Fonterra continues battle to acquire National Foods
The New Zealand dairy giant has threatened to walk away from it takeover bid for Australian-based National Foods on the grounds that the AUD$2 billion (€1.14bn) asking price is too much.
Archives for December 10, 2004
Alcas adopts corn-based ice cream packaging
Italian packaging firm Alcas has developed natural ice cream cups made from Dow Cargill's corn-based plastic NatureWorks PLA.
Consolidation marks ingredients industry in 2004
The announcement yesterday that DMV International and Arla Food Ingredients could merge is a further example of how the rising power and ongoing growth of the multiple retailers is putting constant pressure on ingredients companies to keep up with the...
Arla installs integration software to cut costs
Danish group Arla Foods has installed a business-to-manufacturing system using Wonderware's SAP NetWeaver.
Lactalis adds gourmet cheese to US line-up
Lactalis USA, a subsidiary of French dairy group Lactalis, announced earlier this week that it has acquired Rondelé Specialty Foods, a US manufacturer of spreadable cheeses, in a deal which will position it as the leading speciality cheese...