Asia Pacific: European milk popular among Asians and Africans, SIG Combibloc tells FNI

Asia’s rising population and consumers’ quest for safe milk and dairy products are propelling the growth of milk exports from Europe. This also leads to quality packaging that help dairy products meet safety standards. “For our European dairy customers, the number of ultra high temperature (UHT) milk products in our carton packs that are headed for the Asian market has increased...

Asia Pacific: ADM shifts regional HQ to Singapore, opens offices in Asia

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) says it will align its investments and organization to better serve growing demand for its products across Asia Pacific. “As populations and incomes across Asia continue to rise, diets are evolving. With that shift comes an increase in demand for crops and other products from agriculture,” said chairman and CEO Patricia Woertz. “As we previously announced,...

Americas: ConAgra Foods, Cargill, CHS flour milling JV opens in Denver

Flour milling company Ardent Mills began operations on May 29, 2014 in Denver, USA, which combines the operations of ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling, a Cargill-CHS joint venture (JV). The company is also supported by 40 mills, three bakery mix facilities and a specialty bakery. “This is a proud day for our employees and customers who have supported Ardent Mills during...

Europe: Study finds it possible to create bioplastics from waste product lignin

It is feasible to extract organic chemicals from lignin for the manufacture of bioplastics, according to a research led by Biome Bioplastics. The results stem from a grant from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, awarded to a consortium led by Biome Bioplastics in early 2013 to investigate lignin as a new source of organic chemicals for bioplastics...

Americas: Allpax launches system to protect glass bottles from abrasion in reciprocating retorts

After 12 months of research and development, Allpax introduces a new system for lowering the abrasion of sensitive packaging that is sterilized in reciprocating retorts. This system features compression molded polymer tray liners that are easily installed and replaced on aluminum or stainless steel retort tray bottoms or used as slip sheets between trays. The polymer liners is an alternative to...

Asia Pacific: Oats prefered over other carbohydrate sources by most food manufacturers, DSM tells FNI

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 in the Asia-Pacific market, the company will discuss its nutritional lipids offering and the advantages omega-3s can bring to heart, cognitive and eye health to trade visitors. DSM will also present to trade visitors OatWell oat...

Americas: RPC Superfos offers free packaging design system TurnAvisual to customers

RPC Superfos has launched TurnAvisual for packaging designers to create artwork on three dimensional (3D) digital models of their chosen container that is also available on mobile devices. After selecting the container from an online library and a few clicks, the designer can generate a draft depicting their artwork as it will look on the finished pack. It can be shared...

Americas: Air quality systems are vital to preventing airborne plant pathogenic contaminants in food factories, says RGF Environmental

Successfully treating direct surface pathogens is only part of the food safety challenge for processors, according to South Florida-based RGF Environmental. The company recommends a two-pronged safety program with installation of plant air quality systems. It says industry studies have proven that airborne pathogenic contamination of food products at the processing level is a safety concern, and in some cases is...

Americas: Ampac sells produce packages enabled by Dow technology in North America

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics says flexible packaging converter, Ampac, is now a licensee of PacXpert Packaging Technology. Authorized to sell packages in North America, Ampac will produce packages enabled by PacXpert Technology and will sell the packages to their customer base under the Ampac CubePak name. Dow says PacXpert Technology enables the conversion of large rigid plastic containers to easy-to-carry,...

Europe: CCGB launches stevia-sweetened Coca-Cola Life in the UK

Coca‑Cola Great Britain (CCGB) announces that Coca‑Cola Life, the newest addition to the Coca‑Cola Trademark, will be available across the UK in September 2014. First piloted in Argentina and Chile in 2013, this will be the first time it will be available in Europe. The product is the company’s first new item to be launched in the country since the arrival...