Andritz to upgrade pulping line for South Africa’s largest paper packaging producer
International technology group Andritz has received an order from Mpact Operations (Pty) Ltd. to upgrade a pulping line at its Mkhondo Paper Mill in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The upgrade will

UN issues guide to sustainable transformation of food system
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) published Rethinking Food

Europe's second lowest pear harvest in 10 years
According to initial estimates released today at Interpera, the International Pear Congress held in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 10 years, with around

Aptean adds new ERP capabilities in the UK through acquisition of Affinitus Group
Yesterday, Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, announced it has completed the acquisition of Affinitus Group, a provider of cloud-based enterprise resource

Costa Rican company responds to labor violations at banana and pineapple plantations
The Costa Rican banana and pineapple producer Grupo Acón is responding toallegations made by a labour union(pubilshed on 21 June, 2023) SITRAP that a third-party contractor hired to oversee

AMMA seeking 4.5 mln euro in damages from North Macedonian company
Austrian industrial vegetable supplier AMMA Import Export Ltd is seeking to recover damages of some €4.5 million owed by North Macedonia's agricultural company Dena Produkt Import Export Veles

Second edition of 'Fruit salad for research' kicks off
The second edition of "La macedonia per la ricerca®", the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi project, realised in exclusive partnership with Autogrill, to support the work of doctors and researchers who

Review into labour shortages charts 10 steps to sustainability
Former G’s CEO John Shropshire, OBE, has today (30 June) published his much-anticipated independent review into labour shortages in the UK food supply chain. Compiled and analysed by Shropshire

DFHV Juniors: Five-star hotels for strawberries and talks with artificial intelligence
The DFHV Juniors' online X-Change on the topic of start-ups in the food industry went into the second round on 28 June. In around 1.5 hours, four young people once again presented their company

Food consumption falls by 7.1% in 2022
Spaniards spent 2.7% more on food in 2022, a year marked by inflation, although this did not translate into higher consumption, which fell by 7.1% in volume compared to 2021. This is the figure in

Australian Working Holiday Maker visa fee to go up by 25% on July 1
Starting July 1, overseas backpackers in Australia will be required to pay an additional €130 for a Working Holiday Maker visa to Australia. So far, the cost was €510. However, as soon as the