Finelin under Finnish control
Olvi, the Finnish drinks group, has taken control of Estonian company Finelin in a deal valued at €10.3 million. Olvi's Estonian subsidiary, A.Le Coq, will now own 100 per cent of Finelin.
Archives for September 23, 2003
Ilapak upgrades flow-wrapper
Ilapak has completely redesigned its Astra inverted flow-wrapper to offer what is claimed to be a more efficient method of packaging irregularly shaped products.
Synthetic vanilla- a favoured flavour?
When Cyclone Hudah struck the island of Madagascar in April 2000 destroying 15 per cent of the world's vanilla crop the news sent prices rocketing for the peoples favourite ice cream ingredient.
Tagatose to take on the globe
Arla Foods' new functional ingredient, Gaio tagatose, believed to enhance toffee and mint flavour and prolong the sweetness delivery in chewing gum, is to debut in the US market under Pepsi.
Volumetric filling
Evergreen Packaging Equipment, a business unit of International Paper, and AVE Industries of Spinea, Italy have developed a long-term strategic agreement that will allow Evergreen to manufacture, sell, and service rotary bottle filling equipment...
Brewing the Alfa Laval way
Swedish multi-national Alfa Laval is to premiere its ALDOX-HGB process module for the brewing and beverage industries at the BRAU Bevaile exhibition in Nuremburg this November.