Wageningen University (WUR) Greenhouse Horticulture, a leading research institute in the Netherlands, announced in August that it would conduct a comparative study of four water purification methods for use in greenhouse horticulture.
British multinational consumer packaging company Rexam is investing around £20m to set up a fourth manufacturing line at its Ludesch beverage can plant in Austria.
SIG Combibloc has launched a screwtop version of its combibloc EcoPlus carton for long-life milk and dairy products, which was first launched in August 2010 without a closure.
Ingredients giant Kerry Group is confident it has “adequate” dairy processing capabilities to manage the anticipated European Union (EU) milk production increase.
The demand for bakery and confectionery food processing machinery is to increase over the next few years as employment and incomes rise in developing countries, according to Freedonia.
India is one of the largest producers of food grains in the world. The country aims at increasing its grain productivity during this fiscal year in order to expand its export operations and domestic demand.
FoodDrinkEurope and stakeholders have gathered in Brussels to mark the launch of the public consultation and testing phase of ENVIFOOD Protocol, the harmonised environmental assessment methodology of food and drink products.
The season for greenhouse produce coming out of the Canadian province of Ontario is coming to an end in the next two weeks, and this year has been a mixed bag.
Corkbin has launched its updated version of the wine app with features like offline mode, wine label recognition, online purchasing, wine postagram and graphical enhancements.
Coca-Cola (Japan) has launched ‘peak shift vending machines,’ which shift power use for cooling purposes from daytime to nighttime on 19 November 2012.
DS Smith Packaging has launched a new form, fill and seal machine, which enables liquid food, dairy and beverage manufacturers to handle a wider range of bag-in-box applications and designs.
Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, has developed a PFOA-free* version of its Ahlstrom Coralpack range, a flexible packaging paper for direct wrapping and packing of numerous grease-containing food products.
In the wake of the UK government’s announcement to introduce a consistent front-of-pack labelling system, food manufacturers are now under more pressure than ever to deliver products that clearly demonstrate positive nutritional values.
Last Friday the official inauguration of the new office and service centre in St. Katelijne Waver in Belgium took place in the presence of the Prime Minister Kris Peeters.
Close to 70 large tomato producers from eastern Spain have been able to see first-hand what Syngenta is offering in terms of integrated solutions for this crop, from advanced plant material to growing the highest quality varieties.
Virginia-based Mobile Wine Deals has unveiled their new iPhone app that is meant to bring consumers close to their favorite wine merchants, distributors and brands.
American Chemical Society reports new evidence that the so-called white rot fungus shows promise in the search for a way to use waste corn stalks, cobs and leaves — rather than corn itself — to produce ethanol to extend supplies of gasoline.
