The main product imported into the EU from Thailand is prepared and preserved fish, of which canned and preserved tuna represents the majority of the volume The Market Advisory Council (MAC) provided recommendations to the European Commission concerning the ongoing negotiations for an EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement, which was relaunched last year. In a[Read More…]
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ABB launches process automation solution for cold block stage of beer production
The cold block stage of the brewing process involves fermentation and maturation, yeast management, filtration, bright beer tanks (BBT) area, cleaning in place (CIP), and all secondary processes Following the introduction of its ABB Ability™ BeerMaker intelligent process automation control solution for hot block, ABB has launched its technology solution[Read More…]
Netherlands’ Dawn Foods announces acquisition of Royal Steensma
The acquisition includes four manufacturing plants in The Netherlands, a manufacturing facility in Thailand, and continued involvement with the Food Innovation Academy (FIA) education centre in The Netherlands Global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods announced the acquisition of Royal Steensma, a renowned family-owned bakery ingredients manufacturing company headquartered in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Royal Steensma has[Read More…]
UK’s Complete Food acquires SK Foods and Zorba Foods
The two food businesses are category leaders in private-label chilled party foods and dips and deli fillings, with a combined turnover of over £160m and over 1,150 employees The Complete Food Group announced that SK and Zorba Foods have been acquired from The Entrepreneurial Food Group. The two food businesses[Read More…]
Krones to expand portfolio into injection moulding with acquisition of Netstal
The final signing of the transaction is scheduled for the beginning of February 2024 Krones is close to signing an agreement regarding the acquisition of 100 per cent of Netstal Maschinen AG (Netstal) from KraussMaffei. Based in Naefels, Switzerland, Netstal is a leading supplier of injection moulding machines to the[Read More…]
Coca-Cola trials label-less packaging in UK
The pilot will see labels temporarily removed from single 500ml Sprite and Sprite Zero bottles and replaced with an embossed logo on the front of the pack Coca-Cola will temporarily remove labels from Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles this January in a limited trial of “label-less” packaging. The pilot[Read More…]
Seviroli Foods acquires portfolio of Italian food products from Ajinomoto Foods
Acquisition expands seviroli’s product offering and bolsters customer and vendor relationships Seviroli Foods LLC (Seviroli), a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC (Mill Point) and a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products and importer of speciality foods, announced that it has acquired a portfolio of Italian[Read More…]
Fonterra to install first electrode boiler in Switzerland
In its next step to get out of coal, Fonterra has announced it will install a 20-megawatt electrode boiler at its Edendale site in Switzerland This is another step for the cooperative as it works to get out of coal by 2037 and reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by[Read More…]
EverSweet stevia sweetener receives safety opinions from EFSA and FSA
Avansya has quantified the sweetener’s environmental benefits through consecutive, third-party-verified life cycle assessments Avansya, the joint venture between Cargill and dsm-firmenich, announced that the EverSweet® stevia sweetener has received a positive safety opinion from both the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA), bringing the advanced sweetener one[Read More…]
ABB announces commercial launch of 3 new raspberry varieties
The addition of these three varieties to ABB’s portfolio of raspberry varieties, enables growers to achieve year-round production Netherlands-based Advanced Berry Breeding (ABB) is proud to announce the commercial launch of three new varieties – the premium Malaika®, as well as Zawadi and Baridi. These three varieties are set to[Read More…]
