The latest news from the agricultural sector
2021-09-26
Ball Corporation to invest US$290m in a new US packaging plant as demand for cans soar | Food Business Africa Magazine
US - Ball Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care and household pr ... Read more
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2021-09-24
Endress +Hauser introduces new interface components for reliable and power supply | Food Business Africa Magazine
SWITZERLAND - Switzerland-headquartered instrumentation and automation company Endress +Hauser has introduced new interface components for reliable power su ... Read more
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2021-09-23
Who controls our food system?
The global food system is being hijacked by multinationals, warns farmer Paula Gioia. She says that industrial farming interests marginalize the rights and solutions of small-scale farmers. Read more
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2021-09-23
Bühler pursues highest quality flour production with launch of new data-driven milling technology | Food Business Africa Magazine
SWITZERLAND – Swiss technology group Bühler has unveiled its most recent innovation yet: a high-tech data-driven mill with the potential to produce the high ... Read more
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2021-09-22
SIG filling lines to be equipped with digital recipe management, SEALPAC launches new FlatMap packaging | Food Business Africa Magazine
SWITZERLAND – All new SIG filling line systems and downstream units will from now onwards be equipped with built-in bidirectional digital recipe management ... Read more
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2021-09-22
Austrian food company Agrana invests US$29m in expanding starch production capacity | Food Business Africa Magazine
AUSTRIA - International food ingredients supplier Agrana has announced a €25 million (about US$29m) investment in additional capacity at its three starch fa ... Read more
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2021-09-22
Alpla invests in new PET recycling plant in Romania as Clearlake Capital Group to acquire Mold-Rite Plastics | Food Business Africa Magazine
ROMANIA - Alpla Group, an Austrian-based global packaging, and recycling company, has invested in the construction of a recycling plant in Romania, as part ... Read more
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2021-09-21
Africa’s first lab grown meat developer Mzansi beefs up leadership team as it readies growth | Food Business Africa Magazine
SOUTH AFRICA - Mzansi Meat, Africa’s first cultivated meat start-up based in South Africa has appointed Dr Wade Edwards (PhD) to be its new Research and Dev ... Read more
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2021-09-21
Owners of South Africa based Consol Glass mull listing entity on JSE | Food Business Africa Magazine
SOUTH AFRICA - South African investment company Brait, has gone back to the drawing board and revived plans of listing its glass packaging business, Consol ... Read more
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2021-09-21
Global packaging solutions provider Sidel to establish presence in Kenya | Food Business Africa Magazine
KENYA - Sidel, a leading provider of equipment and services solutions for packaging beverage, food, home and personal care products has announced that it wi ... Read more
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2021-09-20
Culinary ignorance can breed racism
Gene Weingarten's Washington Post bio sounds stellar. "Gene Weingarten is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writes 'Below the Beltway,' a weekly humor column." However, DW’s Ankita... Read more
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2021-09-17
Mane Kancor expands R&D capabilities with launch of new Innovation center | Food Business Africa Magazine
INDIA – Mane Kancor, a subsidiary of French flavour specialist Mane, has inaugrated a new Innovation center at its campus in Angamaly, India. According to ... Read more
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