DMV International to open innovation centre
Dutch dairy ingredients firm DMV International is moving several of its R&D and marketing staff to a new innovation centre to speed up interactivity and product development time.
Archives for February 11, 2005
Label Technology invests to beat high material costs
Pressure-sensitive labels and flexible packaging manufacturer Label Technology has installed two of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT)'s PrintVision/Jupiter automatic inspection systems to improve quality for their narrow web applications.
European speciality yeast suppliers face Chinese competition
Increasing affluence and changes in diet in China to open up new opportunites for European yeast extract suppliers, but the threat from Chinese suppliers has kicked off, writes Lindsey Partos.
Datalase technology promises to cut coding costs by one-third
High-volume moulding specialist Sherwood Plastic Products has selected Sherwood Technology's DataLase Masterbatch to code tamper-evident polypropylene plug seals for containers used in the distribution industry.
Lock launches super-sensitive metal detectors
Inspection equipment manufacturer Lock will be unveiling its new MET 30+ range of metal detectors at Interpack.
Wheat sourced ingredients still open to price risk
Prices for key raw materials used by the food industry are lighter this month on gains in wheat, corn and soybean inventories, but analysts suggests wheat prices are open to upside risk.
Tyson to restart operations as Canadian trade reopens
Tyson Foods, the world's largest producer of beef and chicken, plans to resume production at several idled beef plants over the next two weeks as supplies are expected to improve in the coming months.