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Glanbia Chief Honoured as UCD Alumni of the Year

    Glanbia Chief Honoured as UCD Alumni of the Year

Siobhan Talbot (pictured), group managing director of Glanbia, the global nutritional solutions and cheese group, was honoured recently at the UCD (University College, Dublin) Business Alumni of the Year 2014

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Shochi Bronze Medallist Aileen Neilson reveals her personal motto

The only female skip at an international level visited Star Refrigeration to tell staff about how she led her team to victory and won the Bronze medal for Britain. British

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Increased Output and Reduced Costs in Soft Drinks Production

    Increased Output and Reduced Costs in Soft Drinks Production

An increase in machine reliability and the improvement of lubrication management practices in order to maximise output in one of their plants was the objective of a globally active soft

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Laser Sorting Technology Enhances Pea Quality at Birds Eye

    Laser Sorting Technology Enhances Pea Quality at Birds Eye

TOMRA Sorting, exclusively represented in the UK by Stein Solutions, has supplied two Best Helius™ free-fall laser sorters to Birds Eye’s Lowestoft f actory in order to provide greatly enhanced

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Span Tech Europe – Flexibility at its Very Best

    Span Tech Europe – Flexibility at its Very Best

Today, material handling systems have become a fundamental part of a flexible manufacturing system, they must adapt to the product and production process, not the other way around. Span Tech

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Mars to Expand Pet Care Business With $2.9 Billion Acquisition

    Mars to Expand Pet Care Business With $2.9 Billion Acquisition

Mars Incorporated has agreed to acquire the IAMS®, EUKANUBA® and NATURA® pet care brands in major markets from Procter & Gamble for $2.9 billion in cash. The deal is a

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Carlsberg Group Enters New Category With Global Launch of Seth & Riley’s Garage

    Carlsberg Group Enters New Category With Global Launch of Seth & Riley’s Garage

Carlsberg Group is launching its first global venture into the ‘hard drinks’ category – the category, which was launched in the USA in 1999 and is now worth $1 billion

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Bacardi Looks For New Chief

    Bacardi Looks For New Chief

Bacardi, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, has commenced the search for a new head following the departure of president and chief executive officer Ed Shirley, who

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Oaktree Sells 37% Stake in Stock Spirits Group

    Oaktree Sells 37% Stake in Stock Spirits Group

Oaktree Capital Management has disposed of its entire shareholding in Stock Spirits Group, consisting of 73,665,895 ordinary shares and representing approximately 36.83% of the company’s issued share capital. The disposal

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Sugazym increases yield and quality in sugar production

SternEnzym presents new enzyme complexes for the production of granulated and raw sugar – With dextranase and amylase Sugazym simplifies the processing of raw materials containing starch and dextrans Ahrensburg,

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SternVitamin presents nutrient premixes for high-impact lifestyle drinks

Ahrensburg, April 2014 – “Brainpower” and “Mind-Calming” are the key words for nutrient specialist SternVitamin’s innovative new products at this year’s Vitafoods in Geneva. These newly developed vitamin and mineral

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Losses For the Big Four UK Grocers

    Losses For the Big Four UK Grocers

The latest UK grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published for the 12 weeks ending 30 March 2014, show what appears to be a dramatic market slowdown, with growth of only

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World’s First Industry Aligned Farmer Self Assessment For Sustainable Agriculture

    World’s First Industry Aligned Farmer Self Assessment For Sustainable Agriculture

Members of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform have developed the world’s first industry aligned Farmer Self Assessment of sustainable agriculture practices. Farmer Self Assessment is designed for farmers to

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Wind Turbine to Power Greenvale Potato Packaging Plant

    Wind Turbine to Power Greenvale Potato Packaging Plant

Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, and renewable energy company, Triodos Renewables, have announced the completion of a deal to build a wind turbine. The project  developed by

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O-I Invests €30 Million in Alloa to Support Scotch Spirits Industry

    O-I Invests €30 Million in Alloa to Support Scotch Spirits Industry

O-1 (Owens-Illinois), the world leader in glass packaging, has invested Eur30 million to upgrade capabilities at its Alloa plant to better serve the Scotch whisky industry and other drinks businesses.

