Trouble is brewing between Ontario's dominant beer retailer and a
small-city brewer over the use of 1970s-style "stubby" bottles,
following the launch of a nostalgia marketing campaign for its Red
Cap beer.
Pepsi Bottling Group, the world's largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola
drinks, said on Wednesday it plans to buy family-owned Kitchener
Beverages of Ontario, further expanding its presence in Canada.
The Pepsi Bottling Group said today that it has commenced cash
tender offers in the United States and Mexico to complete the
acquisition of Mexican bottler Pepsi-Gemex.
Pepsi Bottling Group, the largest maker of Pepsi-Cola drinks, said
on Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose, meeting expectations, as
strong results in Russia helped offset lower-than-expected volume
in the United States and Spain.
Turkish glass producer Anadolu Cam has announced an investment
programme in its Ruscam glass bottle plant in Vladimir, western
Russia, which aims to boost production to one billion bottles a
year.
Launched last year at Pakex, UK development company, MCP, claims it
has introduced the world's first blow moulding machine designed
specifically for the production of prototype bottles and containers
in production intent materials.
Beverage giant Coca-Cola is considering building new bottling
plants in several locations in some of China's poorer inland
provinces, a company executive announced.
In the US, Anheuser-Busch is launching new sloped shoulder bottles
and secondary packaging for the company's super-premium beers,
Michelob and Michelob Light.
Orlando Wyndham, the Australian bottling company, has commissioned
what is believed to be the fastest wine bottling/packing/despatch
system in the world.
Falling demand, an unstable economy and internal politics had left
Coca-Cola's German bottling interests in tatters. However, moves to
streamline the operations are now taking effect and the prospects
are starting to look up.
Australian beverage packaging provider Amcor, which recently spent
A$3 billion (€1.67bn) to buy Schmalbach in Germany, has just spent
A$135 million on a single burner glass plant near South Australia's
Barossa Valley, marking...
Pepsi Bottling, the biggest bottler of Pepsi worldwide, has said it
cannot provide any assurance regarding the timing, value or
determination to proceed with any transaction involving
Pepsi-Gemex, Mexico.
Expansion for its bottle making business into European markets is
the aim as Pechiney Plastic Packaging (PPP) continues to develop
its range of niche packaging operations with a new plant due to
open in the south of France soon.
Clearly Canadian Beverage, the Canadian marketer of alternative
beverages, has unveiled new packaging for its14 oz. Clearly
Canadian sparkling flavoured water.
Soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil has sold its plastic bottle
manufacturing operations in Australia and New Zealand to Visy
Industries for AUS$157 million (€90m), according to a report by
IndustrySearch.
The Pepsi Bottling has announced that its second quarter 2002
earnings conference call with financial analysts and investors will
be webcast live over the Internet.
A report from the Japan Canners' Association puts last year's
output of canned and bottled goods at 4,551,015 tonnes, down 6.4
per cent from year 2000. However, recent reports show that food and
beverage sales are at last...
Perrier Group of America has recently begun construction on a new
$60 million (€62.3m), 400,000 sq ft bottled water plant in Hawkins,
Texas - according to a report from Industrialinfo.com.
Neverfail Springwater, the Australian bottled water company, has
reduced costs and increased productivity after installing equipment
from CapSnap Water Group, part of USA-based Portola Packaging to
maintain its supplies.
The Dominion Bond Rating Service recently published a report about
future prospects for the US-based Pepsi Bottling Group. The report
outlines that recent acquisitions have put the Group in a strong
position and that it is destined...
Mecmesin, the global force and torque test solutions provider, has
configured force measurement equipment to provide a cost-effective
and easy-to-use system for PET bottle production handling.
US company Owens Brockway, a division of Owens Illinois Glass
Container has recently reopened a 96-year-old glass bottle plant in
Pennsylvania which had been idle since December 2000.
Canadian brewer Molson has announced plans to invest $34.8 million
(€24.6 million) in upgrades at its Toronto brewery as the first
installment in a $100 million plan to increase the facility's
production and efficiency.
