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…MILWAUKEE — Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) today announced that it has promoted Mark Goldschmidt to the position of Corporate Director of Quality and Product Safety.
Mr. Goldschmidt joined the Company in 2005 as Quality Manager, Food Colors U.S., and was most recently Director of Quality Control and Product Safety for Sensient’s Color Group.  As director of the industry leading quality control program in the Color Group, he instituted consistent and effective quality controls and product safety systems.  He was also responsible for helping to develop the Color Group’s new product development process.
Mark Goldschmidt has an MBA from Washington

ANOKA, Minn. — Bioenergy Life Science is hosting two of this country’s most popular fitness and nutrition gurus – JJ Virgin and Jonny Bowden – at its booth #216 during Natural Products Expo West, March 8-10 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Bioenergy Life Science will also hold several great prize drawings and offer attendees samples of many different types of treats made with energy-sustaining ribose.
Celebrity appearances
Best-selling author JJ Virgin has worked with high performance athletes, CEOs, and A-list celebrities from around the world. Her TV appearances on such top-rated shows as the Dr. Phil Show and The Doctors …

ANOKA, Minn. — Sales and marketing leader Mark Johnson has joined Minnesota-based Bioenergy Life Science, Inc. as Vice President of Sales, Functional Foods. Johnson’s major responsibilities will be to work with both domestic and international food companies to incorporate Bioenergy Ribose into a variety of functional food products to help improve both the functional and health benefits of those products.
Johnson is an accomplished and versatile professional with a proven track record of success in the food and consumer goods industries. Prior to joining Bioenergy Life Sciences, he was Vice President Sales and Marketing for AgroPur, where he consistently grew…

…MANCHESTER, Mich. — The industry’s lightest 64-oz hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle establishes a new standard for the size category. The unique stock container for juices and teas from Amcor Rigid Plastics delivers major sustainability advantages by utilizing novel design, tooling, and process technologies to slash 9 grams, or 13.2 percent, from the typical 68-gram PET bottle.
Amcor’s Innovation Group, consisting of a cross-functional design team of 20-year packaging veterans, developed patent-pendingPowerblock 3.0 technology to provide a lightweight and strong stock hot-fill PET bottle with superior filling and stacking performance. The container also boasts a 38-mm lightweight finish that saves

…CLOSTER, N.J. — American Key Food Products has introduced Suchero brand organic coconut palm sugar to the North American market.  As exclusive distributor, AKFP now offers this all-natural, low Glycemic Index sugar which can be used in specialty baked goods, energy bars and beverages, and also as a tabletop sweetener.
“This premium coconut palm sugar is an excellent alternative for those seeking healthier sweetener choices,” says Mel Festejo, COO of American Key Food Products. “It is especially well-suited to today’s consumers who are looking for high quality, all-natural, organic whole foods. Because it’s made from the sap of the coconut

…NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Portola Packaging, Inc. is announcing a $12 million capital expenditure in its Kingsport, Tenn. and Tolleson, Ariz. facilities. The investment is being made to accommodate growing market demand for its hot-fill and aseptic beverage closures and increased dairy business market share.
Some of the new capital improvements are already under way, with completion expected by the end of the third quarter. New investments are being made in additional high-speed compression and injection molding equipment as well as in existing production line upgrades.  The company projects that approximately 30 production employees will be added to those locations when

…HOLLAND, Ohio — A next-generation liquid dispensing and delivery system – featuring a collapsible rigid liner inside a bottle – will be changing the way sensitive chemicals and other products are delivered. Known as BrightPak, the system is the brainchild of ATMI, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: ATMI), a leader in packaging solutions for specialty liquid materials.
ATMI’s objective was to create a value-added alternative to large glass bottles and other traditional systems that store and dispense photolithography chemicals used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, LEDs and flat panel displays. ATMI is offering these delivery systems to chemical suppliers who desire improved safety