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VIDEOJET® MEETS DIVERSE CODING NEEDS AT PPMA

Wide reaching solutions portfolio targets broad sector requirements  HUNTINGDON, UK – August 13th, 2014 – Videojet Technologies’ newly-launched Videojet 9550 Print and Apply Labelling (LPA) System will be among the

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Chiquita Recieves Unsolicited Offer From Cutrale Group and Safra Group

    Chiquita Recieves Unsolicited Offer From Cutrale Group and Safra Group

Fresh produce group Chiquita Brands International has received an unsolicited offer from the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Chiquita at

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AAK working with food manufacturers to support the government’s Saturated Fat Reduction Pledge

AAK (UK) Limited, the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of fats and functional ingredients, is helping food manufacturers and retailers to reduce the saturated fat content of their products, enabling

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Henri Nestlé Turns 200

    Henri Nestlé Turns 200

Nestlé is celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the birth of Henri Nestlé, the man who founded an infant cereal business that, after its merger in 1905 with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed

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UK Food Sales Decline as Supermarket Price Wars Continue

    UK Food Sales Decline as Supermarket Price Wars Continue

The UK food market has experienced its deepest three-month average decline since the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor began in December 2008. Over the last three months, food showed a decline

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Clegg Food Projects Completes Scheme for 2 Sisters Food Group

    Clegg Food Projects Completes Scheme for 2 Sisters Food Group

Clegg Food Projects has completed its latest scheme for its client food manufacturing giant, 2 Sisters Food Group. The project has seen the extension and alteration of an existing factory

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3 days, 7 riders, 278 miles 1 great charity – Puratos Buckingham to Brussels cycle ride in aid of MacIntyre

Hundreds of miles of beautiful scenery and some exhausting hills, the Puratos team left UK head office in Buckingham at 5.30am on Sunday 20th July to start their epic journey

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Tata Global Beverages Announces Guidelines to Sustainable Beverage Production and Consumption

    Tata Global Beverages Announces Guidelines to Sustainable Beverage Production and Consumption

Tata Global Beverages has announced plans for 100% sustainable sourcing by 2020. Tata Global Beverages’ sustainability strategy rests on five key pillars –  Ethical Sourcing, Water Management, Climate Change Management,

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Nakd Bars Now at Over 10,000 Till Points in Tesco

    Nakd Bars Now at Over 10,000 Till Points in Tesco

In response to the phenomenal growth of its Nākd range (+51.3% growth year-on year within the Cereal Bar category) and increasing consumer demand for great tasting healthy snacks, Natural Balance

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Exceptional Measures to Assist Peach and Nectarine Producers

    Exceptional Measures to Assist Peach and Nectarine Producers

The European Commission is moving to introduce support measures for the EU peach and nectarine sectors, notably by increasing the volumes of fruit eligible for withdrawal operations and free distribution.

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Nestlé UK & Ireland to be First Major Confectionery Company to Source 100% Sustainable Cocoa

    Nestlé UK & Ireland to be First Major Confectionery Company to Source 100% Sustainable Cocoa

Nestlé UK & Ireland has announced it is on target to achieve 100 per cent cocoa from sustainable sources by end of 2015, becoming the first major confectionery company in

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Ones to Watch returns to the NEC at the PPMA Show 2014

    Ones to Watch returns to the NEC at the PPMA Show 2014

The Ones to Watch awards, which recognises the contributions of processing and packaging professionals under the age of 35, is returning to the NEC at the PPMA Show 2014 in

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Russian Agri-food Imports Sanctions Will Impact on €9 Billion Trade

    Russian Agri-food Imports Sanctions Will Impact on €9 Billion Trade

The agri-food import sanctions against EU countries, which were recently announced by the Russian Government, will obviously impact on the European food and drink processing industry. Russia remains the EU’s

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Cargill Falls Short of Expectations

