EC fines major firms in French beer cartel case
The European Commission has fined French dairy Groupe Danone and Dutch beer giant Heineken €2.5 million for colluding to control the wholesale beer market in France.
Archives for September 29, 2004
Vietnam eyes Russian tea exports
Vietnam is banking on burgeoning tea exports to Russia, earmarking it as a primary market for the future. With exports growing at 30 per cent in the last year, the Vietnam Tea Association (VTA) wants to push total exports up to 15,000 tons by 2010.
Tetra Pak seeks greater share of growing China dairy market
Tetra Pak, the European packaging giant, has inaugurated a new liquid food packaging plant in Beijing this week, the latest step in its bid to profit from the rising Chinese interest in dairy products.
Philippines firm ups carrageenan production
Philippines-based company PCI Worldwide is investing P27.6 million (€400,000) into the production and export of carrageenan, a gum that is derived from red seaweed and is commonly used as an additive in the food industry.
Wheat quality scuppered by rain, says survey
UK wheat quality has been pushed even further below the national three-year average, according to the first survey of wheat harvested during the worst period of the UK's summer rain, confirming fears that bad weather will place an extra strain on the...
Thermo develops new monitoring techniques
Processing equipment provider Thermo Electron has developed a number of new monitoring systems design to help manufacturers cut costs and increase product safety.
Further consolidation in Chinese brewing market
China's beer market - the biggest in the world - is continuing to consolidate into the control of just a handful of major companies, but while international brewers have certainly been quick to stake their claims, there are still a number of...