Transpaco Specialised Films recently installed and commissioned a seven-layer cast film line, worth R24 million, at its Ekandustria site, Bronkhorspruit. According to Ken Harris, managing director of the company, this confirms the company's position as the largest cast film manufacturer in SA, and has boosted its technological ability to compete against imported stretch films.
The new line, supplied by Italian company Dolci Extrusion, can produce 2000mm wide films at up to 1500kg an hour. The machine uses five extruders (1x180mm, 1x105mm and 3x65mm) to produce the seven layers. The FCL 7-2000 machine – from Dolci's Stratocast range – is designed for the production of multi-layer film structures, referred to as 'plywood' stretch films, and are exceptionally strong, confirms Harris.
Read more...The Beneo-Institute has announced its second European Scientific Symposium. The symposium, this year, will focus on prebiotic fibres and functional carbohydrates in science and regulation and will be held between the 12 and 13 March in Heidelberg, at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Read more...
Nestlé experienced good growth in developed markets and double-digit growth in emerging markets last year.
Paul Bulcke, Nestlé CEO, said, ‘In a tough environment, we continued to build our capabilities and positions for the future while maintaining strong growth across regions and categories. The constant renovation of our existing product portfolio, together with our strong pipeline of game-changing innovations, resulted in many market share gains. For the past year, despite input cost pressures, we expect to slightly over-perform against our long-term organic growth range of five to six per cent and continue to strive for a margin improvement in constant currencies.’ Read more...
Fortitech, a global developer of nutrient premixes for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, has received FS 22000 certification for its facilities. Fortitech is one of the first manufacturers to receive this certification across all domestic and international facilities.
FS 22000 is approved by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and is 100 per cent food safety driven, targeting the food manufacturing sector. Read more...
Stream Drinks won first place in last year's Food Review/Symrise New Product Competition (NPC), with Chele Lite and Woolworths close runners-up. Bos Ice Tea scooped the coveted Editor's Choice Award. What does 2012 have in store for this year's NPC judges?
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