EU invests €60m in Polish food firm Maspex
The investment will go to improving facilities and increasing employment for the Polish juice, sauce and pasta manufacturer, already one of the largest in Eastern Europe.
Archives for December 16, 2016
Funds will help us expand in Asia - Oxford Nanopore
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has raised £100m ($126m) in funding through a private placement of ordinary shares bringing the total secured to £351m.
BGI expands with new Seattle office
BGI is to form a new division - BGI Groups USA - to be based in Seattle.
A veteran view on HiE 2016
Hydrocolloids specialist Dennis Seisun reflects on this year’s Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) expo in Frankfurt, Germany in this guest article.
Polish meat processor eyes investments and consolidation
Polish meat processor Cedrob SA is planning to invest in developing its pig breeding, slaughtering and feed production capacities in the years ahead, according to senior company representatives.
Group of Butchers joins Equistone family
European mid-market private equity investor, Equistone Partners Europe, has announced the acquisition of the majority stake in Group of Butchers from Nordian Capital Partners.
Beyond Brexit: Five legal issues UK food firms need to protect against in 2017
The year ahead will present UK food companies with a range of major legal challenges over and above the fallout from Brexit, according to leading food industry lawyer Peter Cusick.
SGS acquires Biopremier stake and predicts NGS growth
SGS has acquired a 70% stake in a firm which specialises in molecular biology and DNA sequencing services in the food sector.
Nestlé’s KitKat trademark fails in EU court, but may be registered under national regimes
Nestlé has failed in proving to the General Court of the EU that its KitKat three-dimensional shape has the “distinctive character” to merit a trademark within the EU.
‘Health benefits of UK’s sugar tax will depend on industry’: Lancet study
The impact on public health of the UK's sugar tax will depend on industry's response to it, according to the authors of a Lancet study. If firms choose to cut the sugar content of soft drinks, the biggest beneficiaries will be children, they write.
Soil Association slams 'unscientific' analysis of organic's not-so-green credentials
The UK’s organic certification body, Soil Association, has defended organic food following an article in New Scientist which urged consumers to stop buying organic to protect the environment.
Agilent expands chromatography capabilities in California
Agilent Technologies has opened a $14.7m technology centerin Folsom, California to expand capabilities for chromatography consumables and hardware.