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  • Cattel invests €20 million in new headquarters

    Cattel, a Veneto-based company specialising in the supply of food products to the Horeca channel, has opened its new headquarters in Noventa di Piave (VE), a 35,000 m2 site with a 16,000 m2 covered area used as a warehouse.
  • Lavazza posts revenue of almost €2 billion

    The 2018 financial results posted by Lavazza confirm the group’s steady growth and increase in operating profitability. Consolidated revenue totalled €1.87 billion, 9.3% up on the previous year’s €1.71 billion.
  • Global pet food market valued at $91 billion

    These figures reflect 6% annual growth in 2018 and a total 31% growth over the period 2013-2018. Between 2013 and 2018 the growth in dog food sales by value was similar to that of the pet care sector as a whole at 6% per year, while growth in volume was smaller (1.5% per year).
  • Award-winning knobs and electronic position indicators

    The Elesa group, a supplier of standard components for the mechanical industry, machines and industrial equipment, recently took part in the exhibition MECSPE (Parma, 28-30 March 2019) where it displayed two new knobs that won the international IF Design Award and RED DOT Design Award for industrial design.
  • Candia Italia posts positive 2018 results driven by the lactose-free segment

    Candia Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Sodiaal, one of France’s leading dairy cooperatives (the third largest European and fifth largest world milk producer), posted sales of 112 million litres of milk in 2018, including 22 million litres under the Candia brand name, 60 million litres under private labels and 30 million litres in the low-price segment.
  • Lancashire Farm Dairies opens new production plant in Rochdale

    UK-based dairy company Lancashire Farm Dairies, a company specialising in the production of 100% British milk yogurt, has opened a new 6,500 square-metre facility in Rochdale, Greater Manchester which will double the amount of milk the dairy can process.
  • Danone Ventures invests in premium coconut water

    Danone Manifesto Ventures (Danone group) has acquired a stake in Harmless Harvest, a US firm that sells fresh and organic coconut water produced using an exclusive microfiltration process.
  • Grupo Alimentario Citrus continues its expansion in Europe

    GAC - Grupo Alimentario Citrus, a Spanish agri-food company operating in the field of fresh produce, has acquired Florette Italia (Novara) and the Swiss company Josef Müller (Canton of Zug), both specialising in ready-prepared salads.
  • TSW Industries issues a further €2 million of mini-bonds

    As the final step in a €5 million issuance programme, TSW Industries (Asti), a company that designs and builds packaging plant and machinery for food (particularly confectionery and chocolate) and other fast-moving consumer goods, has issued €2 million of mini-bonds fully subscribed by the fund Anthilia BIT 3 and listed on the ExtraMotPro trading platform.
  • Heineken makes $100 million investment in Mozambique

    Heineken has officially opened its first brewery in Mozambique in a ceremony attended by the country’s President Filipe Nyusi. The facility will produce the new Txilar brand beer using locally grown maize as well as other international brands such as Heineken, Amstel, Sagres and Strongbow.
  • Illy Group acquires British truffle maker Prestat

    Illy Group, an international brand operating in the food and beverage sector, has diversified into the premium chocolate segment with the acquisition of the well-known British brand Prestat, inventor of truffles and supplier to the British royal family.

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