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CEDC makes Polish acquisition
Central European Distribution Corporation, the US-based company with extensive drinks distribution operations in Poland, has further extended its business there with the acquisition of Panta-Hurt,...
Flavour of the month
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation centres in the Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring of the flavour research and...
Sweet taste of success
British sugar and sweetener group Tate & Lyle has reported an 18 per cent rise in annual profits. The firm, which produces branded sugars and...
Alcoa to sell South American PET business
Alcoa has said it has reached an agreement to sell its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging business in South America to Amcor PET Packaging. The company...
Vermont snaps up Snapple
Vermont Pure Holdings has entered into a contract packing agreement with the Snapple Beverage Group to supply Snap2O bottled spring water. The product will be...
Nestlé invests in Russian coffee
Food and drink giant Nestlé is investing $120 million (€120.8m) in the Russian coffee industry. The firm is planning to build a full-cycle factory in...
Water firm puts faith in new technology
A small US water bottling company, Kolob, claims to have tripled productivity and significantly reduced costs following investments it has made in automation equipment sourced...
Sabaté Diosos searches for new name
Sabaté Diosos, the France-based wine barrel and closures manufacturer, has said that it is to rename the company to reflect greater unanimity for its brands....
CCHBC beats economic odds
Difficult economic conditions in the first quarter of the year were not enough to dampen the spirits of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, the Greek...
Sidel opens Italian operation
Sidel has inaugurated its new plant in Parma, Italy, an international manufacturing centre dedicated to the assembly of filling machines. Sidel CEO Gérard Stricher said...
Alcan eyes Asian market
Alcan has confirmed further details of the acquisition of shares in the Flexible Packaging Division of Hydro Aluminium Deutschland, which allow the company to expand...
Australian bottled water company looks to Europe
Australian bottled water company Neverfail Springwater is reported to be looking for buyers in Europe, the US and Asia in an effort to ward off...
CCHBC strengthens position in Polish market
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), the Greek soft drink bottler, is to acquire Multivita, the Polish mineral water company owned by Maspex, the international food...
Processing and packaging company launched
American Purpac Technologies, a new US-based company dedicated to the blending, processing and filling of beverages is to open its first plant on 1 July...
Nestlé Waters extends market leadership
Nestlé Waters, the Swiss group which owns the Perrier and Vittel mineral water brands, among others, has reported a 9.6 per cent increase in organic...
Sabaté buys Australian cooper
The Sabaté Diosos Group, a leading provider of products and services for the wine market, has said that it will reinforce its activities in Australasia...
Coke hit by sales decline
Volume growth at US-based soft drinks giant Coca-Cola was 4 per cent in the first quarter of 2003, at the low end of market expectations,...
Heineken, Diageo buy Interbrew African stake
Belgian brewing giant Interbrew has sold its minority stake in Namibia Breweries to rival groups Heineken and Diageo, netting €31 million in the process. Interbrew...
No impact from US boycott, claims Ricard
Patrick Ricard, CEO of French wine and spirit group Pernod Ricard, has said that there has been no material impact on the company's business from...
Beer duty increase branded 'a tragedy'
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has incurred the wrath of the British brewing trade with the announcement of a 1p per pint increase in beer duty....
Good Q1 organic growth for LVMH
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's leading luxury product group, has announced consolidated sales in the first quarter of 2003 of €2.8 billion, with...
Javo, WILD team up to push coffee flavours
The local coffee shop has evolved radically over the past few years in the UK and the US. Gone are the days when the consumer...
Jeanjean results beat expectations
Jeanjean, the leading producer of wines from the south of France, has announced a 9.7 per cent increase in turnover for 2002 to €136.2 million,...
Ocean Spray cuts jobs
Ocean Spray, the US cranberry grower co-operative and juicemaker, continues to make the news with the announcement on Monday that it has axed 58 corporate-level...
No float, for now, from Bacardi
Rumours that the Bermuda-based spirits group Bacardi is planning an IPO seem to surface whenever there is little else to report on in the drinks...
