Americas: Mettler Toledo tells FNI on the impact of COOL ruling on meat packagers
On July 29, 2014, the US Court of Appeals upheld the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) ruling for meat and meat products currently in place.
The...
Europe: GNT Group to exhibit at exhibition in Italy
The GNT Group will exhibit for the first time at the international trade show for food and beverage ingredients, FOOD ING International, from September...
Americas: Researchers test method to process cashews to eliminate allergic reaction
For the millions of adults and children in the US who have to shun nuts to avoid an allergic reaction, help could be on...
Europe: DSM paper shows impact of inadequate nutrition on ageing brain
DSM has published a new paper to further characterize the consequences of insufficient vitamin and nutrient supply on the aging brain.
The manuscript, which appears...
Americas: Eastman Chemical Company awards Berry Plastics Group unit for excellence
Berry Plastics Group’s Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) group recently received two awards from Eastman Chemical Company.
Berry Plastics was one of approximately 21 suppliers...
Europe: AkzoNobel unveils sustainable paper cup
AkzoNobel’s coatings technology EvCote Water Barrier 3000 – which itself is made from plant-based oils and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles – have enabled...
Europe: Lanxess rolls out program, combines business units for competitiveness
Lanxess has defined a three-phase program "Let’s Lanxess again”, divided into business and administration structure competitiveness, operations competitiveness, and portfolio competitiveness.
The group-wide restructuring program...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra, CSIRO partner on dairy innovation
Fonterra Co-operative Group and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have signed a signed a five-year agreement to drive innovation in sustainable...
Europe: Ball Corp to expand beverage can manufacturing plant in the Netherlands
Ball has announced the expansion of its beverage can manufacturing plant in Oss, the Netherlands.
The company will build an additional production line for 50-centiliter...
Europe: Flint Group Flexographic Products presents new plate for flexible packaging, label printing
Flint Group Flexographic Products presents with nyloflex NEF Digital a new durometer plate that is designed for the nyloflex NExT exposure technology to print...