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Rapid growth in Asia-Pacific organic food market set to change global market shares

Demand for organic food is increasing globally as knowledge surrounding its environmental and health benefits improves.
August 11, 2017
The global market in organic food expanded between 2012 and 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9%, and is forecast to accelerate to a value of $187.6 billion by 2021, representing a CAGR of 13.8%, according to MarketLine, Rockville, Md.
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Report highlights trends in meat, poultry, seafood industry

Sanitation concerns, meeting global demand and minimizing labor costs are the top-of-mind trends shaping the current landscape of the meat, poultry and seafood markets.
August 11, 2017
The meat, poultry and seafood industry is experiencing a global boom, according to the “2017 Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry and Seafood Market Segment report,” produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va.
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Dart Container to open $40M technical, innovation center

In the past five years, Dart Container has invested more than $60 million in the Mason campus and created over 500 new jobs.
August 11, 2017
Dart Container Corp., Mason, Mich., announced plans to invest $40 million in a new technical and innovation center that will enable the company to increase its ability to develop new and improved products.
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Qimarox expands HQs

The renovation incorporated more sustainable features throughout the workspaces, showroom, etc.
August 11, 2017
Qimarox expanded its Germany-based headquarters, nearly doubling the number of workplaces and incorporating more sustainable features such as energy efficient lighting.
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Global ID acquires food safety testing laboratory

Analitus brings a complementary Brazilian and Latin American-focused offering of testing and analytic capabilities for allergens, species-specific animal detection, GMOs, pesticides, mycotoxins, residues and contaminants.
August 11, 2017
The Global ID Group, Fairfield, Iowa, acquired Analitus Análises Biotecnológicas, a Brazil-based food safety testing laboratory.
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Unilever acquires Weis Frozen Foods

Weis ice creams will continue to be made in its Australia factory using locally sourced, natural and high-quality ingredients.
August 10, 2017
Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., announced plans to acquire Weis Frozen Foods, an Australia-based processor of ice cream products.
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Study: PET film to grow fastest of all packaging films through 2021

Meat, poultry and seafood was among the leading outlets for PET film packaging in 2016.
August 10, 2017
PET film demand in the packaging market is forecast to expand 2.4% annually to 322 million pounds in 2021, faster than any of the major packaging film resins, according to “Packaging Films Market in the US,” a study from The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio.
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SpecPage opens new APAC subsidiary in Singapore

The Singapore subsidiary will enable SpecPage to address increasing demand for comprehensive product data management and product development solutions in the Asian-Pacific market.
August 10, 2017
SpecPage, a Switzerland-based global provider of integrated software solutions and online tools for the recipe-based manufacturing industry, established a new subsidiary in Singapore to better assist existing global customers operating in the Asia-Pacific market.
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