The biggest dairy company in the Middle East region, Almarai, has announced it would buy Binghatti beverages Manufacturing’s production facility in the UAE for AED215million even as it continues to expand its product range and dominance in regional F&B space This acquisition will enhance Almarai’s ability to serve its customers by expanding the range of …
Savola acquires snack maker Bayara for $260m
Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group has signed a binding share-purchase agreement through its subsidiary, Savola Foods Company, to acquire nuts company Bayara Holding for $260million. “This acquisition is a continued activation of Savola Foods Company’s announced strategy to enter attractive, value-added categories with increasing appeal within the food sector,” Savola said in the filing. The group …
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Domino-P&G helps customers get a feel for inclusive packaging
Domino Printing Sciences has teamed up with Procter and Gamble to develop an inclusive, tactile solution for product labelling to help visually impaired consumers. For those living with a visual impairment, simple tasks like telling the difference between bottles of shampoo and conditioner can be a real challenge. P&G recognised this and set out to …
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Nestle’s new recyclable bottle technology has endless potential
Nestlé has unveiled new Perrier water bottles created with ground-breaking recycling technology. The bottles were produced as part of the Carbios global consortium to support the industrialisation of an innovative technology that allows plastic to be endlessly recycled while maintaining properties virtually equivalent to virgin plastics. Consortium members include L’Oréal, Suntory Beverage & Food Europe and …
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Mondi and Hazeleger Kaas launch recyclable cheese packaging
Packaging and paper giant, Mondi, Dutch cheese packaging company Hazeleger and have worked together and developed EnvelopeForm, a new fully recyclable polypropylene (PP) mono-material solution for packaging Westland Kaas’ Maaslander cheese slices. The light-weight solution, fully recyclable solution replaces a heavier multi-layer plastic solution. Mondi’s mono-material meets the high oxygen and moisture barrier properties required …
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Regional waste management firms win global Nestlé honours
Ten companies are vying for this year’s Nestlé Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize, which recognises system-changing initiatives for some of today’s most critical environmental and social issues. The finalists have been whittled down from 173 submissions by Nestle’s packaging experts over the past 10 months since entries were invited. The Nestlé CSV Prize 2020-2021 identified …
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Dettol replaces iconic logo with Covid heroes
Dettol, India’s most trusted germ protection brand, has launched a one-of-its-kind campaign, #DettolSalutes. For the first time in its history, Dettol has replaced its iconic logo with images of Covid-19 pandemic workers and “protectors”, along with their inspiring stories. The brand has gathered 100 such stories from across India and is carrying them …
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Unilever to make all toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025
Unilever has announced it will convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025. After four years of development, the recyclable tubes will be available later this year in two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets: France and India. First launching in France with the company’s leading oral care brand Signal, the …
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Dettol replaces iconic logo with Covid heroes
Dettol, India’s most trusted germ protection brand, has launched a one-of-its-kind campaign, #DettolSalutes. For the first time in its history, Dettol has replaced its iconic logo with images of Covid-19 pandemic workers and “protectors”, along with their inspiring stories. The brand has gathered 100 such stories from across India and is carrying them …
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Danone launches formula milk in innovative, pre-measured tab format
Danone announces the launch of the first ever formula milk in the United Kingdom to be sold in a pre-measured tab format. Danone is introducing this format innovation in the UK in response to parents’ desire for greater convenience and ease when preparing formula milk feeds. In commenting on the launch, Gustavo Hildenbrand, General …
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