Polish meat processor ZM Henryk Kania has announced it is launching the procedure to select an advisor that will support the company in its negotiations with a potential “industry or private equity” investor.
Equipment manufacturer Marel has opened its new Dutch facility. Based in Boxmeer, the site includes an extensive two-floor office wing, as well as an expanded production area and the renewed R&D facility.
Average profitability for meat processors in Russia meat processors has hit one of its lowest levels ever, as the industry finds itself caught between high prices for raw materials and weak purchasing power among consumers.
Polish canned meat industry player Konshurt sp. z o.o. has opened a new storage facility in Jarosław, in the country’s south-eastern region of Podkarpacie, where the company previously used a leased building for storage purposes.
Frontmatec, the company that produces automation systems for the food industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire 40% of the shares in AIRA, (Assessorament Industrial Robotica I Automatitzacio) the supplier of advanced robotic solutions for the...
Hungarian poultry processor Master Good is to embark on a HUF15 billion (bn) expansion plan for its Kisvárda plant, aided by a Government grant of HUF3.4bn.
Polish meat processor Zagroda Opolska has launched a new meat processing plant in the Wałbrzych Invest Park special economic zone, in the country’s south-western region.
Miratorg has chosen Saudi Arabia as the location for its first office outside Russia, with the aim of increasing international promotion of its halal meats in Muslim countries.
Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is seeking to raise import duties on all types of equipment used in the food industry by up to 20 times, despite the fact this step would place a financial burden upon both new and existing projects in the country’s...
Polish poultry meat producer and processor Drobimex has completed an investment to expand its plant in Szczecin-Dąbie, in north-western Poland, with plans to boost its slaughter capacity to about 200,000 head per day.
The Sustainable Food Trust has called for government action over the high rate of small UK abattoir closures, describing the situation as reaching “critical level”.
As part of its expansion plans, Polish meat distributor Janex has commissioned a new storage facility which is to be fitted with a surface of some 4,800m2.
Scandinavian meat processor HKScan has posted a full-year loss after scale-up costs at its new cutting-edge poultry plant in Rauma, Finland, “eroded” results.
TVI will be presenting its universal high-performance portioning system, the GMS 1600 twincut, at the Multivac trade fair stand at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne next month.
Food processing equipment manufacturer K+G Wetter will present its improved bowl cutters range, as well as grinder solutions to improve meat processing efficiency at Anuga Foodtec from 2-23 March in Cologne, which will feature more than 1,700 exhibitors...
Avi-Top plans to invest €6 million to modernise its production capacity, allowing the Romanian poultry producer to significantly grow its revenue, according to senior company representatives.
RusAgro will invest RUB12 billion (US$220m) in poultry production in Primorsk Krai, in Russia’s Far East region, according to the company’s CEO Maxim Basov.
Russian scientists believe radiation could be applied effectively in the domestic meat industry, while the country’s nuclear corporation Rosatom has already developed commercial technology of ionizing radiation, which it is planning to promote to the...
Miratorg has started building the largest slaughterhouse in Russia that will have a capacity of more than 500,000 tonnes of meat per year and a price tag of RUB69 billion (US$1.18 billion).
Croatian meat producer PPK karlovačka mesna industrija d.d has completed an investment worth HRK 95 million (€13m) which enabled it to expand output capacity at its Karlovac plant in north-western Croatia.
Danish Crown has tapped into China’s booming e-commerce market as it boasts the “perfect combination” of factors needed to fuel economic growth, CEO Jais Valeur exclusively told this site.
