Production manager Sven-Arne Löfving is soon to retire after spending almost 30 years in the food production industry. In the third part of FoodProductionDaily's special edition on food factory careers, he talks about what it takes to run a successful...
Specific sustainability jobs may be rare in the food industry but gaining environmental expertise can give professionals an edge in an increasingly competitive job market.
Saint-Gobain has rejected approaches from buyout firms for its food and drink packaging business in favour of an initial public offering (IPO) option, according to sources familiar with the situation.
A lack of engineering graduates has created a challenge for the food manufacturing sector in terms of vacancy filling or expansion projects and we spoke to the head of HR at Nestlé to hear about the food giant’s strategies to remedy the deficit.
Leading industry trade associations are encouraging their members to follow a new set of guidelines to ensure that PET bottles are compatible with recycling facilities.
Coca-Cola Enterprise (CCE) has made a number of changes to its logistics practices in France last year to reduce carbon emissions and improve its distribution service.
India’s UFLEX Group has unveiled plans to open its first European plant to manufacture biaxally orientated polyester (BOPET) in Poland as part of its strategy to tap into demand in the region and become a leading global player in the sector.
Coca-Cola said earlier this month that biodegradable packaging is “simply not a viable option” but a new report suggests that other smaller drinks companies are beginning to take an interest.
Tetra Pak has invested €100m in the construction of a new factory in India that is to serve the local market as well as South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Siemens Water Technologies has turned to coconut shells to create a new catalytic carbon product for the US market suitable for water treatment in the bottling and brewing industries.
Coca-Cola Company plans to concentrate on improving energy efficiency at its manufacturing plants in developing countries this year as the company works towards its 2012 sustainability goals.
Turkish company Polinas has acquired biaxially-oriented polyester (BOPET) producer Nuroll from M&G Group as part of a strategy to grow its share of the European flexible packaging market.
A Nomura analyst has praised the pace of innovation at Pernod Ricard following the redesign of its Ricard bottle in France and the launch of several up-market extensions of existing brands.
A new application allows plastic processors to use their mobile phone or tablet PC to calculate the intrinsic viscosity (IV) of PET resin in seconds, said the US company behind the development.
World demand for caps and closures is expected to reach $40bn by 2014 boosted by continued growth in Asia and greater use of plastic packaging, according to Freedonia.
Spiralling raw material prices combined with a severe tightening of supply as PET producers increasingly target the electronics rather than packaging sectors are pressures driving up thin film material costs, said a leading industry player.
A new $20m facility at the University of California (UC) Davis has become the first winery, brewery and food-processing centre to receive LEED Platinum certification.
The Coca-Cola Company has been granted a preliminary trial date in June 2011 to challenge PepsiCo over its Trop50 juice packaging design, which Coca-Cola claims is too similar to that of its Simply juice range.
The results of the inaugural FoodProductionDaily.com survey gauging the outlook for the food and drink processing industry reveal that commodity and packaging material price increases, the bugbear of the past few months, are proving a challenge for 80...
Owens-Illinois (OI) has agreed to acquire glass packaging firm Hebei Rixin Glass Group in a deal aimed at opening up opportunities in the growing mass beer market in China.
New drinking occasions, smoking bans, and the popularity of RTD tea in Asia are among the trends driving beverage packaging innovation discussed with Euromonitor analyst Karine Dussimon.
Metal packaging firm Ball is acquiring aerosol can and bottle maker Aerocan for €221m in a move that the company claims will make it the biggest global producer of aluminum slugs.
European policy makers need to be aware that taking conflicting approaches on sustainability could affect the free flow of packaged goods, according to the managing director of Europen.
A new self-locking pouch from small French packaging firm Bag2Pack won the attention of judges from leading manufacturers including Danone and Nestle at Emballage in Paris last month.
Heineken is rolling out a new bottle design across the globe, cutting the number of sizes available, in an effort to achieve greater brand uniformity and streamline its supply chain.
RPC Group struck an optimistic note as it announced buoyant half year profits, selected segment expansion and predicted above average future growth for the rigid packaging sector as the trend towards glass substitution continued.
A new biopolymer range provides better seal integrity for the larger pack sizes of dry products such as muesli and pasta, claimed Innovia Films at the launch of the new NatureFlex film at the French industry event Emballage last week.
At Brau Beviale earlier this month, BeverageDaily.com spoke to Ingo Pankoke, scientific engineer at the German research institute VLB Berlin, about how the application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the brewing industry can optimise...
A new stretchable paper may signal the beginning of the end for thermoform plastic trays, Billerud told FoodProductionDaily.com at the Emballage show in Paris last week.
The affordability and flexibility offered by a game-changing digital label finishing system now makes the technology available to small and medium-sized companies, said Primera Technology.
The palletizing and automated end-of-line sector is likely to experience greater consolidation and increased strategic alliances as industry players seek to deliver greater efficiencies, says Newtec boss Didier Pradeilles.
Beverage packaging design will revert away from a recent shift towards cost effectiveness, and back to longer-term trends such as added value and convenience, as countries begin to emerge from the recession, according to industry analyst Canadean.
A switch from the carton industry-funded bring bank collection scheme to kerbside collection by local authorities is top of the agenda for the next 18 months, claims the newly appointed chief executive of the beverage carton manufacturing alliance, ACE...
