Category: Operations
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Royal A-ware plans to acquire Dutch butter specialist LaBan Foods. The proposed transaction adds speciality production expertise while giving LaBan a larger platform for product and volume growth.
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KILOM has automated poultry tray packing across three production lines. The Ishida installation lifts throughput, reduces labour, and tightens pack-weight control while retaining flexibility across fresh poultry formats.
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GEA is standardising product changeovers through recipe-led digital operator guidance. Changeover Assist links SmartControl instructions, documentation, and cloud-managed knowledge across supported food-processing equipment.
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Sweetmore Bakeries has acquired Fantasy Baking, adding West Coast capacity. The deal gives the bakery group six facilities and expands production across cookies, baked bars, dry blends, and specialist formulations.
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Stone Brewing production is leaving Escondido after major ownership restructuring. Around 220 roles are affected as Stone-branded output transfers to production capacity in Paso Robles and Kansas City.
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ACTEGA is expanding sealant production at its Foshan packaging site. The Chinese facility will manufacture food and beverage can grades using technology transferred from Spain alongside digital film-weight monitoring.
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Tiptree has adopted certified 30% PCR films from Amcor UK. The shrink and stretch materials prepare Wilkin & Sons for revised Plastic Packaging Tax rules while retaining secondary-packaging and pallet-load performance.
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Rowan Glen is investing £1 million-plus in Palnure dairy upgrades. The programme adds new equipment and high-care filling capacity as the Scottish processor expands from yoghurt into cottage cheese and bulk cream.
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Sonoco will raise EMEA recycled paperboard prices €60 per tonne. The increase applies from 15 September as inflation, energy, fuel, transport, and operating costs continue to pressure regional production.
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Nordzucker plans to stop sugar production at Nakskov in Denmark. Output will move to Nykøbing after the 2026/27 campaign, while Nakskov remains a packaging service centre.