Europe: Krones’ app wins automation award
Krones' Mobile Line Assistant app won in the production category at the sps ipc drives 2014 trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany last month.
The app...
Americas: Owens-Illinois, Constellation Brands form JV in Mexico
Owens-Illinois (O-I) has completed the formation of a 50-50 joint venture (JV) with Constellation Brands (STZ) to own and operate a glass container production...
Europe: More young people are eating fresh food, finds report
From 2003 to 2013, consumption of fresh foods — fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs — grew by 20% to more than 100...
Europe: Tetra Pak launches green benchmarking service
Tetra Pak has launched a new Environmental Benchmarking Service to help food and beverage companies assess the environmental performance of their production operations, and...
Europe: Stora Enso to open biomaterials innovation center next year
Stora Enso will concentrate its new biomaterials business development in an Innovation Centre that will be located in the Stockholm area in Sweden.
The...
Europe: Xeikon to hold digital packaging production event
The Xeikon Café will take place at Xeikon’s production site in Belgium from March 10 to 12, 2015.
Hosted by Xeikon and Xeikon’s Aura partners,...
Asia Pacific: Olam buys ADM Cocoa for US$1.3B
Singapore-based Olam International Limited will acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) at an enterprise value on a cash and...
Europe: Sidel launches PET savings calculator for efficient material usage
Sidel has introduced an online PET savings calculator that allows beverage producers and bottlers to calculate the savings they could achieve based on their production...
Americas: Packaging company Cascades sells North American assets
Cascades Inc has reached an agreement for the sale of its North American boxboard manufacturing and converting assets to Graphic Packaging Holding Company for...
Europe: EFSA mulls over ways to reduce acrylamide in food
Scientists from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) met this month to discuss 100 comments with the contributors on acrylamide in food, a contaminant...