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After opening its new cannery in Ben Azzouz, east of Skikda, last year, the Benamor group is continuing its investments in the downstream parts of the industry in order to promote processing tomatoes in this region, which is a major area for the processing industry nationwide. In addition to the economic impact of this initiative,

    Santiago, Chile, September 20th, 2012 Dear clients and friends, I am writing to you in order to inform you that our company Tres Montes Lucchetti Agroindustrial S.A., has been recently acquired by the Portuguese group Sugalidal, which is the biggest European company producing tomato concentrates and its derivatives, with production plants and tomato

Vilmorin recently acquired the tomato and sweet pepper seed breeding and marketing division of the Campbell Soup group. Overall, the operations included in this deal are expected to achieve a turnover of more than five million US dollars in 2012. Based in Davis, California, this activity will be integrated into the HM.Clause Business Unit, which

Mr. Carmello Paoletti, founder of the traditional industry Etti, died on last 12 September in Sao Paulo, aged 81. Carmello Paoletti was one of the great entrepreneurs of the Brazilian food industry. Besides Etti, now owned by Bunge, was one of the creators of the industries Quero and Só Tomates, both located in the state

Department of Agriculture and Food development officer, Rohan Prince, said the plan was to develop a new, safe post harvest treatment to protect fruit from the Mediterranean fruit fly. « The WA tomato industry currently uses the chemical fenthion to satisfy market access requirements for the eastern states, » Mr Prince said. « However, this treatment is likely

According to the general secretary of the Tomato Industry Association (AIT), Miguel Cambezes, the tomato processing factories are working « at their full capacity » due to an « unexpected increase in productivity. » The secretary said that profitability is above the average for Portugal, situated at 85 to 90 tonnes per hectare. This year more than 100 tonnes

H.J. Heinz Co. HNZ plans a significant increase in marketing starting in the current quarter to keep sales humming strongly in emerging markets and to try to ignite growth in sluggish markets like the U.S. Heinz executives said Wednesday the ketchup-maker will spend an additional $70 million in marketing this fiscal year to try to

 Pakage>5kg 2011 Pakage>5kg 2012         QTY(T) Amount(1000 USD)   QTY(T) Amount(1000 USD)   var°in T 2011/2012 1 Italy 62 841,47 42 920,00 Italy 36 695,00 26 170,00   42% 2 Russia 42 691,88 30 816,00 Russia 47 392,00 33 834,00   11% 3 Japan 25 799,62 19 682,00 Japan 26 918,00 21

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