DuPont Nutrition & Health, one of the leading food ingredient suppliers worldwide, believes the tuna industry could do with a serious product shake-up, in particular regards to discovering...
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Isabel Makes Distribution Deal With Milk Producer
Two Spanish-born companies have joined together on a distribution deal that will see Isabel tuna products delivered to bars and restaurants across Spain. Spanish dairy company, Calidad Pascual...
TUF Reports Record Third Quarter Profits
One of the world’s largest tuna processors, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), has reported a record high for this year’s third quarter, with a current net profit growth of 97.4 percent...
King Oscar In Feud With Two BK Food Companies
King Oscar is currently undertaking a court case against two Polish food companies, BK Food Poland and BK Food Polska, which although claim to be separate entities, have been accused of...
Century Pacific Planning USD 7.7 Million Cold Storage
Mulling over plans to build a cold storage facility worth around P350 million (USD 7.7 million), Century Pacific, the Philippines’ canned tuna market monopolist, is planning construction...
New Container Cargo Port For Manta Tuna Exports
The construction of a new container port in Ecuador could begin soon, as plans to develop a privatized import/export hub aim to cut logistics costs for Manta’s tuna industry, and provide...
Dongwon Investing In Top US Salmon Processor
The food and beverages division of Dongwon Enterprise, Dongwon F&B, along with subsidiary company, StarKist, has acquired a minority share in a major US salmon processor, Silver Bay...
Princes Merges With TDM In Mauritius
It’s confirmed; after rumor of a possible merger between two Mauritius based tuna plants, both Thon des Mascareignes (TDM) and Princes Mauritius have signed an agreement to combine their tuna...
Spanish Canners Export More At Lower Value
In the first eight months of 2014, volumes of Spanish canned seafood exports rose 2.74 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the value of these exports decreased by 4.53...
Japanese To Invest In New Vietnam Cannery
Plans to build a new tuna processing plant in Vietnam were initiated last week as the Japanese firm Hokugan Co., based in Okinawa, Japan, met in Binh Dinh, with the south-central province...
Spanish Canners Intensify Ties In South America
The Spanish National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Seafood (ANFACO) is looking to expand its partnership with Brazil and Peru-based industry organizations and authorities; three big...
National Tuna Congress To Be Held In Spain
Tuna industry players will be meeting in Madrid, Spain, on November 18th for the country’s Second National Tuna Congress, at which they will discuss and debate current situations in the tuna...
Ningbo’s Tuna Exports Showing Explosive Growth
The Chinese port city of Ningbo announced earlier this year, it was shifting the focus of its tuna industry and channeling renewed concentration into exports to international markets. And the...
Valsecchi: “A Solution To Crisis? Brand Differentiation”
At the African Tuna Conference 2014 last month, tuna industry veteran Adolfo Valsecchi, previously the CEO of MW Brands and now Board Member of Generale Conserve Spa, raised the dilemma that...
Philippines Largest Canner Joins ISSF
Century Pacific Food Inc., the Philippine’s canned tuna market monopolist, has announced that it will be the first Filipino firm to join ISSF. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, General Tuna...
12,000 Women Behind Ecuador’s Tuna Expansion
The dedicated, strenuous work of more than 12,000 women is said to be the key to the expansion of Ecuador’s tuna industry, concentrated in Manta. This female task force, representing 60...
Tuna Cleaners Protest Over Lack Of Empty Cans
Industrial tuna workers took to protest outside the Insopesca headquarters in Cumana, Venezuela this week, demanding that action be taken to solve the shortage of empty tuna cans, which many...
Tri Marine US Samoa Operations To Start January
Samoa Tuna Processors (STP), under parent company, Tri Marine International, is set to begin operations of its American Samoa tuna cannery in January 2015. The firm is gradually hiring...
John West Australia Launches The “Ultimate Power Lunch”
John West Australia, which is owned by Simplot Australia, has launched a new range of tuna pasta salad available in stores from November 2014. The new range, which John West describes as the...
Dongwon Buys Can-Maker Ardagh’s US Samoa Operations
Subsidiary company of Dongwon Enterprise, Dongwon Systems, has forked out USD 26 million for the purchase of the American Samoa-based operations of Ardagh Metal Packaging. The Ardagh Group...