Kraft
Foods nominated Mark D. Ketchum for its board of directors. Currently Ketchum
is president and CEO of Newell Rubbermaid and is a 33-year-veteran of Procter
& Gamble.
Allied
Blending & Ingredients is opening a new processing facility in the greater
Los Angeles area that features packaging capabilities from 5 lbs. to 2,000-lb.
totes and a Dairy 3-A line.
In
the ’60s, noted University
of Toronto media professor, Marshall
McLuhan, said electronic technology would create a global village. Taking this
concept further, Thomas L. Friedman’s 2005 book, The World is Flat: A Brief History
of the Twenty-First Century, describes how Internet technology is enabling
businesses around the world to connect at light speed, creating a paradigm
shift in operations.
The Bush Administration is pushing more than 65 new proposals as part of this year’s farm bill. The proposals focus heavily on specialty crops, beginning farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged producers.
Most studies are based on interviewees’ conjecture and opinion. But a best-in-class benchmark report of food and beverage packaging operations conducted by Informance sampled actual production data from customers’ 141 packaging lines worldwide.
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