    Cargill Falls Short of Expectations

Cargill has reported a 19% decrease in net earnings to $1.87 billion in the fiscal 2014 on revenues down 1% to $134.9 billion. Cash flow from operations at $3.77 billion

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13,500 Farmers From Seven Countries Own Arla Foods

    13,500 Farmers From Seven Countries Own Arla Foods

Arla Foods’ merger with Belgian EGM Walhorn reinforces Arla Foods’ status as the world’s most multinational farmer-owned dairy company. The Netherlands has become the seventh European country in which Arla

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Sensory Food Network Ireland

    Sensory Food Network Ireland

Sensory Food Network Ireland is a new national network of excellence, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, under the FIRM programme. The network is coordinated by

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Sensient Flavors Introduces New Peach Collection

    Sensient Flavors Introduces New Peach Collection

Sensient Flavors’ new Peach Collection captures the authentic profiles of four popular varieties of peach. Yellow Peach, the best-known form of the fruit in Europe is characterized by its fleshy

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Strong Swiss Franc Impacts Nestlé’s First Half Performance

    Strong Swiss Franc Impacts Nestlé’s First Half Performance

Nestlé has reported a 4.8% drop in sales to SFr43 billion (Eur35.4 billion) for the first half of 2014 as the strong Swiss Franc continued to have a substantial negative

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Edrington Group Receives Planning Approval For New £100 Million Distillery

    Edrington Group Receives Planning Approval For New £100 Million Distillery

Scottish spirits producer Edrington Group has been granted planning permission by the Moray Council for a new £100 million iconic distillery and visitor centre in Speyside for The Macallan brand.

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Solid First Half Performance by Kerry Group

    Solid First Half Performance by Kerry Group

Kerry Group, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods business, has reported a 3% increase in first half trading profit to €275 million, reflecting 7.1% like-for-like growth, on revenue down

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Coca-Cola Invests an Additional US$5 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in Africa

    Coca-Cola Invests an Additional US$5 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in Africa

The Coca-Cola Company and its African bottling partners have announced a new investment of US$5 billion. The investment, to be made over the next six years, increases its total announced

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SABMiller Names Future Chairman

    SABMiller Names Future Chairman

The board of SABMiller intends to appoint Jan du Plessis as Chairman in succession to John Manser at the conclusion of the annual general meeting in July 2015, when Mr

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Interim Sales and Profits Rise at Adnams

    Interim Sales and Profits Rise at Adnams

English regional brewer and pubs operator Adnams has increased operating profits for the six months to 30 June 2014 by 29% to £862,000 on turnover ahead 15% to £30 million

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Dunbia Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

    Dunbia Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

Northern Ireland-based meat processor Dunbia has appointed former Moy Park director, Tony O’Neill, as group deputy chief executive. In this

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UK Soft Drinks Sales Going Flat

    UK Soft Drinks Sales Going Flat

One in four UK consumers are drinking less Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs) than they were six months ago and half

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Denny Bros – Specialist Printers and Originators of the Fix-a-Form multi-page Label

    Denny Bros – Specialist Printers and Originators of the Fix-a-Form multi-page Label

Denny Bros multi-page labels are used extensively in the food and drink industry as the supermarket environment is increasingly competitive

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Mars Completes $2.9 Billion Acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Pet Food Business in Major Markets

    Mars Completes $2.9 Billion Acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Pet Food Business in Major Markets

Mars has successfully completed its $2.9 billion (Eur2.2 billion) cash acquisition of the IAMS®, EUKANUBA® and NATURA® brands in North

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Organic Sales Recovery at Gruppo Campari

    Organic Sales Recovery at Gruppo Campari

Italian drinks business Gruppo Campari has reported a 1.8% drop in first half sales to €686.1 million with organic sales

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Tullamore DEW Appoints New Irish Graduates as US Brand Ambassadors

    Tullamore DEW Appoints New Irish Graduates as US Brand Ambassadors

Tullamore D.E.W., the world’s second largest Irish whiskey brand, is capitalising on its strong growth in the US market, and

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EU-wide Test Results For Horse Meat DNA in Beef Products

    EU-wide Test Results For Horse Meat DNA in Beef Products

A second round of co-ordinated pan-European testing for horse meat DNA in beef products was launched in April this year.

