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Bosch Packaging Technology will launch the new Kliklok MEC at PACK EXPO International 2018 in Chicago. The new Midrange Endload Cartoner (MEC) features a future-proof sanitary design, tool-less changeover and easy operator access. It packs up to 170 cartons per minute and is designed for the highest food safety standards and for maximum production levels.…
Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO of the Barry Callebaut Group, said: “After the very strong performance in the first half of this fiscal year, we continued to see strong momentum in the third quarter, fueled by all key growth drivers, regions and product groups. Our volume growth was again significantly above the global chocolate confectionery market.”…
German packaging specialist Gerhard Schubert GmbH, Crailsheim celebrate their 80th anniversary in July 2018. Founder and packaging pioneer Gerhard Schubert is well-known within the industry for innovative ideas that the company developed to industry standards. The Toploading packaging machine is only one example of their great history of innovations. sweet vision sends best greetings to…
Jellies and gummies of any texture, from soft pectin jellies to chewy gelatin gummies, can now be made economically and at high quality by the Baker Perkins starchless depositing process. Two recent developments are milestones in the progress of choice in these expanding markets. They bring significant opportunities to enlarge these sectors. Gelatin gummies can…
tna has announced the opening of a new office and training facility in Mexico providing local food manufacturers with a range of new services and enhanced technical support. Located in Santiago de Querétaro, the new office enables tna to accommodate its growing sales and technical support team and allows the company to better respond to…
Gerhard Schubert GmbH is growing internationally and expanding by opening its first subsidiary in China. The market launch will begin at ProPak China in Shanghai in mid-July 2018, where the Crailsheim-based family business will be presenting its highly flexible, robot-based packaging machines in China for the first time. A Schubert service and distribution site will…
Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) signed a letter of intent June 4, to intensify the cooperation on sustainable cocoa farming. The purpose of the letter of intent is for both signatories to work collaboratively towards the design and validation of a sustainable…
With the rapid rise in consumer demand for premium, high quality Belgian chocolate, Cargill has invested in a new liquid chocolate production line in its Mouscron production facility in Belgium. This investment increases the company’s capacity to produce milk and dark chocolate and creates up to 10 new local jobs. Liquid chocolate investment Cargill’s cocoa…
Mondelēz International today announced it has invested $200 million since 2014 in its Opava biscuit manufacturing facility, which employs nearly 1,000 people and produces Power Brands like Oreo, belVita, Milka and Cadbury, for the European market. The investment builds on Opava’s proud heritage of more than a century as a biscuit-making center and supports the…
Natra, a benchmark among European producers of chocolate confectionery and cocoa products, celebrates its 75th anniversary as one of the leading companies in the sector in Europe, with a turnover of €372.5 million, almost 1,000 employees and factories in 4 countries. Natra, publicly listed since 1991, is now a multinational with commercial networks and sales…