Coles Supermarkets becomes the first retailer in the Asia Pacific region to deploy Caper Carts, Instacart’s AI-powered smart trolleys Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, and Coles Supermarkets, one of Australia’s leading retailers, announced that Caper Carts, Instacart’s AI-powered smart trolleys, will be coming to Melbourne, starting in early 2025 with its Richmond Traders[Read More…]
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Nourish Ingredients and CABIO Biotech partner to manufacture and distribute Tastilux
Tastilux is a premium speciality ingredient derived from natural sources and produced through fermentation In a landmark cross-continental collaboration, Nourish Ingredients, a leader in speciality fats and precision fermentation, announced a Joint Commercial Agreement with CABIO Biotech, a leading Chinese biotechnology company specialising in microbial fermentation and synthetic biology-based products. Uniting Australian[Read More…]
Circus Group appoints Alastair Wong as VP of process engineering
At Circus, he will be responsible for the global operational strategy for the CA-1 robot Circus SE, a leading AI robotics company specialising in autonomous kitchen systems, announced the appointment of Alastair Wong as Vice President of Process Engineering. Alastair brings many years of experience in managing and scaling operational[Read More…]
Navigating regulatory maze primary challenges facing nutraceuticals in Asia
Alex Du, General Manager of the APAC Business Unit at Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd, In Asia, one of the primary challenges is the regulatory complexities across different regions. The rules governing nutraceuticals are not well defined in some areas, making compliance and market entry difficult. Quality control is another potential[Read More…]
Sirio sees surging revenues driven by rapidly rising international sales
Overall turnover has risen to $508m [€469m] during 2023 – up 42.87 per cent year-on-year Sirio Pharma (SIRIO) the global nutraceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) announces record revenues at Vitafoods Europe with international sales reaching near parity with domestic revenues for the first time. The CDMO, which is among the largest[Read More…]
Aalst Chocolate eyes growth in Asia through customer-driven innovation
Aalst’s vision to grow as a chocolate company ‘from Asia for Asia’ was given a boost when it was acquired by Cargill Against the backdrop of strong Asian chocolate demand, Aalst Chocolate, a Cargill company, unveiled plans to drive growth through its unique ‘bean to bar’ positioning and customer-led product[Read More…]
