Meet the team from Romaco Group’s takeover
The Romaco Group, which supplies processing and packaging equipment,has announced its managerial team following the takeover of Kilian Tableting, which was completed this month.
Archives for November 14, 2013
Nestlé denies link to Colombian anti-union violence as murder probe begins
Nestlé has rubbished suggestions by a Colombian trade union that it has been complicit in "acts of violence" against striking workers, following the murder of an employee from its Bugalagrande condensed milk plant.
Soft drinks losing their fizz among younger Australians
Soft drink marketeers may need to reconsider their targeted advertising and replace volleyball-playing, festival-going twentysomethings with canasta-playing, arts-loving, Australians in their 40s, new research shows.
DIGITAL DISPATCHES FROM E-BEV 2013, OCTOBER 23-25, DENVER
‘Sue the bears’ and naturally social spirits: Jim Beam social content manager Q&A
We caught up with Jim Beam’s social content manager Jason Miller to ask how ‘sexy’ spirits speak to different social media channels and the Beam Inc. bourbon brand’s successes in this space.
Carlsberg Grins and Russian Bears It: ‘We probably misjudged kiosk closure impact’
Carlsberg says the Russian beer market is ‘difficult’ and admits it misjudged the impact of kiosk closures and the blow this dealt its Baltika 7 brand in particular.
Packaging pushes PET market to 76.7m tons
Food packaging, beverage bottles and other containers are driving global demand for polyethylene terephthalate.
“There is an urgent need for a fresh approach dealing with the EU’s immovable commitment to harmonise maximum levels for vitamins and minerals”
New research aims to end EU’s vitamin safety blockade
Just commissioned research aims to to help resolve the stalemate that exists in the EU over maximum permitted levels (MPLs) for vitamins and minerals with a novel approach.
BPA low dose guidelines 'do not protect human health'
Current safety guidelines for bisphenol A (BPA) do not protect human health, according to scientists.
Hain Celestial targeted in unusual false advertising lawsuit over ‘100% natural’ teas allegedly containing pesticide residues above legal thresholds
Hain Celestial has been targeted in a first-if-its-kind putative class action lawsuit alleging that it falsely advertised Celestial Seasoning teas as 100% natural when they in fact contain “potentially dangerous” levels of pesticides, herbicides,...