Category: Markets
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Krones has opened new bottling equipment capacity in southern India. The Rs315-crore Vemagal investment expands local manufacturing for beverage and liquid-food machinery as the group increases production closer to Asian customers.
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Danone has secured UK clearance for its planned Huel acquisition. The transaction adds a £254 million functional-nutrition business spanning powders, drinks, meals, and snacks to Danone’s wider portfolio.
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CMA orders Worcester frozen viennoiserie manufacturing site to be sold. The remedy is intended to preserve an independent UK supplier after Vandemoortele’s completed acquisition of Délifrance raised competition concerns.
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Müller has commissioned automated cleaning infrastructure for mobile dairy tanks. The modular system handles cleaning flows up to 50,000 litres per hour and connects 16 mobile vessels through a dedicated docking arrangement.
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Food production drove Akola Group’s strongest operating result this year. The segment generated €482 million revenue and €58 million operating profit, with poultry providing the main improvement.
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Seafood packaging lifted BEWI’s quarterly earnings across its European operations. Norwegian fish-box demand helped Packaging & Components sales reach €97.9 million during the second quarter.
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US food manufacturers are accelerating reformulation away from synthetic dyes. FDA’s latest tracker shows completed and ongoing changes across cereals, snacks, dairy, confectionery, beverages, bakery, and private-label foods.
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PepsiCo’s Pune snacks plant marks twenty-five years of manufacturing growth. More than ₹600 crore of investment has expanded annual capacity to 62,100 tonnes while adding automation and water-recovery technology.
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Diageo will reformulate several major Indian whisky and rum brands. The changes follow FSSAI action over added flavourings and will require recipe and labelling changes across affected production.
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Premier’s Tulbagh plan could halve South African fruit canning capacity. Growers face uncertainty before the November harvest as the company consults on closing one of the country’s two principal deciduous-fruit processing operations.