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Veolia Memthane® – Veolia Provideas Green Wastewater Solution For Arla’s New Dairy

The new £150 million Arla Process and Packaging Facility in Aylesbury will process up to one billion litres of milk

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Mondelez International to Accelerate Growth Strategy

    Mondelez International to Accelerate Growth Strategy

Mondelez International, the global snacking group, has named Mark Clouse as Chief Growth Officer. In this newly created position, Mark

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Nestlé Creates a Learning App For Kids

    Nestlé Creates a Learning App For Kids

Nestlé’s milk drink brand Nido has created a free interactive educational app to encourage children to read, stick to daily

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Sugar Dispute Results in Losses at Real Good Food Company

    Sugar Dispute Results in Losses at Real Good Food Company

UK diversified food business The Real Good Food Company has reported a loss before tax and significant items of £1.0

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Dairy Crest Creamery Triumphs at International Cheese Awards

    Dairy Crest Creamery Triumphs at International Cheese Awards

Dairy Crest’s Davidstow Creamery, located in the heart of Cornwall, has announced another successful year at the International Cheese Awards

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Davisco Foods International – Meeting the Nutrition Needs of the 21st Century

    Davisco Foods International – Meeting the Nutrition Needs of the 21st Century

US-based Davisco Foods International specialises in producing innovative dairy proteins for health and nutrition. The company is a pioneer in

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FDF Recognition for RSSL

Reading Scientific Services (RSSL) has been shortlisted for the Food & Drink Federation Awards in the category for Education Initiative.

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Videojet Prepares Manufacturers for EU Food Labeling Directive Compliance

Videojet’s Thermal Transfer Overprinter Solutions ensure smooth transition to comply with European Union’s 1169/2011 directive Huntingdon – 1st August 2014

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Kellogg Lowers Full-Year Guidance

    Kellogg Lowers Full-Year Guidance

Kellogg Company has lowered its guidance for the full-year of 2014 following a slump in sales and profits. Internal net

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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

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New Mucon Series K Iris Valve Technology

    New Mucon Series K Iris Valve Technology

Mucon a division of Process Components Ltd has launched its new Series K2P electrically/pneumatically actuated range of Iris valves. The

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Wastewater Treatment in the Food Industry

The cost of disposal of the plant effluent to the drain is often overlooked. Under the Mogden formula the cost

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Weakness in Emerging Markets Hits Diageo’s Top Line

    Weakness in Emerging Markets Hits Diageo’s Top Line

Diageo has reported a 10% drop in operating profit before exceptional items to £3.134 billion and net sales decreased by

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Adams Foods Expands Through £1.2 Million Acquisition

    Adams Foods Expands Through £1.2 Million Acquisition

Adams Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of the Irish Dairy Board, has acquired FoodTec UK from Dairy Crest for £1.2 million.

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Another Scottish Distillery Goes Green

    Another Scottish Distillery Goes Green

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is making a further investment in the Scottish drinks industry. The project at Balmenach

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Bluetooth Technology Developed For Grolsch Bottles to Grant Access to Films

    Bluetooth Technology Developed For Grolsch Bottles to Grant Access to Films

App developer, Heads and Hands, has created ‘Movie Unlocker,’ which utilises the latest Bluetooth beacon technology to allow users to

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Bruker Optics – FT-NIR Solutions for Food Quality and Safety

    Bruker Optics – FT-NIR Solutions for Food Quality and Safety

Bruker Optics’ FT-NIR spectrometers are widely used in all areas of the food industry, like dairy, meat and edible oil

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ALPMA Offers a Unique Range of Products

    ALPMA Offers a Unique Range of Products

ALPMA is a globally successful mechanical engineering company which produces machine ALPMA s and installations for the dairy and food

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