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Manufacturing and R&D facility
Tate & Lyle Food Systems has opened a $7 million manufacturing and research and development facility for the Asia-Pacific region in Wacol, Queensland.
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IMCD Group acquires Mata Polymers and Infineum Australia
Leading global specialty chemicals and food ingredients company IMCD has acquired two major companies in India and Australia, strengthening its expansion strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Bright Food signals long-term investment in Australian food sector
Bright Food Group has completed its acquisition of a 75% equity stake in Food Holdings Pty Ltd (Manassen Foods) and signalled its commitment to the Australian food industry by opening a permanent office in Sydney.
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AMS to distribute Katronic’s range of ultrasonic flowmeters
Katronic Technologies’ range of non-invasive, clamp-on flowmeters is available in Australia through AMS Instrumentation & Calibration.
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A2 Corporation to expand its operations into the UK and Ireland
A2C has entered into agreements to establish a sales and marketing joint venture in association with leading UK dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC.
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SPX to acquire extraction, evaporation, vacuum and freeze-drying company
SPX Corporation is expanding its food and beverage capabilities with the acquisition of e&e Verfahrenstechnik GmbH, a leading supplier of extraction, evaporation, vacuum and freeze-drying technologies to the global food and beverage, pharmaceutical and bioenergy industries.
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SEW-Eurodrive expands
SEW-Eurodrive has acquired a new building to house its Industrial Gears division.
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Kerry Group acquires Cargill
Kerry Group confirms agreement to acquire Cargill’s global flavours business.
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Lawson Software acquires Approva
Lawson Software has acquired Approva, a company that provides CCM software.
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Kraft to split into a global snacks company and a North American grocery business
Kraft Foods has announced that its intends to create two independent public companies: a high-growth global snacks business with estimated revenue of approximately $32 billion and a high-margin North American grocery business with estimated revenue of approximately $16 billion. The company expects to create these companies through a tax-free spin-off of the North American grocery business to Kraft Foods shareholders.
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RFG acquires Evolution Coffee Roasters Group
Retail Food Group Limited has acquired New Zealand's Evolution Coffee Roasters Group.
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O-I to acquire VDL
Owens-Illinois has announced the acquisition of VDL Company, a single-furnace glass container plant in Vergèze, France.
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OHM joins Boge distributor team
OHM has been appointed as a distributor of the Boge range.
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Infor and Golden Gate Capital acquire Lawson Software
GGC Software Holdings and Infor have completed their acquisition of Lawson Software.
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Bolzoni Auramo to acquire Eurolift
Bolzoni Auramo has acquired Eurolift in an effort to expand into the Australian market.
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Adept Electronic and Total Turnkey merger
The merger of Adept Electronic Solutions and Total Turnkey Solutions will create a leading machine vision industrial company, with a complementary portfolio of products, advanced technologies and enhanced growth opportunities.
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Plasdene Glass‐Pak acquires J.McCarthy Packaging
National rigid packaging supplier Plasdene Glass-Pak reached agreement to acquire the bottle distribution business of J.McCarthy, effective 29 April 2011.
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Mettler-Toledo acquires Smiths Detection Product Inspection division
Mettler-Toledo has acquired the Smiths Detection Product Inspection division and will adopt the Eagle brand of food X-ray inspection systems, while the Eagle business will continue to operate as a separate entity.
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Macadamia Processing Company joins up with Consolidated Nuts
The Macadamia Processing Company has joined up with Consolidated Nuts, and the two have set up a new marketing company to market the output from both plants.
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Bradman Lake Group appoints new sales and service partner for Australia and New Zealand
HBM Packaging Technologies has been appointed Bradman Lake Group's sales and service partner in Australia and New Zealand.
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The Klockner Pentaplast Group acquires PP and PS rigid films
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group has acquired the polypropylene and polystyrene mono- and mutlilayer rigid films commercial activities from AMB s.r.l.
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Hawk Measurement purchases Fluidic Flowmeters
Hawk Measurement acquires Fluidic Flowmeters LLC.
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Cargill acquires Sorini
Cargill has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in PT Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo Tbk ('Sorini'), first announced on 15 December 2010. Cargill now owns 85.01% of Sorini's ordinary shares.
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ABB completes acquisition of Baldor
ABB has completed its acquisition of Baldor Electric Company.
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Intermec acquires Vocollect
Intermec has entered into an agreement to acquire Vocollect, a provider of voice-centric solutions for mobile workers around the world.
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DuPont to acquire Danisco for $6.3 billion
Enzyme and specialty food ingredients company Danisco is being gobbled up by DuPont for $6.3 billion.
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GEA acquires Convenience Food Systems
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has acquired the company Convenience Food Systems from funds managed by AEA Investors LP, a supplier of secondary food processing and packaging machinery (meat, fish, cheese).
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DuPont and ACPFG extend partnership
DuPont and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics have extended their long-standing research collaboration and commitment to increasing productivity in leading production crops.
