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As an entrepreneur, he was at the head of an industrial empire in the food sector, boasting an annual turnover of USD 300 million. Two years ago, he sold 51% of his AR factories to the Japanese group Mitsubishi. Born 84 years ago in Sant’ Antonio Abate, into a family dedicated to the wine and

More than 40 growers were left in the lurch when the food processor announced it would close its Leamington plant Heinz is willing to pay up to $1.8 million to compensate the 43 Ontario tomato growers it left in the lurch after announcing plans to close the company’s Leamington processing plant. So far, more than

North Italy agrees to pay 92 € / per MT. for fresh tomato ex-field with a brix of 5, up 6 € from 2013 ! You should login or purchase a subscription to view this content Username or E-mail Password Remember Me     Forgot Password

Recent Weather Summary Extraordinarily dry conditions have persisted over the entire state of California since early December. In fact, nearly the only measurable precipitation that fell during the past 30-40 days occurred on 11th January 2014, when a rapidly decaying cold front brought light to locally moderate rainfall (and snowfall in the high Sierra) to

All is following according to the plan, as tomato factories are getting ready to start the new crop. In central Cuba: Unidad de Conservas y Vegetales in Camaguey, a conglomerate of processing companies scheduled their first processing in mid-January. The second plant of Unidad in Camalote – located ̴ 100km east from Camaguey – is

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 16, 2013) – GreenStar Agricultural Corporation (TSX VENTURE:GRE) (« GreenStar » or the « Corporation »), a producer of canned tomato paste (…), today announced that after satisfactory completion of its due diligence it will close the previously announced acquisition of Beichen Tomato Products Company of Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia on January 1, 2014. The

Chinese exports of industrial tomato paste reached only 81 000 MT. over the last trimester (Aug. to Oct. 2013), its lowest level in more than 4 years ! This is 45 % lower than during the same period a year ago ! September’s figure was extremely low at 17 260 MT. of paste and it

Press Release, Ozzano Taro, November 29th, 2013 With this transaction, the Group is strengthened, becoming a leader in Italy in the production of tomato powder and of dried. In addition the group also diversifies its business – Von Felten also operates in the processing of fresh vegetables – and strengthens its orientation for the export.

The Gregotti family was bought out of the remaining shares. Centrexpo spa has acquired 100% of Ipack-Ima spa shares. This operation is designed to strengthen the Group, Italy’s premier exhibition organizer and one of the most important worldwide in the industries of processing, packaging, printing and converting. Centrexpo has acquired the remaining part of the

The tomato is much loved by Europeans – it forms the basis of many recipes, whether fresh or tinned. But what happens to tomato by-product waste? European researchers have come up with a solution to put this waste to good use. The BIOCOPAC (‘Development of bio-based coating from tomato processing wastes intended for metal packaging’)