Grupo Bimbo doubles full-year profits, pulls in historical EBIDTA
Grupo Bimbo doubled its net profit for 2013 and totted up its highest ever EBIDTA – improvements that defined what its CEO described as a ‘pivotal’ year.
Archives for February 24, 2014
PMMI: 75% of packaging lines automated
Thanks to labor efficiency, boosted productivity, and greater flexibility, robotics play a larger role in processing and packaging lines than ever.
Adept gets a grip on automation award
Adept Technology has landed an award for its SoftPIC food gripper, designed to handle delicate edibles and tricky packaging.
Bavarian pretzel granted EU protected status
The Bavarian pretzel, native to the southeast German state, has been granted protected geographical indication (PGI) status in the EU.
‘Price chiselling’ is ‘haemorrhaging’ packaging industry
‘When the symptoms of chiselling show up in the packaging part of a business, it is more common than not to see the company in question has made a culture out of chiselling – the act of chasing the lowest price possible - and the impact is far-reaching.
Associated British Foods results undermined by sugar
Weak sugar prices will be offset by a strong performance of its budget clothing business Primark, according to Associated British Foods’s (ABF’s) pre-close trading statement, covering the first half of its financial year to March 1 2014.
Food firm told to pay £5.4k for finger injury
A London food firm has been ordered to pay £5,400 after one of its workers suffered serious finger injuries while cleaning a poorly guarded machine.
Flying ‘Bat’ robots – the next big thing?
Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tec) in the US are studying bats' wings to develop small flying vehicles.