Archives for December 9, 2004

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Aston group increases Russian refined oil capacity

The Aston Group, which has ambitions of becoming the biggest raw vegetable oil manufacturer in Eastern Europe, has begun supplying retailers with refined deodorised oil from its $60 million extracting plant MEZ Volshebnii Kray, writes Angela...

First strawberry map to lead to better flavour?

Breakthrough science for the popular fruit ingredient, the strawberry, as UK scientists construct the world's first molecular map for the wild strawberry, opening up opportunities to create market leading varieties with improved flavours.

Russian drinks group cuts costs with bottle plant investment

Russia's OST group, one of the country's biggest alcohol producers, has built a new bottle plant near Moscow which will supply it with up to 600 million bottles a year - and save it more than $10 million, writes Angela Drujinina.

Nestlé buys into frozen pizza market

Nestlé is to buy almost half of German frozen pizza firm Wagner so it can tap into the lucrative German market and expand Wagner's brands abroad, as competition hots up in the European frozen pizza sector, reports Chris Mercer.

UK to miss emissions reduction target

The UK is likely to miss its self-imposed target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to acknowledge the contribution business has made in addressing the problem of climate change.

ED Smith cuts output processes by 50 per cent

Canadian food giant E.D. Smith & Sons claims to have made a 50 per cent reduction in day-to-day output processes by automating the production and delivery of business documents across its supply chain.