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Dutch brewing giant Heineken has increased its stake in Russia's rapidly growing beer market for the second time in three months, underlining the competition among big brewers to exploit the potential of this newly crowned nation of beer lovers.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology in Germany are developing a compostable packaging tape that can be disposed of cheaply and creates less waste.
Perfetti Van Melle (PVM), the Dutch-Italian confectionery producer, is to open a new production facility in the Moscow region as it seeks to exploit market growth and narrow the gap with rival producers already established there, writes Angela Drujinina.
Australian packaging firm TNA has opened a branch in Manila, Philippines as the latest stage of the company's global expansion programme.
Finnish dairy products company Valio is to acquire Norwegian firm Synnöve Finden's 42 per cent holding in Estonian cheese producer Võru Juust, leaving Valio with a 99 per cent stake in Võru Juust.
A boost from EU exports and a solid home market performance have helped Polish meat processing company Sokolów to achieve bumper net profits for the first half of 2004, but this is all part of the plan, according to a company quietly confident of...