Archives for September 4, 2003

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New Alcoa products at Pack Expo

Alcoa will feature several new products at the forthcoming Pack Expo Las Vegas. The stand will feature two of the company's packaging and consumer business units, Alcoa Closure Systems International (Alcoa CSI) and Alcoa Consumer Products.

Northern chief pays the price for profit warning

Northern Foods has warned that pre-tax profits for the first half of 2003 are likely to be lower than expected as a result of rising ingredient costs and the loss of several contracts.

Cold pasta, hot profit

The increasing popularity of chilled pasta meals across Europe has helped drive up sales and profits at Belgian group Ter Beke in the first half. And with a new acqusition in France set to boost sales further in the second half, full year profits...

KHS racks 'em up

KHS Till, the German-based supplier of processing solutions for the beverage industry, has supplied Anheuser-Busch with a turn-key keg racking solution for its Jacksonville, Florida site in the US.

CCL sells assets

CCL Industries, a world leader in developing manufacturing, packaging and labelling solutions for the consumer products industry, has announced that it has sold four non-core business units in its Container Division.

New from Krones…

Krones Neutraubling is readying to launch a number of new technologies specifically aimed at brewers at the forthcoming BRAU Beviale 2003 in Nuremberg, Germany.