After three days of activities, the 98th China Food & Drinks Fair concluded successfully in the Exhibition Center of Western China International Expo City, Chengdu on March 24, 2018. A number of records have been broken at the fair. The exhibition area totaled nearly 210,000 sq m. A total of…
Agilent Technologies Opens Global Solution Development Centre In Singapore
Agilent's new laboratory is designed to meet the demand for fully tested solutions in Pharma, Biopharma and Food Analysis sectors. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today opened a new facility in Singapore dedicated to developing integrated end-to-end workflows across a range of disciplines, including pharma, biopharma, lipidomics, and food testing.…
Bühler Develops Digital Solutions With Microsoft For A Sustainable Food Industry
Bühler and Microsoft have announced their partnership to develop digital solutions for a sustainable food value chain on 18 April 2018. As part of a new partnership with Microsoft, Bühler is set to unveil digital technologies that include minimising toxic contamination, reducing food waste, and increasing end-product quality across the…
Crown Equipment Grows In Southeast Asia With New Philippines Branch
Crown Equipment, headquartered in New Bremen, Ohio, US, is establishing the Crown Lift Trucks branch—a company sales and service location in the Philippines, which offers businesses that use material handling equipment the opportunity of dealing directly with the supplier. Strategically located in the heart of the bustling Clark Freeport Zone,…
Novio Packaging: New Name For Five Companies
Novio Packaging Group—the new holding for the group of companies specialising in packaging solutions and the distribution of primary packaging materials—is made up of Oosterbeek Packaging B.V., Alpha Packaging International B.V., Maer Flexibles B.V., Maer Hong Kong Limited, and FehnPolycap GmbH. To offer their customers a broader range of services,…
FundedHere Raises Capital For Waitrr
FundedHere, a Singapore equity crowdfunding platform, raises capital for Waitrr—a food and beverage mobile ordering and payments application that automates food orders to eliminate users’ wait time—in an oversubscribed 30-day campaign that surpassed its initial target. Waitrr’s campaign was funded by 12 registered FundedHere investors, including Singaporean investors Andy Lim,…
Chr. Hansen Expands Production Facilities For Natural Colours In North America
Global bioscience company, Chr. Hansen, has purchased the Banker Wire manufacturing facility in Mukwonago, Winconsin, adding significantly to its presence in North America, and in convenient proximity to its Milwaukee-base. As the conversion wave from synthetic to natural colours continues to rise in the US market, Chr. Hansen—a global bioscience…
New Study Shows Herbagut Supports Gut Health
Results of a new study show that Herbagut—a natural polybotanical extract blend—supports gut health. It is a proprietary blend of 14 botanical extracts developed and marketed by Arjuna Natural Limited. For centuries, Ayurvedic botanical ingredients have been used traditionally for gut health and general well-being. It is rooted in the…
Sandvik Process Systems Renamed IPCO
Previously known as Sandvik Process Systems, the steel belt supplier and food process systems manufacturer, is to be renamed IPCO under the new ownership of Wallenberg group. The company is currently an independent entity under the Wallenberg group with 600 employees. It also operates 35 sales and service offices, and…
Royal DSM Powers Nutrition Among Workers In Malaysia
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, announced that it has started serving fortified lunch to its workers at its Malaysia Premix Plant. As part of the company’s efforts to deliver proper nutrition and improve food security for its workers, DSM is providing lunch that…