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...
The Dr Enuf energy drink range has been extended with the addition
of a new herbal variant, Herbal Dr Enuf, a cherry-flavoured drink
containing ginseng and guarana.
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.
Leading Brands, the Canadian beverage manufacturer and distributor,
has begun shipments of its new "optimised performance
beverage" TREK after an extremely positive reaction from
distributors involved in earlier trials.
In an interview with French daily Les Echos on Tuesday,
Franck Riboud, CEO of Groupe Danone, quickly denied accusations
that developments with Coca-Cola were a sign of Danone's defeat in
the US water market.
PTC is to supply UK glass packager United Glass with technology
that could help it influence product design for leading drinks
companies such as Scottish Courage and Anheuser Busch.
Fast growing privately held fatty acid producer Twin Rivers
Technologies LP of Massachusetts, USA, has closed a deal to
purchase The Procter & Gamble Companies Olestra plant in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bottling and can packaging providers should take note: three of the
five fastest growing food and beverage categories in the global
marketplace were beverages in 2001, led overwhelmingly by prepared
alcoholic beverages according to...
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.
