Group participates in Gulfood conference, highlighting the region’s growing demand Mondelez has invested USD1.5bn in new or existing factories since 2012 Dubai Mondelez International emphasised at the Gulfood Manufacturing Conference the opportunity to drive F&B manufacturing innovation and quality in the Middle East. Experts from Mondelez International joined business leaders from leading F&B companies and …
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Thai Union and Savola to invest USD30–50m KSA Thai Union Frozen Products, the world’s largest canned tuna maker, said it has signed a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group to tap the Middle Eastern seafood market. The Thai seafood company is looking to expand into the Middle East, one of …
Climate change goal for factories by 2020 set through a collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) P&G expects ecological initiatives to cut costs and also help its brands ‘win with consumers’ USA Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced an objective of reducing its absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities by 30% by …
Company aims to start production in 2017 to keep leading market position in Oman Salalah Mills is already running at 100% utilisation of its 1,500 tonne/day capacity Oman Salalah Mills’ board of directors has decided to raise the company’s paid capital and production capacity. Acting on a feasibility study conducted by Expert House, the board …
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Warehouses and offices are granted environmental and health & safety certificates Nestlé set up its operations in Palestine back in 1997 Palestine The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Services (OHSAS) have granted Nestlé’s Palestine warehouse and offices operations the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification, and the …
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Inaugural round table looks at how the sector’s exports can move up the value chain Ethiopia The Bosch Group has hosted the first International Coffee Processing and Packaging Round Table in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event featured representatives from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), industrial and agricultural institutions, big business, SMEs, farmers, and …
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Mass Food Group is the first firm to produce breakfast cereal for Egyptian consumers USA Kellogg’s has acquired Egypt’s largest cereal company, Mass Food Group, for USD50m, the food giant announced on 28 September. “As the number one cereal company in Egypt, Mass Food Group is an excellent strategic fit for Kellogg,” said Chris Hood, …
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Fujairah Plastic Factory is building on its growth since 1982 with a goal of being the region’s ‘number one Flexible packaging factory’, Khalid Al Kaabi tells Packaging MEA Since being founded in 1982, Fujairah Plastic Factory has developed from running its first facility in that emirate to operating four plants in the UAE, serving export as …
Dow and DuPont have agreed to consolidate as equals, creating three new firms, including a materials science giant that will cover packaging.
Flint Group has announced its acquisition of Xeikon, which will form the core of the new Flint Group Digital Printing Solutions division.