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Algatechnologies Introduces Highest Content AstaPure® Natural Astaxanthin

Kibbutz Ketura, Israel— April 7, 2014, Algatechnologies Ltd. (“Algatech”), a leading manufacturer and supplier of natural algae astaxanthin announces the launch of AstaPure® 20% astaxanthin oleoresin. This content of astaxanthin

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Artificial Astaxanthin from DSM AstaSana® shown to be vastly inferior to Natural Algae Astaxanthin in Antioxidant Potential

The Natural Algae Astaxanthin Association (NAXA) has obtained further comparative antioxidant testing results from a leading antioxidant testing laboratory showing that artificial astaxanthin produced from petrochemicals has vastly inferior antioxidant

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If You Don’t Want Your business to Go Off, Then Talk to DSV Fresh

If you handle fresh produce and experience transport delays then you can kiss goodbye to your business. In the world of fresh produce what matters as much as quality is

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Asda on Track to Achieve Sustainability Goals with Greener, Quieter Fleet

Brussels, Belgium, April 9, 2014 – Asda, one of the United Kingdom’s leading retailers, recently purchased low noise whisper units from Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control solutions

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Senior Management Changes at SABMiller

    Senior Management Changes at SABMiller

SABMiller has announced a number of senior management and organisational changes that will become effective over the coming months, as it consolidates its South African and African regions for management

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Irish Seafood Sector Has Huge Potential For Growth

    Irish Seafood Sector Has Huge Potential For Growth

The Irish seafood sector has the potential to increase sales to €1 billion and deliver 1,200 additional jobs by 2017, according to a Bord Iascaigh Mhara (the Irish seafood industry

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Celebrates 25th Anniversary of its Antwerp Site

    Coca-Cola Enterprises Celebrates 25th Anniversary of its Antwerp Site

Coca-Cola Enterprises has marked the 25th anniversary of its production site at Wilrijk, Antwerp with the opening of a new €1 million Coca-Cola Visitors Center on the complex With its

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Mondelez International to Expand Chocolate Crumb Capacity

    Mondelez International to Expand Chocolate Crumb Capacity

Mondelez International is investing €5 million to expand its Irish chocolate crumb manufacturing plant at Rathmore in County Kerry. The investment programme, which includes the installation of a new milk

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Kliklok Showcases Cartoning Equipment at Interpack 2014

    Kliklok Showcases Cartoning Equipment at Interpack 2014

At the Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf, Kliklok will be in Hall 6, stand D27, exhibiting the latest versions of their

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Eurotec WTT – Innovation & Sustainability in Water Treatment

    Eurotec WTT – Innovation & Sustainability in Water Treatment

Eurotec WTT specializes in the design, production and installation of water, wastewater, waste and food process treatment plants. Eurotec’s mission

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Ireland’s Largest Sandwich Maker Purchased From Kerry Foods in MBO

    Ireland’s Largest Sandwich Maker Purchased From Kerry Foods in MBO

Freshways, Ireland’s largest sandwich maker. has been acquired in a management buyout from Kerry Foods by Diarmuid Shanahan and Garrett

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Carlsberg Adds the Czech Brand Zatec Beer to its Portfolio

    Carlsberg Adds the Czech Brand Zatec Beer to its Portfolio

The Carlsberg Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 51% of Zatecky Pivovar in the Czech Republic. The brewery

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EPA Recognition For PepsiCo’s Energy Efficiency Excellence

    EPA Recognition For PepsiCo’s Energy Efficiency Excellence

PepsiCo has received the 2014 Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award in the

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Imagine a drying system with a proven efficiency of over 99%… Introducing OptiDry®, the latest innovation from packaging line engineering leader Gebo Cermex.

