Meldungen aus Europa – Page 3936

  • Article

    US organics firm using NASA technology

    2009-08-18T17:01:01Z

    KES Science & Technology, Inc. (KES), a provider and innovator of post-harvest preservation technology, has said Albert’s Organics is now using the NASA-developed AiroCide PPT Food Safety air sanitation technology.

  • Paul Foley Aldi
    Article

    Paul Foley leaves Aldi UK

    2009-08-18T16:25:50Z

    The managing director of the retailer's UK and Ireland operation has left the group by mutual consent

  • Sainsburys
    Article

    Sainsbury's rolls out Amcor packaging

    2009-08-18T16:23:03Z

    New heat-sealed lids on certain fruit packaging is designed to reduce weight and save on plastic

  • Article

    Arson attack warning for food firms

    2009-08-18T15:01:01Z

    Insurance broker and risk management provider Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) is warning businesses in food production to protect their property from arson attacks now that the summer school holidays are here.

  • The Mercury regional sales team: (l-r) Tim Holland, Paul Sharpe, Ray Franks, Robert Batkin and Mike Barlow
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    Mercury Packaging unveils new base

    2009-08-18T13:01:01Z

    Mercury Packaging is to open a new regional sales office in the North West in response to growing demand for its products in the products aimed at the food, mailing, magazine publishing and retail markets.

  • Vitor Fonseca Ferreira da Silva
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    Talking Heads | Vitor Fonseca

    2009-08-18T12:25:09Z

    Vitor Fonseca, the managing director of Portuguese fresh produce importer-distributor Ferreira da Silva, talks to Fruitnet.com about his career in the industry

  • Article

    Taste of the West show 2010 announced

    2009-08-18T12:01:01Z

    Next year’s Taste of the West Trade Show has been announced with the addition of The Source Exhibition set to take place alongside it with the aim of helping buyers satisfy their local, UK and international sourcing needs under one roof.

  • Souh Africa citrus
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    RSA citrus crop in steep decline

    2009-08-18T11:58:11Z

    The South African citrus export crop could fall over 20 per cent from initial estimates, with the season expected to come to an early end

  • Agrexco pomegranate arils
    Article

    Agrexco offers pomegranate arils

    2009-08-18T11:51:41Z

    The Israeli group is to market 70 tonnes of the fruit between September 2009 and March 2010

  • South African apples
    Article

    Poor export season for RSA apples

    2009-08-18T11:24:33Z

    While apple exporters are braced for returns that could fall by up to 30 per cent, pear growers are hoping to match last season's returns

  • Dole Challenge
    Article

    PBH joins Dole Fruit Bowl challenge

    2009-08-18T10:33:03Z

    The foundation is one of five non-profit organisations that could benefit from Dole's Bowl-A-Day Challenge

  • Procurement director Geoff Green said the Egyptian season had been a bumper one for the importer
    Article

    Capespan reports Egyptian record

    2009-08-18T10:01:02Z

    Importer Capespan has reported it is to have a record year in Egyptian grapes, with both volume and price strong in the country.

  • broccoli
    Article

    Australia debuts cancer-fighting broccoli

    2009-08-18T09:23:37Z

    A new cancer-fighting, antioxidant-loaded broccoli variety is the first in a set to hit the market from Australian scientists

  • Sainsbury’s switches strawb punnets
    Article

    Sainsbury’s switches strawb punnets

    2009-08-18T09:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s has moved to change the packaging of its soft-fruit range from trays with rigid clip-on tops to heat-sealed film lids.

  • Lemon prices spiral
    Article

    Lemon prices spiral

    2009-08-18T08:01:01Z

    The tightening in supply of lemons foreseen by freshinfo in July is coming to pass as the effects of frost in Argentina make themselves felt.

  • India Himachal Pradesh map
    Article

    Development scheme advances in Himachal

    2009-08-18T05:58:39Z

    Himachal Pradesh’s government has launched the Rs1.89bn second phase of a horticulture development scheme

  • Mechelse Veilingen vegetables
    Article

    Vegetables urged for drought areas

    2009-08-18T05:39:37Z

    Drought-stricken Indian states have been advised to move from grain production to quick-growing horticulture

  • Article

    Dole goes public in $500m move

    2009-08-17T17:01:01Z

    Dole Food Company Inc has announced that it has filed for registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to offer shares of its common stock publicly to raise up to $500 million (£306.8m) through an initial public offering.

  • Article

    Glyphosate Silvio gets UK approval

    2009-08-17T15:01:01Z

    UK approval of a new glyphosate product from Rotam marks the first step towards introduction of a new clean label glyphosate formulation for broad-spectrum weed control.

  • Ilapak on show at PPMA
    Article

    Ilapak on show at PPMA

    2009-08-17T14:01:01Z

    Packaging specialist Ilapak is set to demonstrate its latest developments at the Process and Packaging Machinery Association trade show this year, including a new modular packaging machine concept for maximising Ilapak users’ return on investment.