India: Coca-Cola breaks ground on Madhya Pradesh plant
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Coca-Cola’s Indian bottling arm, has broken ground on a new plant in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India, according to a report in the Economic Times. The 110 acre bottling facility will house lines for the firm’s carbonated beverage brand including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Thums Up and Limca, the Economic Times article said. As well as […]
Japan: Calbee invests $17 million to expand production line
Japan-based international snack producer Calbee has announced a plan to invest ¥2 billion ($17 million) to build a new facility within its existing factory in Chitose city in Hokkaido. The new facility is said to be have built in order to open a new production line for its Furugura brand fruit granola products. The investment […]
India: Bikano to expand production capacity
Bikano, an Indian manufacturer of confectionery and snack products, is to increase its daily production capacity by 50 tonnes through a 40 crore INR ($6 million) investment, according to a report in FNB News. The move follows a previous announcement by the firm that it was set to enter the ready-to-eat sector with with a […]
Philippines: San Miguel to invest $1.5 billion to enlarge its business
San Miguel, the Philippines’ largest food, beverage and packaging company, has announced a plan to invest as much as 75 billion PHP ($1.5 billion) to expand its food and drinks businesses, according to a report in Inquirer.Net. The investment reportedly includes new processing plants for its Purefoods meat products business and new bottling lines for […]
Thailand: Oishi launches cherry blossom & strawberry green tea
Japanese food and beverage maker Oishi is stepping up its activities in Thailand with the launch of Oishi Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Strawberry Green Tea. The new flavoured tea, described as featuring “the unprecedented and immensely satisfying taste of mildly-scented sakura and sweet strawberries”, is also presented “in the first-ever colour-changing bottle in Thailand”, as the […]
Malaysia: NH Foods to build factory, expand product range
NHF Manufacturing, a joint venture between leading Japanese fresh meat, ham and sausage firm NH Foods and Malaysia-based poultry company Lay Hong, has announced plans to build a new factory in Malaysia. According to reports, the 51:49 joint venture has invested $10 million to build a new factory in Selangor to increase capacity, with the […]
Japan: Kirin introduces chestnut flavoured milk tea drink
Leading Japanese beverage maker Kirin has announced the launch of new variety of its Kirin Gogo No Kocha (Afternoon Tea) ready-to-drink tea called Milk Tea Dolce Waguri (Japanese Chestnut) Mont Blanc. This limited edition is advertised as being made with two types of Japanese origin ingredients to offer flavour and high quality: the first is […]
Australia: Patties Foods to acquire Food Partners
Patties Foods, an Australian pie and pastry firm owned by Pacific Equity Partners, is to acquire New Zealand based convenience food manufacturer Food Partners, according to an article in the National Business Review. Food Partners, which trades as Leader Products, produces a range of frozen meat-based products for both retail and foodservice channels, including chicken and […]
China: Fonterra introduces Upline range
New Zealand based dairy specialist Fonterra has launched a new specially-developed “premium” product range in China under the Anchor brand, in response to “ongoing growth in demand for safe, high-quality dairy nutrition”. According to an article in the Asia Food Journal, the new Upline UHT milk range comes in a high-protein version called LiveUp and […]
Japan: Nissin to open plant in Ritto City
Nissin, the Japanese instant noodle manufacturer, has announced plans to invest in manufacturing capability with its first new manufacturing plant in Japan in over 20 years. The plant, slated for Ritto City, Shiga prefecture, is due to be started in May 2017 and is scheduled for completion in December 2019. Just under 100,000 sq m […]