Marquis Macadamias, an industry leader producing and marketing macadamia nuts, has announced a strategic restructuring to enhance service delivery and market responsiveness. Ben Adams, the current chief executive at Marquis Macadamias, has assumed the additional role of chief executive at
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Bio Plast Pom, in collaboration with Gdańsk University of Technology and other scientific institutions, has developed a compostable and biodegradable material, NOPLA, based on potato starch aimed at reducing environmental impact, CO2 emissions, and enhancing energy efficiency. NOPLA, a
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A.P. Moller - Maersk has appointed Ole Trumpfheller as its new VP and managing director for its business in Northern Europe. Trumpfheller joins from German logistics major DB Schenker. He will be responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and the Benelux countries, including the
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Fourth 'evolved' range, innovative fruit and vegetable snacks, fresh juices subjected to high-pressure treatments. Product and process innovation is at home at Macfrut (Rimini Expo Centre 8-10 May 2024) protagonist in the first edition of the Innovation Hub For Healthy Food,
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After the lull recorded in 2022, the organic market continued to remain stable in 2023 and we see the same trends continuing in the first two months of the new year. Providing IFN with the picture of the situation is Paolo Pari, director of Almaverde Bio, with whom we
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In order to meet agricultural electricity demands, State Grid Changle County Power Supply in Weifang, Shandong province, organized an innovation workshop, headed by Zhang Aiguo and Ge Yuting to develop an intelligent temperature control system for greenhouse usage. Working together with the
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Last year, the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group asked experts to predict some of the challenges the fruit and vegetable industry is expected to face in 2024. The consensus was that supply chain disruptions and climate change would pose the biggest hurdles for businesses in the sector. At the recently
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The initial stage of the Ankara Port Başkent OIZ Eti Logistics Ankara Intermodal Terminal has been launched, boasting a container capacity of 500,000 TEUs and a dry bulk capacity of 20,000,000 tons. Additionally, this development includes the inauguration of a railway connection and a 700-meter
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Costa Rican company Pafru. S.A. started shipping Galia, Cantaloupe, watermelons, mini-watermelons, and yellow honeydew melons in early January. "Due to the rainy season in Brazil, we expected Brazilian melons' volumes and quality to decline rapidly," says Rolf Weber of Global Producers,
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What opportunities are contained in the government's fiscal proxy for agricultural and agribusiness entrepreneurs? And what are the best ways to access credit? These questions were answered by the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Maurizio Leo and the top
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Trade and economic ties between Moldova and Russia have sharply declined over the past two years due to the war in Ukraine. Logistics have become more complex, and delivery costs have risen. Russia imposed an embargo on Moldovan fruits in August 2022, albeit partially lifted later. Market players… read more

In a recent development within the logistics sector, Wincanton, a UK-based haulage firm, has expressed support for a takeover bid from US logistics giant GXO, valued at £762 million. This decision comes after the company decided to retract its support for a competing offer from CEVA Logistics,… read more

Emilia Górska-Mytyk has assumed responsibility for Kuehne+Nagel Poland beginning of February 2024, succeeding Wojciech Sienicki who has gone into retirement. In her tenure, she will be overseeing the company's operations, leading 1.700 logistics experts. Emilia Górska-Mytyk, a Polish
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