Asia Pacific: Brenntag to acquire specialties chemicals distribution business of Pioma Chemicals

Brenntag has signed an agreement to acquire the specialties chemicals distribution business of Pioma Chemicals, a distributor of specialty excipients and functional ingredients to the pharmaceutical, personal care and food industries across India. The transaction will be structured as an asset deal and the acquired business will become part of Brenntag India, headquartered in Mumbai. Henri Néjade, President and CEO of...

Europe: drupa Global Insights report finds interactive technologies to impact the printing industry

Internet-enabled tools such as web-to-print, variable data printing, interactive print like Augmented Reality and quick response (QR) codes, as well as smart technologies including printed electronics will impact on most areas of the printing industry, according to the drupa Global Insights report. It states print service providers and the supplier industry, as well as their customers are being compelled to...

Europe: RPC Superfos’s SuperLock barrier packaging solution debuts for hot, cold filling

RPC Superfos’s SuperLock barrier packaging solution is now available from RPC Containers Blackburn. The SuperLock containers combine an oxygen barrier on all surfaces with a membrane seal to ensure an almost non-existent oxygen transmission rate. This provides an ambient shelf life of up to 24 months for a wide range of products including ready meals, sauces, soups, fruit desserts, nuts, vegetable...

Europe: Coca‑Cola Great Britain adopts government nutrition labeling scheme

Coca‑Cola Great Britain says it is adopting the UK Government’s voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labeling scheme, which combines nutrient amounts and percentage Reference Intakes with color coding to show how much fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and energy (calories) is in a product. Since 2007, the company has featured Guideline Daily Amount (now known as Reference Intake) labeling on the front...

Europe: RPC Superfos introduces packaging with spoon for dairy products

RPC Superfos has introduced a pack with a spoon for dairy products on-the-go. The new pack comes with a spoon integrated into the lid of a square pot, which is accessible by tearing off a self-adhesive peel-off label on top of the plastic pot. "The spoon is ready to grab without any need for opening a smaller plastic bag. The key...

Asia Pacific: Interroll wins storage system order in Indonesia

Internal logistics provider Interroll has won its first dynamic storage system order in Indonesia from confectionery manufacturer Lotte Indonesia. This order comprises a total of 3,896 pallet positions including a Roller Push Back System. “The Interroll first in, first out or FIFO systems can meet all of our requirements regarding short shelf life, energy saving, less maintenance and less space,” says...

Europe: UK institute, company develop tool to tell animal species apart in meat

The Institute of Food Research (IFR), working with Oxford Instruments, has developed a new, rapid testing regime based upon benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance that can distinguish between different species of animal, based on fatty acids extracted from cuts of meat. This machine provides a fast and relative low cost solution to identify meat fraud and can easily be introduced into...

Asia Pacific: Wholegrains, resistant starch can counteract potential effects of red meat diet, say scientists

The total consumption of red meat in Australia has almost doubled since the 1960s, according to Flinders University. As consumption increases so does the risk of high red meat diet associated colorectal cancer risk. To help counteract this potential effect of a high red meat diet, consumers can adopt a diet rich in resistant starch, which can be found in some...

Americas: Legal services provider launches guide for international manufacturers on US laws

International manufacturers entering the US market are often tripped up by consumer safety and liability laws that could derail a successful product launch. To help prevent such mishaps, legal services provider Arent Fox has created a definitive guide to US product liability laws expressly geared for foreign manufacturers and exporters bringing goods to American consumers. The new handbook Caveat Manufacturer: A...

Asia Pacific: Dow Philippines turns 50

Dow Philippines, Dow Chemical Pacific Limited’s first office in Southeast Asia, celebrated 50 years of providing products and technologies that enable the growth of local businesses and communities on August 28, 2014. From a small office in Manila in 1964, Dow Philippines has expanded nationwide, with more than 100 employees, operating a business center in Makati and a manufacturing facility...