USA – British packaging company, DS Smith has opened a new state-of-the art corrugated packaging manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana. The manufacturing plant has a capacity to produce more than 17 million square feet of […]
AUSTRIA – Agrana, a Vienna-headquartered food company is investing around €3.4 million (US$3.75m) at two research and development sites in France and Austria this year. The investment includes €2.6 million (US$2.87m) in France to open […]
USA – Global ingredient solutions provider, Ingredion has named Tiffany Willis as the company’s Vice President, Investor Relations And Corporate Communications Officer. In this capacity, Willis will be responsible for developing, implementing and executing an […]
USA – Soft Robotics, an innovative robotics start-up, has raised US$23 million from investors including its most recent partner, FUNAC Corp., to expand its robotics food packaging and manufacturing solutions. The Series B funding round […]
NETHERLANDS – Dutch supplier of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, IMCD, has successfully completed the acquisition of the Israeli distributor Zifroni Chemical Suppliers Limited. Zifroni, based in Rishon Le-Zion, Israel was founded in 1950 and […]
DENMARK – Chr. Hansen reported an organic revenue growth of 1% in the first three months of 2019/20 to €272.4 million (US$303.64m) boosted by a 4% growth in Food Cultures & Enzymes and a 1% […]
USA – Packaging manufacturer, Kwik Lok Corporation has appointed Gary Tong as the company’s Vice President of Engineering and Innovation. The Washington based packaging manufacturer noted the new role was created to lead its engineers […]
SWITZERLAND – Bühler Group has sold its China-based flour ingredient business, Buhler Bangsheng Food Ingredients (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. to Bakels Group. Bakels, a Swiss group which manufactures and distributes innovative bakery ingredients and application solutions […]
MEXICO – Global food ingredients supplier, Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire Megafarma, a Mexican specialty distributor for food, pharma as well as veterinary industries. According to Azelis the integration of Megafarma will provide […]
BELGUIM – Azelis has agreed to expand its partnership with Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients for food, nutrition and health markets, into new territories. Azelis will now be distributing Roquette’s complete food range […]
