Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific: Oats prefered over other carbohydrate sources by most food manufacturers, DSM tells...
DSM will participate for the first time at FoodPro, in Melbourne, Australia from June 22 to 25, 2014.
With an aim to grow its presence...
Asia Pacific: BASF to add R&D building, facilities in China with €90M investment
BASF has broken ground on the second phase of its Innovation Campus Asia Pacific at its Pudong site in Shanghai, China.
The €90 million (US$120.90...
Asia Pacific: McDonald’s sales hit with China, affected markets
In July, the company's comparable sales in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa (APMEA) decreased 7.3% reflecting the impact of food quality and safety issues...
Asia Pacific: Strong growth in food and grocery retail sector expected in Australia, finds...
Growth in retail trade is expected to soften in the lead up to Christmas, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP...
Asia Pacific: CHEP rolls out triple-tine forklift trucks to shorten wait time
Truck drivers can look forward to reduced wait times at CHEP service centers as the pooled equipment provider looks to roll out triple-tine forklift...
Asia Pacific: Cargill opens cocoa processing facility in Indonesia
Cargill has inaugurated a cocoa processing facility in Gresik, Indonesia that will create more than 300 new jobs and a 70,000-metric-ton processing capacity.
The US$100...
Asia Pacific: Novasep opens office in Thailand
Novasep has opened an office in Bangkok, Thailand, which follows the opening of its subsidiary in Bangalore, India in December 2013.
Prior to that, the...
Asia Pacific: China holds printing, packaging exhibitions in Guangzhou
China is holding hold four exhibitions for the printing and packaging industries in Guangzhou from March 9 to 11, 2015.
They are namely The 22nd...
Asia Pacific: Health supplement industry looks to one ASEAN market
The global supplement sector has celebrated in Singapore this week the major steps that have been taken to create an ASEAN market in health...
Europe: Celanese raises ingredient prices
22Celanese Corporation will increase the price of potassium sorbate and sorbic acid sold globally.
Nutrinova potassium sorbate and Nutrinova sorbic acid will increase by 10%...