Africa: Beverage producer Twellium installs Sidel lines
Twellium has invested in two complete lines from Sidel in the West African sub-region.
"Flexibility is imperative for the company because of the variety of...
Asia: FOA releases labeling scheme for mountain products
FAO's Mountain Partnership and Slow Food have launched a voluntary product label for mountain goods that is meant to improve market access for small...
Africa: IFF, Unilever, agencies partner for farmers’ welfare
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Unilever and non-governmental organizations are partnering together to enhance the livelihoods of smallholder vetiver farmers in Haiti.
The partnership,...
Europe: Cargill program deploys in Cameroon’s cocoa cooperatives
The Cargill Coop Academy, an adult education managerial program aimed at cocoa farmer cooperative leaders, will now deploy in Cameroon.
The training aims at helping...
Europe: Barry Callebaut, Tony’s Chocolonely partner on traceable sustainable cocoa
Barry Callebaut has installed a cocoa butter tank in its factory in Wieze/Belgium to produce cocoa butter from traceable beans sourced from Tony’s Chocolonely’s...
Africas: Symrise, partners join Save the Children program
Vanilla supplier Symrise, Unilever, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit join Save the Children to help improve the livelihoods of vanilla farming communities in...
World: Nestlé creates factory blueprint costing half the time, resources to build in Africa
Nestlé has created a blueprint for a factory that can be built in half the time of a more traditional one for about 50-60%...
Africa: Biolabex opens lab in Mauritius
Biolabex, a Mauritius-based research and development (R&D) laboratory, launches development and manufacturing activities in BioPark Mauritius.
Recently accredited as the first good manufacturing practice or...
Africa: Pentair, partners open solar-powered community site
Pentair joins The Coca-Cola Company, Ericsson, Medshare, Phillips, Solarkiosk and TIGO Rwanda to open the flagship solar-powered Ekocenter in Ruhunda, Rwanda.
The site was designed...
Africas: FOGA Gum to digital processes with Chemometric Brain solutions
FOGA Gum enters into an agreement to use Chemometric Brain solutions to digitize quality control, facilitating sample analysis and validating quality, homogeneity and traceability...