Arla Foods has a long-standing and strong presence in the Middle East and North Africa, which is the company’s largest commercial area outside of Europe Arla Foods has made a non-binding offer for the majority of the shares in the Arabian Food Industries Company (Domty), a listed company with approx.[Read More…]
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AMSilk partners with Ajinomoto for industrial fermentation
AMSilk is forming a strategic collaboration with Ajinomoto, leveraging Ajinomoto’s extensive industrial expertise in precision fermentation and its strategically located site in France AMSilk GmbH, a frontrunner in advanced biomaterials made from spider silk-based proteins, announces that the Company and Ajinomoto Foods Europe, a company with over 50 years of[Read More…]
Mondi to acquire Western Europe packaging assets of Schumacher Packaging
The Acquisition comprises seven corrugated converting plants, two solid board mills and four solid board converting plants Mondi plc, announced that it has agreed to acquire the German, Benelux and UK corrugated converting and solid board operations of Schumacher Packaging. This Acquisition will expand Mondi’s corrugated footprint in Western Europe[Read More…]
UK poultry industry receives £160Mn boost as exports to South Africa resume
The development will allow UK traders to export poultry to South Africa for the first time in eight years British poultry can once again reach South African tables, after the UK secured market access estimated to bring up to £160 million to the industry over the next five years. The[Read More…]
Aldi plans to invest £30Mn in dairy farming
The investment will enable Aldi to support Arla’s FarmAhead Customer Partnership, a new initiative aimed at supporting farmers’ ongoing efforts to drive reductions in on-farm emissions Aldi has announced plans to invest over £30 million in dairy farmers over the next three and a half years, through an enhanced partnership with[Read More…]
Janssen PMP and Fresh Inset partners to commercialise Vidre+
Fresh Inset has developed Vidre+ technology, a range of new applications of the 1-MCP molecule for extending the post-harvest shelf life of fruits and vegetables Janssen PMP, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, and Fresh Inset have partnered to exclusively commercialise Fresh Inset’s Vidre+ technology in Europe. Fresh Inset and Janssen[Read More…]
AB Kauno Grūdai increases investment in breadcrumb factory
The investment was planned as early as 2022 and has since grown 1.5 times AB Kauno Grūdai, a subsidiary of AB Akola Group, has increased its investment in the breadcrumb factory, which it plans to build in Kėdainiai. The company, which has one breadcrumb coatings factory in the Kaunas region,[Read More…]
Believer Meats and GEA join forces to scale up cultivated meat production
The partnership focuses on co-developing technologies and processes to improve the unit economics and sustainability of cultivated meat production Believer Meats, a pioneer in the cultivated meat industry, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with GEA, one of the world’s largest suppliers of production-scale equipment and systems to the food, beverage,[Read More…]
Vetropack opens fully automated warehouse in Italy
The fully automated warehouse is equipped with state-of-the-art technology designed to optimise logistics operations Vetropack, one of Europe’s leading glass manufacturers, is embracing the full potential of a smart factory in Italy. At its new manufacturing site in Boffalora sopra Ticino, the company operates a state-of-the-art, fully automated warehouse. Customers[Read More…]
EU initiates WTO consultations challenging China’s anti-subsidy investigation
This is the first time the EU has decided to challenge an investigation at its initiation stage European Commission launched a consultation request at the World Trade Organization (WTO), challenging China’s initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation against imports of certain dairy products from the EU. This is the first time the EU[Read More…]