Hotel Chocolat invests in Ishida’s multi-head weighers
When Hotel Chocolat, a British chocolate manufacturer and cocoa grower, invested in a dedicated plant at its manufacturing base in Huntingdon for its Velvetiser drinking chocolate brand, two Ishida CCW-RV multi-head weighers became an...
The ECG breakthrough at ALFT
The ALFT plant near Colombo was committed to defect-free production even earlier when it was running the Bobst 9-color gravure press with AVT’s 100% defect detection system and laminators from Bobst and Nordmechanica and...
Sri Lanka’s ALFT Packaging builds new flexo force in South Asia
For ALFT Packaging Company chairman Lakshman De Fonseka, the official opening of the company’s new state-of-the-art flexo packaging production plant in August in Kotugoda, Sri Lanka, marked a return to his technological roots. It...
Reliance buys 50% stake in 100-year-old Sosyo Beverage
Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL) will acquire a 50% stake in the Gujarat-headquartered 100-year-old Sosyo Hajoori Beverages, which owns brands such as Sosyo, Kashmira, Lemee, Ginlim, Runner, Opener, Hajoori Soda, and S’eau.
Reliance Consumer, the FMCG...
Marchesini Group acquires Rejves Machinery by the end of 2022
The year 2022 had ended with a new acquisition by Marchesini Group, which has taken over Rejves Machinery Srl, a company from Marmirolo (Mantua) that specializes in the construction of filling and capping machines...
Game app to sensitize farmers on soil carbon sequestration
Taking a cue from the way chess was played to make strategic decisions in early centuries, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed a mobile gaming app ‘MRIDA’ that...
Britannia to sell 49% stake in Britannia Dairy to Bel SA
Britannia Industries has entered into a joint venture agreement with French company Bel SA, and Britannia Dairy Private Limited (BDPL) to develop, manufacture, and distribute cheese products in India and other areas, media reports...
Nasik to get a modern private agriculture mandi
A private agricultural mandi (wholesale market) with modern facilities, said to be India’s first, is coming up at Dindori, in Maharashtra’s Nashik district.
The Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) has bagged the license for the...
Tetra Pak ties up with Fresh Start
Swedish-Swiss multinational food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has announced its collaboration with Fresh Start, a leading food technology incubator that works with a portfolio of start-ups to provide technological solutions to some...
ICRISAT offers financial aid for ag-tech startups
The Agribusiness Incubator (ABI) of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has launched a second call for applications from eligible ag-tech startups under the National initiative for developing and harnessing...