Owners of Stern Wywiol Group are “Family Entrepreneurs of the Year”
Volkmar and Torsten Wywiol, the owners of the Hamburg-based family business Stern Wywiol Group, can look forward to a significant honour: they were named “Family Entrepreneurs of the Year” by the Intes Academy for Family Businesses, a member of the PwC Group, as part of ...
Cargill outlines plan to end cocoa deforestation
Cargill has outlined its plan to eliminate deforestation from its cocoa supply chain. The “Protect Our Planet” plan provides concrete actions the company is taking to achieve 100 % cocoa bean trace-ability and includes a commitment of “no further conversion” of any forest land in ...
Barry Callebaut: strong results across all product groups
In fiscal year 2017/18, the Barry Callebaut Group increased its sales volume by 6.3 % to 2.036 m t, significantly above the growth rate of the global chocolate confectionery market (+1.8 %). According to the company, growth was broadly based with strong contributions from all key ...
Isabelle Esser Barry Callebaut AG appointed Isabelle Esser as Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique, effective 1 February 2019. Isabelle Esser will work to ensure that the company’s people strategy is fully aligned with its “smart ...
Bühler Consumer Foods and Haas united to a market organization
Effective 1 January 2019, Bühler will enter the global food market with a newly created segment: Consumer Foods. By merging Bühler's current chocolate, nut, bakery and coffee business with Haas's business, the new organization shall be able to better serve customers in these global markets ...
Schubert: Crailsheim plant is “Factory of the Year 2018”
For the first time, the Gerhard Schubert GmbH took part in the “Factory of the Year” competition and convinced directly: the jury awarded the Crailsheim site (image) of the packaging machine manufacturer the overall prize. Among other things, it paid tribute to the company's ability ...
Multivac Marking & Inspection expands its production capacity
Recently, Multivac Marking & Inspection inaugurated a new production and office building during a celebratory opening ceremony, and at the same time it celebrated 25 years as part of the Multivac Group. The official speakers included Christian Traumann, Director and CFO of Multivac, and Volker ...
Metsä Board invests in expansion of pulp production
The carton specialist Metsä Board, a Metsä Group company, has invested in a second packaging line at the Kaskinen/Finland site. Together with the already implemented process and quality changes, this investment will increase the capacity of the bleached chemical-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) production facility and increase ...