When it comes to high-quality, high-frequency packaging lines, the presence of just a few drops of moisture can have a

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AAK acquires bakery fats specialist in Belgium

AAK has agreed to acquire the oils and fats business of CSM Benelux NV in Merksem. The company is a

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AAK acquires bakery fats specialist in Belgium

AAK has agreed to acquire the oils and fats business of CSM Benelux NV in Merksem. The company is a

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Cabinplant reduces give-away with new multi batcher

Cabinplant launches a new multi batcher that reduces the give-away by four times compared to any other machine on the

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Technology So Advanced You Don’t See It…

AYR, Scotland, April 9, 2014 – Neogen has introduced an advanced ATP hygiene monitoring system that uses radio frequency identification

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Quintessential Brands Enters Irish Cream Liqueurs Category

    Quintessential Brands Enters Irish Cream Liqueurs Category

International drinks group, Quintessential Brands, has acquired the First Ireland Spirits Company, Ireland’s largest independent producer of Irish cream liqueurs

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Heineken to Invest £58 Million to Expand UK Cider Capacity

    Heineken to Invest £58 Million to Expand UK Cider Capacity

Heineken is to invest £58 million in expanding capacity at its HP Bulmer cider production site at Hereford in England.

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Weetabix Launches £5 Million Marketing Campaign For On The Go Breakfast Drinks

    Weetabix Launches £5 Million Marketing Campaign For On The Go Breakfast Drinks

Weetabix, the UK’s second largest branded manufacturer of cereals and cereal bars, has launched a £5 million cross-media marketing campaign,

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What We Think About When We Think About Food

    What We Think About When We Think About Food

In Italy, a new tool developed byRome’s La Sapienza University, with support from Nestlé Italia, enables food producers, growers, processors

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Allergen Roadshows go International

    Allergen Roadshows go International

The “Allergens in a Nutshell” Roadshow events run by Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) have recently made a leap across

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Coca-Cola Launches Biggest Ever Marketing Program

    Coca-Cola Launches Biggest Ever Marketing Program

The Coca-Cola Company has launched the largest marketing program in its history, inviting the world to celebrate football as a

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UK Soft Drinks Market Worth £10 Billion

    UK Soft Drinks Market Worth £10 Billion

UK soft drinks value sales grew steadily in 2013, rising by 2% to take the category over the £10bn mark

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Green Light For Premier Foods’ Bread Joint Venture

    Green Light For Premier Foods’ Bread Joint Venture

Premier Foods has obtained competition approval from the European Commission in relation to its agreement with The Gores Group to

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Safer charging

    Safer charging

Part of Groupe Guillin, Sharpak is the UK’s leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging.   The company operates three facilities

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Major jobs boost for Killybegs announced

    Major jobs boost for Killybegs announced

A €35m investment has been announced for Killybegs, with plans to build the world’s largest bio-marine ingredients plant in the

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Arla Foods and EGM Walhorn to Merge

    Arla Foods and EGM Walhorn to Merge

Dairy co-operatives Eupener Genossenschaftsmolkerei Walhorn (EGM Walhorn) and Arla Foods amba are to merge. The boards of directors have circulated

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Taking Stock at Stock Spirits Group

    Taking Stock at Stock Spirits Group

Stock Spirits Group, a leading Central and Eastern European branded spirits producer, has reported its first year-end results since listing

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Tennent Caledonian Appoints New Chief Executive

    Tennent Caledonian Appoints New Chief Executive

Cider and beer producer C&C Group has appointed Brian Calder to the post of chief executive of Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

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Diageo’s Brands Lead Impact Databank’s Top 100 Spirits Lists

    Diageo’s Brands Lead Impact Databank’s Top 100 Spirits Lists

Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, has increased its leadership of Impact Databank’s Top 100 Spirit Brands Lists, with

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VALUEDRUM: Every Bite Tastes Good

    VALUEDRUM: Every Bite Tastes Good

2Sisters invests in Marel Marinating System for Poultry Products.   Demand for easy-to-prepare, readily seasoned products is growing fast with

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Matcon Interpack 2014 Exhibition Preview

Matcon will be unveiling two new solutions: a bulk Tablet Packing system for the quick transfer of tablets into drums

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