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Partnership formed between material handling companies
A partnership has been finalised between SSI Schaefer and Crown Equipment to provide the marketplace with complete packaged material handling solutions.
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O-I expands operations in China
Owens-Illinois has entered into an agreement to acquire Zhaoqing Jiaxin Glasswork, in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province in China.
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Plantic expands agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast to Europe
Plantic Technologies has expanded its exclusive regional distribution agreement with the Klöckner Pentaplast Group for its line of Plantic biopolymer rigid packaging films to include Europe.
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Colorpak signs agreement to acquire folding carton business
Australian packaging company Colorpak has signed a heads of agreement to acquire the folding carton operations of Carter Holt Harvey.
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Vaisala sells business to Sick Maihak
Vaisala has signed a contract to sell its oxygen measurement technology and business to Sick Maihak.
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Ecolab to expand
Ecolab has announced it has agreed to purchase the Cleantec business from Campbell Brothers. The transaction is an asset purchase and is subject to clearance from the Australian anti-trust authorities and other customary closing conditions.
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Acquisition of North American material handling provider
Dematic Group has announced it has completed the acquisition of HK Systems, a North American automated material handling and software solutions provider. This union was made final on 15 September 2010.
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Dionex and EMD Millipore announce water purification system
Dionex Corporation and EMD Millipore have announced a worldwide distribution agreement for the EMD Millipore ICW-3000 water purification system for Dionex ion chromatography (IC) systems using RFIC-EG technology.
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Fuchs acquires worldwide food-grade lubricants
Fuchs Petrolub AG has acquired the worldwide food-grade lubricants business from Shell International Petroleum.
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IMCD expands in Asia-Pacific
IMCD Group has reached a binding agreement with Warwick International Group, based in Mostyn, North Wales, for the sale of its specialty chemical distribution companies.
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Corn Products International to acquire National Starch
Corn Products International is to acquire global provider of specialty starches, National Starch.
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Qiagen acquires portfolio of molecular food safety tests
Qiagen has added 70 Institute for Product Quality molecular food safety assays to its fastest growing business segment.
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Marel announces sale of Stork Food & Dairy Systems
Marel has reached an agreement with the Dutch investor Nimbus on the sale of the Food & Dairy Systems division of Stork Food Systems.
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NDC appoints new distributor for Australia
NDC Infrared Engineering (UK), an NIR process measurement amd monitoring company, has announced the appointment of B-R Controls as its new distributor for the 710e range of ethernet-enabled online gauges.
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San Miguel acquires Cospak
San Miguel Corp hopes to make the Cospak Group the vehicle for its Australasian and rapidly growing exports business following its acquisition of the company.
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Cargill acquires edible fats and oils operations of Goodman Fielder
Cargill has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Goodman Fielder’s Commercial Edible Fats and Oils business.
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Barons Brewing acquires Outback Brewing business
Barons Brewing has announced the acquisition of licensing and distribution for Australian beer company Outback Brewing. Under the agreement, Barons will control all global sales, marketing and distribution for the brand, making Outback Brewery the fourth licence acquisition for Barons this year.
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Matrix Process Solutions to distribute SSP Pumps
SSP Pumps has appointed Matrix Process Solutions as its sole Australian agent into industrial applications.
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Symrise to expand its portfolio of health-oriented foods
Symrise has created a Consumer Health unit which will develop a wide range of functional ingredients for modern food supplements and offer flavour solutions for health products.
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National Starch to acquire Penford’s specialty starch business in Australia
National Starch, a subsidiary of AkzoNobel, has entered into an agreement to acquire Penford’s Australian specialty grain wet milling and manufacturing facility based in Lane Cove and certain other intellectual property and assets of Penford’s Australian specialty starch business.
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Management buy-out for Tamworth Wheat Starch Plant
The management buy-out of Penford's Tamworth Wheat Starch Plant by Grain Products Australia is expected to be finalised by the end of November 2009.
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Huhtamaki to sell its rigid plastic consumer goods business in Australia
Alto Manufacturing is purchasing Huhtamaki's rigid plastic consumer goods business in Australia.
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Ready meal deal for Simplot
Simplot Australia will license the frozen meals brand Lean Cuisine and Maggi frozen brand, acquire the Papa Giuseppi frozen pizza brand and the manufacturing facility at Pakenham, near Melbourne. The combined licence and acquisition arrangement with Nestlé Australia will strengthen Simplot's ready meals offerings.
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Inaco and Mettler Toledo join forces in Australia
Inaco Automation Controls and Mettler Toledo have announced a new distribution alliance in Australia.
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Schmersal and SUNX to be distributed by Control Logic
Control Logic has been appointed the exclusive Australian distributor for Schmersal Safety and Automation Technology products and SUNX industrial sensors.
