Packaging

Paul Masson brandy and New Zealand-based Nobilo wines are the two brands divested by Constellation Brands as part of the company’s reorganisation plan aimed at premiumizing its portfolio and focusing on fast-growing high-end brands.

Morato Pane, a Vicenza-based company operating in the packaged bakery goods market, recently completed two acquisitions concurrently.

Dog Heroes is a Lombardy-based startup that was only launched last November but has already raised a €400,000 funding round for the development of its business, which aims to spark a health revolution in the dog food market (a market that in Italy is worth over €1 billion).

Meeting on 22 July in Milan, the new Board of Directors of the National Packaging Consortium CONAI unanimously elected Luca Ruini as its chairman for the three-year period 2020-2022.
Ruini, 55, served as a member of CONAI’s Board of Directors from 2002 to 2008 and from 2011 to 2017. He participated in all the working groups involved in developing the Italian Packaging Waste management system and…

Livekindly co., a company spearheading a movement to build a more sustainable future set up in early 2020 with a funding round of $200 million, has acquired the Oumph! brand from Swedish company Food for Progress.

Upfield Group is planning to invest €50 million in a new Food Science Centre in Wageningen, Netherlands.

With the rotary stretch-blow moulders from EBS ERGON range, even in ECOBLOC® version with the filling and capping modules, the SMI Group offers an effective packaging solution for the manufacturers of sanitizers and detergents packed in PET containers.

The Philippine company Liwayway Food, which produces snacks under the Oishi brand, has begun work on a new factory in the Qibray district of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Sweden’s Lantmännen Unibake, the second largest bakery group in Europe, has taken over the production activities of French Bakery Company located in Drammen, Norway.

The US food & beverage brand Turkey Hill has announced a significant expansion of its ice cream division through the acquisition of the Arkansas production facility of Yarnell Ice Cream, a subsidiary of Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company.

Just Eat Takeaway.com has agreed to acquire American Grubhub for $7.3 billion, creating the largest food delivery service outside of China and connecting partner restaurants with customers in 25 countries.

In a $530 million deal, Denmark’s Chr. Hansen has acquired Hansen, Wisconsin-based probiotics manufacturer UAS Laboratories.

The US bottled water market expanded to reach a total of 54.6 billion litres in 2019, surpassing the 52.3 billion litres of 2018 (+3.6%).

UK-based dairy group Meadow Foods is investing £4 million in a new facility for the production of plant-based milk alternatives including creams, yoghurts and custard, as well as oat, rice and coconut-based drinks.

Enrico Aureli’s successor at the helm of the Italian packaging machinery manufacturers’ association for the two-year period 2020-2022 will be elected during the Annual Members’ Meeting in July. He will be succeeded by Riccardo Cavanna as chairman for the two-year period 2022-2024.

Campari Group has acquired a 49% stake in Tannic, Italy’s leading platform for the online sale of wines and premium spirits, with the option to increase its interest to 100% in 2025.

Fattorie Garofalo, an agri-food company founded more than 60 years ago in the town of Capua in Italy’s Campania region and with operations in the dairy

Risultati economici oltre le aspettative per il colosso cinese Alibaba che, così come accaduto per gli altri attori dello shopping online, svela un trend delle vendite cresciuto a doppia velocità.

The multinational Tata Consumer Products has agreed to acquire PepsiCo’s stake in NourishCo Beverages, the Indian 50:50 joint venture set up between the two firms in 2010.

Monini, a pioneering Italian extra virgin olive oil producer based in the Umbria region, has announced a sustainability plan that will see it invest €25 million by 2030 in three major areas: “In campo” (“In the field”), “Dentro la bottiglia” (“In the bottle”) and “Sulla tavola” (“On the table”).