The Himachal Pradesh High Court vacated the stay on the state government’s notification dated June 26, 2013 and directed it to implement the notification banning the storage, supply, sale and entry of non-essential food items packaged in plastic and non-biodegradable material with effect from January 26, 2014. This excludes packaged and mineral drinking water. The…
FoodService Expo 2014, the restaurant and catering business event that will provide a unique platform for the industry suppliers to interact, network and enhance their business, is soon to arrive. The Expo is a three day event scheduled from 10-12 July at HITEX International Exhibition Centre- Hyderabad. Industry Overview The Indian Food Service Industry worth INR…
Rishabh Industries- Hyderabad, is a manufacturer of multilayer co-extruded polythene films and laminates with multi-colour rotogravure and CI flexo printing, lamination and pouching. The flexible packaging material produced by the company is aimed at segments like food items, edible oils, milk, confectioneries, and baked products while carrier shopping bags are also produced. Rishab has a…
Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of process and packaging technology, plans to acquire the assets of Tecsor et Systems S.A.S., based in France. Tecsor develops and sells machinery for making and filling PET containers for liquid and paste-like foodstuffs. The planned acquisition is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. Main customers in the…
Tetra Pak, the multi-national food packaging and processing giant whose Indian operations are headquartered in Gurgaon, inaugurated its new packaging material factory in Chakan, near Pune. The Packaging material factory, equipped with state-of-the-art machinery to meet the growing demand for carton-packaged dairy beverages (such as milk and lassi) and fruit juices, is estimated to be…
Stovec Industries, a group company of Netherlands-based Stork Prints, has brought its flagship DSI digital label printer in India. “The label industry has been witnessing big changes in recent times. Decrease in run length and shorter delivery times have become significant challenge for the label printers,” said Mark Huisman, Sales Manager, Stork Prints. “Thanks to…
Constantia Flexibles Group headquartered in Vienna, Austria, has signed an agreement to acquire 60% stake in Ahmedabad-based Parikh Packaging. The company caters to flexible packaging for pharmaceutical and food sectors and has clients in India, UK, US, South African, African Continent, Middle East and the Far East, Sri Lanka, Canada, New Zeland, UAE, Egypt, Yeman,…
The Indian packaging industry is growing at a fast pace. The growth indicator for the industry is the food & beverage and pharmaceutical packaging sectors. Both industries, be it food or pharma, face problems during packaging due to high humidity. It causes the powder to stick to the conveyor belt, thus preventing filling operations. There…
