing Christmas period meant that sales did not quite meet expectations, but French baked goods group Brossard nonetheless ended the year with a 35 per cent rise in sales - and expects further growth in 2003 after the launch of a range of...