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Cargill invests € 35 m in its existing European manu­facturing channels in Manchester (UK), Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) and Wroclaw (Poland). This allows additional glucose-fructose syrups production, offering food and beverage customers access to a balanced and more flexible sweetener portfolio based on corn and wheat. SP

Treofan enters into a distribution partnership with Chromos AG Treofan and the Swiss service and trade company Chromos AG have concluded a strategic cooperative agreement covering the sale and distribution ... SP

The two big cocoa farmer organizations World Cocoa Farmers Organization (WCFO) and The International CoCoa Farmers Organization (ICCFO) have merged. SG

The Schur Flexibles Group, with its headquarter in Baden, Austria, acquired a majority holding in the Dutch company Drukkerij Zwart B.V. SP

The Schumacher Packaging Group, based in Ebersdorf near Coburg, is continuing on its growth path with a strategic investment. Recently a complete paper factory has been taken over in Myszków in Poland. SP

The Smithfield Group, the managing shareholder of Innovia Group, has announced that it has agreed an offer from Canadian company CCL Industries Inc., a global specialty industrial business, to acquire Innovia Group for € 810 m. SG

Pure Hothouse Foods has recently introduced their new Cloud 9 snacking tomato brand with high-flavor tomato. This new brand is packed in a board enriched with tomato plant fibres. SP

Bösch Boden Spies took over the marketing duties in Europe this past November 2016 for the US-based National Pecan Company. SP

Effective 1 January 2017 Multivac Deutschland, based in Wolfertschwenden, Germany, will change its name and business structure into Multivac Deutschland GmbH und Co. KG, making the sales and service organisation in Germany an independent subsidiary of the international Multivac group. SP

Vanilla supplier Symrise, Unilever, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have joined forces with Save the Children to help improve the livelihoods of vanilla farming communities in the Sava region, Madagascar. SP

The GNT Group expands the facilities at its strategically important location in Derby, the United Kingdom. SP

The U.S.-based company Ingredion Inc., a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, has announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of TIC Gums Inc. SP

The Swiss company Nestlé AG has reported a “scientific breakthrough” to reduce sugar. The concern comments: “Imagine if your favorite chocolate bar tasted just as good, but with much less sugar. This could soon be a reality”. SG

Just ten months into 2016 and confectionery sales in German retail are considerably higher than the year prior. Based on the current IRI monitor, sales (not including chewing gum or seasonal items) increased by 3.6% to € 10.222 bn. SG

The Supervisory Board of Symrise AG has again renewed the contract of CEO Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram ahead of schedule for a further five-year term until 2022. SG