Muller Quaker Dairy, the joint venture between PepsiCo and the Germany-based Theo Müller Group, has broken ground on its first US yogurt manufacturing plant – less than a month after entering the market.
US-based 3M Food Safety has introduced software enhancements to its 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring System, a family of products that helps food and beverage processors easily track and monitor cleaning and sanitation within their manufacturing environm
Kraft-owned chocolate maker Cadbury has filed an international patent for a redesigned flow wrap package that it claims will allow chocolate bars to be displayed closer to sales counters to encourage impulse buys.
Coca-Cola Amatil has today announced two packaging changes to glass bottles sold in licensed premises across the Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Sprite, Lift and Fanta range. The new bottles will enter the market in September 2012.
JBT FoodTech, an American food processing machinery provider owned by JBT, has signed a $4m dairy processing equipment supply contract with an international dairy processor.
Molson Coors launched a sharing-size 710ml Corona Extra bottle in the UK off-trade from May, and said Nielsen data showed that larger bottles were outperforming the general lager market in this channel by 9%.
The new ‘easy4opening’ system consists of a shrink sleeve that covers the neck or top of bottles and similar containers of food or cosmetic and hygiene products such as mouthwash.
The new executive director of the Contract Packaging Association (CPA) has targeted membership growth, increased participation and industry awareness as her main objectives in an exclusive interview with FoodProductionDaily.com.
Multivac UK has entered into a partnership with food processing equipment manufacturer Risco, in an effort to extend its line solutions“from the packaging machine right through to palletisation.”
Beverage packaging giant APPE says work on a new Polish PET facility is on schedule and that commercial production is set to begin in December, ahead of full operation from January 2013.
Cocoa products do not represent a major source of the potential carcinogen ochratoxin A in the diet, but may still requite monitoring, according to a new analysis of the supply chain.
JBT FoodTech, an American food processing machinery provider owned by JBT, has signed a $4m cooking and freezing equipment supply contract with an international frozen food provider.
New EU labelling regulations could force users of variable information and weigh-price labelling to rethink where and how data is presented on-pack, according to equipment supplier Bizerba. It could also open up fresh marketing opportunities.
