Category: Processing
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Memişoğlu will add canned pulses capacity at its Mersin factory. A $29m financing package will support production, working capital, lower resource consumption, and further export growth.
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SugaRich has demonstrated controlled processing routes for former food products. European representatives examined collection, segregation, depackaging, traceability, and safety systems used to recover manufacturing surpluses.
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Intersnack will acquire Utz through a $2.9bn private market transaction. The agreement creates equal ownership with Utz’s founding families and adds substantial American manufacturing capacity.
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Higher milk intake is straining FrieslandCampina’s available European processing capacity. Additional supply following the Milcobel merger has increased pressure on product mix, plant utilisation, and profitability.
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Italian food pad capacity will expand through integrated airlaid production. Magic has ordered an Andritz eXcelle line for absorbent packaging used with meat, seafood, fruit, and other moisture-sensitive foods.
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France’s food logistics network is preparing for a major expansion. Rungis International Market and Dunkerque-Port plan a 350,000 square metre hub combining food processing, storage, traceability, and multimodal distribution.
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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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SuanNutra will acquire a substantial portfolio of IFF ingredients businesses. The transaction adds botanical extraction, fermented nutrients, colours, antioxidants, flavours, manufacturing facilities, and more than 1,000 customers.
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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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Food Process Engineering has been fined after fatal dismantling failures. Unsupported cleanroom panels collapsed, ejecting a worker from a scissor lift after structural risks were inadequately assessed.