SACMI Packaging & Chocolate Swiss SA has appointed Thomas Hähn (45) as its new Sales Manager for process and moulding equipment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1 July 2021, the mechanical engineer has been responsible for sales of chocolate production and moulding equipment under the ...
Glanbia Nutritionals, the world’s second largest manufacturer of premixes, has appointed Michael Hofstätter as its new Director of Product Strategy Premix. He will lead the development and implementation of premixes, which are pre-formulated blends of functionally optimized nutrients and other ingredients, for the company in ...
René Püchner, Managing Director of Capri-Sun Vertriebs GmbH, has been elected as the new President of the German Food Association. The 48-year-old succeeds Philipp Hengstenberg, who has held the honorary office since May 2019 and had not stood for re-election. René Püchner wants to continue ...
His father Gerald Schubert served as Managing Director of Schubert Packaging Systems GmbH. Now, the 31-year-old son Johannes Schubert has followed in his footsteps. On 1 July 2021, he took over the position of Managing Director in a major subsidiary of the Crailsheim/Germany-based packaging machine manufacturer. ...
Orkla acquires Swiss ingredients supplier Hans Kaspar
Orkla Food Ingredients, a business unit of Norwegian Orkla Group, has entered into an agreement to purchase the Swiss company Hans Kaspar, thereby strengthening its position in confectionery and ice cream ingredients. Hans Kaspar was established in 1925 and currently has 31 employees. The company’s ...
Uelzena Group overcomes challenges
In 2020, consolidated sales of EUR 670 m generated by the Uelzena Group were lower than expected and could not build on the good turnover of the previous year. A 5 % growth in the raw milk delivered in the reporting year meant an additional raw material ...
Barry Callebaut to acquire Europe Chocolate Company
The Barry Callebaut AG, Zürich, has signed an agreement to acquire Europe Chocolate Company (ECC), a Belgian privately-owned B2B manufacturer of chocolate specialties and decorations. The strategic acquisition expands Barry Callebaut Group’s value adding specialties capabilities, allowing the company to cater to the increasing demand ...
Hosokawa Alpine opens application centre for food
Hosokawa Alpine AG is expanding its wide range of services for product trials in mechanical process engineering. At Alpine technical centres in Augsburg and Leingarten/Germany, applications and plant designs are tested in laboratory trials, processes are optimized and samples are produced. Now, this service has ...
Symrise reports significant growth in the first half of 2021
In the first half year of 2021, Symrise AG has performed very well. In spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the company’s sales and earnings increased substantially. Organic sales growth amounted to 9.7 %. In the reporting currency sales increased by 4.8 % to EUR 1.908 bn (H1 ...
Schur Flexibles expands recyclable packaging innovations
Specializing in recyclable films, Termoplast S.r.L. is one of the pioneers of sustainable film production in Europe. Its 100 % recyclable MDO-PE films offer very good processing qualities for all printing technologies and special applications for industrial companies and as well as for food, medical and ...
Information platform for environmentally friendly packaging
With its new slogan “We create the future”, FachPack 2021 will be devoted to the trending topic of “Environmentally Friendly Packaging”. This topic will be reflected in the extensive programme of presentations and at the special shows and exhibitor booths. Apart from sustainability, the key ...
