Heineken has joined forces with Groupe SEB to produce a draught
beer system that can be used in consumer homes. The Beer Tender
consists of an appliance and keg whcih is said to be compact and
very easy to use.
Australian confectionery ginger giant warns of profit plunge due to
intense pressure from rising dollar, a sharp turnaround from the
previous guidance that profits would rise in 2003.
Despite a slight drop in sales packaging giant Rexam has announced
that H1 pretax profits have risen significantly. Profits jumped to
£71 million compared with a loss of £169 million for the same
period last year.
Dutch life science company DSM today posted a net profit of €959
million. Although DSM Fine Chemicals posted slightly lower sales
and a lower operating profit, attributable to the pharma products
and aspartame businesses, DSM Food...
Riverwood, parent company of Riverwood International, and Graphic
Packaging International have jointly announced a definitive merger
agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging company
with leading market positions serving...
Cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray voted on Saturday for a clean
slate - replacing most of its board with a brand new set of faces -
in the wake of lagging cranberry prices and a bid from rival
Northland Cranberries.
Cranberry sales for US co-operative Ocean Spray Cranberries may be
booming in Europe but news this week that its CEO of three years,
Robert Hawthorne, has resigned led US ratings agency Moody's to
review a possible downgrade...
Ball Corporation will release its third quarter 2002 earnings on
Thursday 24 October before trading begins on the New York Stock
Exchange. At 9am US Mountain Time, Ball will hold its regular
quarterly conference call on the company's...
