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Turkington Europe in insolvency administration

  • Friday, 18 May 2012
  • supplier
After the American subsidiary Turkington USA in North Carolina was forced to file for bankruptcy, the British parent company Turkington Europe Ltd in Burnley has now also been caught. The subsidiary had left debts of GBP 6.9m (EUR 8.6m) and several g...Read more …

Satellites by vacuum

  • Friday, 18 May 2012
  • supplier
A premiere will take place at this year’s Modern Bakery trade fair in Moscow. The Cetravac AG Company from Altstätten, Switzerland (Stand No. 7.D.8.) will present its vacuum oven for the first time and will explain the new concept of supplying a l...Read more …

Bread sales falling in the North American continent

  • Wednesday, 16 May 2012
  • baking industry
The Canadian baked goods market lost around 3% of its sales volume in the past three months and the situation is even worse in the USA, where the figure is minus 5%. This is why the financial market is currently keeping an eagle eye on Maple Leaf Foo...Read more …

A new Director at Bolletje

  • Wednesday, 16 May 2012
  • personal data
As reported in the Netherlands trade press, Hielke van Dijken, Director of the Bolletje industrial bakery, Almelo, has stepped down both from his directorship and from the “Raad van Commissarissen” (supervisory board, RvD). The stated reasons are...Read more …

Kerry Ingredients & Flavours opens new emulsifier plant

  • Tuesday, 15 May 2012
  • supplier
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, a subsidiary of the Kerry Group plc Company from Tralee, Ireland, announced the opening of a new emulsifier plant in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. The facility doubles the installed capacity for emulsifiers in The Neth...Read more …

Dual leadership for OYSTAR

  • Monday, 14 May 2012
  • personal data
The packaging machine manufacturer OYSTAR Holding GmbH Company from Stutensee, Germany, will in future be headed up by two executives. The Supervisory Board of Oystar has appointed Markus Ehl and Barry W. Shoulders as Co-CEOs effective from 20th Apri...Read more …

Alphamalt enzymes for longer shelf-life

  • Friday, 11 May 2012
  • raw materials
The Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG Company from Ahrensburg, Germany, has developed a new enzyme preparation capable of prolonging the shelf-life of industrially produced bread by up to 15 days. Alphamalt Fresh prevents recrystallization of the starch ...Read more …

China: largest food market

  • Wednesday, 9 May 2012
  • food market
According to the IGD Services Limited Company, Watford, UK, China has surpassed the USA to become the world's largest food and grocery retail market. The IGD research revealed that the Chinese grocery sector was worth GBP 607bn (approx. EUR 743bn) at...Read more …

New Director Quality Management at GEA

  • Tuesday, 8 May 2012
  • personal data
Within GEA Group AG, Christian Herten is appointed Director Quality Management, Health & Safety and Environment at the GEA Refrigeration Technologies GmbH, Bochum, Germany, with effect on 1st May 2012. Herten has been working for GEA Group for over...Read more …

Meaple Leaf expands its British muffin category

  • Monday, 7 May 2012
  • baking industry
The Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Company from Toronto, Canada, has included its sister company New York Bakery Co, Swinton, UK, with two products into its UK muffin category. The range will be available in the two variants Double Chocolate and Blueberry in ...Read more …