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Bühler celebrated the ground breaking for its Innovation Campus in Uzwil, Switzerland. Completion of the building is expected for the first quarter of 2019. This significant investment of over CHF 50 million, spent over three years, demonstrates Bühler’s commitment to innovation and technology, and to the workplace Switzerland. “This innovation campus will reinforce our innovation…
The first vertical form, fill and seal machine (VFFS) for producing dust-tight sealed paper packaging has been honoured with the Green Star Packaging Award 2017 in the section „Save Food“. The award is presented on an annual basis by the magazine Kompack as well as the Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology (ofi). Additionally,…
Futamura has announced that Brevard, NC-based Cermount is using NatureFlex packaging film as part of a renewable stand-up pouch. Using packaging made from renewable resources reduces the use of plastics made from finite petro chemicals, offering a sustainable solution for single-use packaging. By combining high performance plant-based films in the lamination, the pouch achieves a…
Beginning in January 2018, Rainer DallaRosa will be taking over the management of Schubert North America in Charlotte. He succeeds Fritz Kipfer, who will be leaving the German market leader in top-loading packaging machines at his own request after 16 successful years in order to devote himself to new activities back in Canada. As the…
Cargill has made its first ever sustainable premium payment by electronic transfer to cocoa farmers in Ghana. Just over 10,000 farmers are benefiting from the 2 million GHS mobile payments made by Cargill in partnership with its customers through the Cargill Cocoa Promise, Cargill’s commitment to improving the livelihoods of farmers and communities that will…
Swiss group Bühler has announced to acquires Austrian wafer line specialist The Haas Group. Haas produces production lines in the biscuits and wafers business. The group has six manufacturing sites worldwide, a workforce of 1,750 people and a revenue of about 300 m Euros. The acquisition has to be approved by the antitrust authorities.
Mondelēz International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) has once again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for both the North America and World indices. The DJSI is a globally recognized independent benchmark that conducts comprehensive assessments of a company’s economic, environmental and social performance with a strong focus on long-term value creation for shareholders. Mondelēz International’s…
The international packaging and paper group Mondi received two German Packaging Awards 2017 (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) in the “Cost Effectiveness” category. The competition – organised annually by the German Packaging Institute (Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut – dvi) – recognises two of the company’s innovative concepts: one for the transportation of industrial ventilation systems and one for point of…
The conditions in the first half-year were unchanged and remained difficult for the whole industry. Stagnating or only slightly growing chocolate markets, a consumer sentiment that remained largely restrained and an ever changing trade landscape posed great challenges for the industry. Lindt & Sprüngli however still managed to win market shares in strategically important markets…
Barry Callebaut manufacturer of quality chocolate and cocoa products, signed an agreement to acquire D’Orsogna Dolciaria, which will further strengthen its Specialties & Decorations business, in particular in Europe. D’Orsogna Dolciaria, a family-owned Italian business-to-business company, is known as supplier of high-quality decoration and inclusion solutions mainly for food manufacturers, in particular for ice-cream, dairy…