Record year for Koelnmesse: profits in the million range
Koelnmesse, which hosts specialist shows such as ISM, ProSweets and Anuga FoodTec, had a record-breaking year in 2017. At over EUR 350 m, the trade fair company’s turnover surpassed that of the previous record year of 2015 by around 10 % and, once again, far ...
Nestlé: chocolate research site moves to the UK
Nestlé SA will transfer its Chocolate Centre of Excellence from Broc/Switzerland to the UK as the company aims to “improve the speed and agility of global innovation”. In May 2018, the facility will move to the company’s Product Technology Centre (PTC) in York, with Nestlé ...
Tanis Confectionery takes over Fast Track activities
Tanis Confectionery has signed a joint venture agreement with JH Tester Industrial Automation located in Australia. Tanis acquires a majority position in the company that took over the Fast Track activities in September 2017. Tanis started the extension of its activities in the Asia/Pacific region ...
Christian Traumann President of interpack 2020
Christian Traumann, Managing Director and Group CFO of the company Multivac, was elected President of trade fair interpack 2020 at the inaugural meeting of the trade show advisory board. In the interpack trade fair years 2014 and 2017, Christian Traumann already held the position of ...
Jim Pittas new President and CEO of PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, announces Jim Pittas has assumed the role of President and CEO of PMMI effective 1 February 2018. He succeeds Chuck Yuska, who is retiring after 27 years at the helm but will remain in an advisory role ...
Mauricio Graber new CEO of Chr. Hansen Holding
The Board of Directors of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S has appointed Mauricio Graber as CEO as of 1 June 2018. Mauricio Graber has been President of the Flavours Division and a member of the Executive Committee of Givaudan since 2006. He holds a BSc in ...
Dr Karl Gschwend has left Hochdorf Group
A member of the senior management team for many years, Dr Karl Gschwend, Managing Director Strategic Projects, has left Hochdorf Group on reaching retirement age at the end of January 2018. Dr Gschwend took over as head of the group’s plant in Hochdorf/Switzerland in ...
Haas is now a member of Bühler Group
Haas Group, the global market leader in the field of wafer, cookie, and confectionery production systems, is now part of Bühler Group. After obtaining the approval of the relevant antitrust authorities, the transaction was closed in January 2018. Whereas this strategic acquisition enables Bühler to ...
Rovema won this year’s iF Design Award
Rovema is a winner of iF Design Award 2018, a world-renowned design prize. The winning product, the user interface Rovema HMI, won in the discipline communication in the apps/software category. Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes ...
Mineral oil migration: video on testing process
Innovia Films produces a range of films that offer up to three years barrier to mineral oil migration. This is a subject that has received a lot of media coverage over the last few years and is a complicated topic, as there are many different ...
World Cocoa Conference: forum for building relationships
The 4th World Cocoa Conference will be held from 22 to 25 April 2018 in Berlin/Germany. The event is now established as the leading event for the global cocoa sector, bringing together the major players from the value chain, from all over the world. The ...