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CMTP acquires Aspect Packaging
CMTP group of companies is now Australia’s largest combined manufacturer and supplier of pallets, packaging products and supplies after taking a controlling interest in Aspect Packaging’s operations.
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Wilmar Gavilon acquires Brisbane sugar terminal
Wilmar Gavilon has acquired the Brisbane sugar terminal. After facility upgrades commencing in October, the site will start handling grain exports in 2010.
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Dealing with NZ’s need for more food innovation
Food Innovation New Zealand, a joint venture between the country's leading food research organisations, will facilitate greater collaboration between food researchers and lead to more innovation.
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Frutarom becomes more savoury
The Savory Functional Systems activities of Chr Hansen has been acquired by Frutarom.
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IntraVis Vision Systems is now in Australia and New Zealand
HBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies now represents IntraVis Vision Systems in Australia and New Zealand.
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AIP appoints new Vice-President
The Australian Institute of Packaging has appointed Pierre Pienaar FAIP as its new Vice-President.
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$27.5 million milk protein facility to be built in Taranaki
Ingredient Solutions is planning to develop high-value protein products at a new milk-processing plant in South Taranaki. The plant will produce produce 'un-denatured' miceller casein, whey protein isolate and protein hydrolysates for export.
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Proposal for Heinz to acquire Golden Circle
The Golden Circle board is expected to vote unanimously to accept a proposed acquisition by Heinz.
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A&D Mercury acquires TechEng
Australian weighing equipment manufacturer and exporter A&D Mercury has become the major shareholder in the industrial automation and control company TechEng.
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Cedar Creek and Sastek to merge
Cedar Creek and Sastek have announced that they have will merge. The combined company will provide software and hardware systems, labelling solutions and services to the meat processing, the fresh produce and processed foods sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
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New deputy chief for the NSW Food Authority
Craig Sahlin has been appointed to the new position of deputy director-general of the NSW Food Authority.
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Tate & Lyle invests in food ingredient group
Tate & Lyle has signed an agreement to acquire an 80% holding in German specialty food ingredients group G C Hahn & Co.
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US acquires Australian labeller
One of Australia’s leading wine and spirits labeller, Collotype, could soon be taken over by the US labelling company, Multi-Color, after a letter of intent for the acquisition was announced last week.
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Danisco divests Flavours to Firmenich
Danisco has entered into an agreement on the divestment of Flavours to Firmenich and an enterprise value for the activities has been agreed.
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NZ billionaire bids for SIG
Graeme Hart, an Auckland-based billionaire, has plans to take over Swiss packaging company SIG.
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Marel nets Stork acquisition
Marel Food Systems has entered an EU$415 million agreement to acquire the Stork Food Systems division of Stork N.V.
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Australian packaging giants bought out
Amcor Group’s food can and aerosol business in Australia and New Zealand will no longer be Australian owned by the end of this year.
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CUNO Foodservice becomes 3M Water Filtration
CUNO Foodservice is emphasising its position as a part off the 3M family by re-branding its product line.
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Meat processor enters dairy market
A New Zealand meat processing company has announced its plans to invest in a dairy products venture, posing a potential competitive threat to Fonterra.
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Mars keeps Masterfoods in play
Masterfoods announced today that its brand name will remain in the marketplace despite the recent change of the operating name of the company to Mars.
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Applied Sorting Technologies names Accuweigh as distributor
Applied Sorting Technologies has appointed packaging and weighing equipment specialist, Accuweigh to be its exclusive distributor for the company’s range of Australian made X-ray food inspection systems.
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CRT Group acquires Golden Bros
Two of Australia’s largest logistics companies have combined forces this week, with the announcement that CRT Group has acquired the family owned Golden Bros.
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Market-driven alliance announced
Kiremko and tna have announced a strategic alliance designed to provide high-quality turnkey integrated solutions for complete packaging and processing for the potato snack food industry.
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Alcoa sells packaging businesses to Rank Group
Alcoa has sold its packaging and consumer businesses to New Zealand’s Rank Group.
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Tate & Lyle acquires GC Hahn & Co
International ingredients company, Tate & Lyle has completed the acquisition of an 80% holding in German specialty food ingredients group GC Hahn & Co (‘Hahn’) for a total cash consideration of £78 million (€116 million).
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Packaging and consumer businesses sold
Alcoa has agreed to sell its packaging and consumer businesses to New Zealand’s Rank Group Limited for $2.7 billion. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter 2008.
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CSIRO backs Australian manufacturing
CSIRO has formed a new division for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) to help support Australia's manufacturing industry.
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New directors elected
The Australian Packaging Machinery Association (APMA) has elected two new directors following two retirements.
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Frutarom acquires flavours company
Frutarom Industries has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of the British company Belmay, which has subsidiaries in Singapore, Norway and Denmark.
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New subsidiary established in Australia and New Zealand
Tate & Lyle has formed a new subsidiary to serve the Australian and New Zealand food and beverage industry - Tate & Lyle ANZ Pty Ltd.
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