Louisville, Ky.-based D.D. Williamson has launched its first certified-organic annatto extracts for coloring. The new annatto extracts, which range in hue from yellow to orange, are available in water-soluble and oil-soluble versions, the latter of which can be applied to confectionery coatings.

According to Symrise’s sensory studies with specially trained test panelists, stevia produces off-notes of lingering bitterness and astringency and its sweetness profile often differs from expectation.

Circle Pines, Minn.-based Delkor Systems, a manufacturer of automated end-of-line packaging systems, has qualified as a Machine Builder partner in the Rockwell Automation ParterNetwork program. This partnership will result in packaging machines with increased operational flexibility and lower cost of ownership.

Stuggart, Germany-based Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of holistic systems in the world of packaging and process technology, has changed the name of several of its subsidiaries. 

De Pere, Wis.-based Circle Packaging Machinery, Inc. will celebrate 50 years of manufacturing multi-lane, four-sided seal pouching and sachet machinery this year.

Circle Pines, Minn.-based Delkor Systems, a manufacturer of automated end-of-line packaging systems, has qualified as a Machine Builder partner in the Rockwell Automation ParterNetwork program. 

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Kinnerton, the leading supplier of licensed children’s novelties and Easter eggs in the UK, prides itself on integrating flexibility and efficiency, despite the natural disparity between those two operational goals.