Category: Markets
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Wholebake is investing £3m in two new high-speed production lines. The Wrexham manufacturer will lift capability to 360 bars per minute while retaining existing equipment for greater flexibility.
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Carbery Group has appointed John O’Brien as its new chair. The dairy farmer and cooperative director takes office during continued investment across cheese, nutrition, flavours, and international processing.
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PHAntastic has successfully produced pilot grades of biodegradable PHBV material. The European project is developing mulch films and nursery foams using food-processing residues and biological crop inputs.
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Two Ishida multihead weighers have improved Italian cracker packing performance. Mondelēz has reduced weight variation, giveaway, and product damage while raising equipment efficiency to as much as 98%.
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FRITSCH has started construction of a consolidated German headquarters complex. The €75m Iphofen project will combine bakery machinery production, administration, customer trials, and product-development facilities.
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Nestlé will end production at Hungary’s Diósgyőr confectionery factory permanently. Declining seasonal chocolate demand has prompted sale discussions and the transfer of affected products to an independent manufacturer.
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Pladis is extending regenerative wheat visibility across selected McVitie’s packs. Back to Farm now supports more than 50 British growers across 4,000 hectares.
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European farmers will receive emergency funding against rising input costs. The €540m package targets fertiliser and energy pressure before 2027 planting decisions.
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Panzani has opened a laboratory linking durum analysis with applications. The Gennevilliers facility will test texture, viscosity, stability, and shelf-life performance.
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Europe has finalised targeted changes to EUDR product coverage rules. Soluble coffee and selected palm derivatives will enter scope from December 2027.