Alan Gibson Wants LA Seafood Board Moving Forward Toward Common Purpose

Alan Gibson’s family seafood processing business goes back four generations.  Gibson, appointed by the governor to represent the interests of the American Shrimp Processors Association, looks to do what’s right for the shrimp industry he represents on the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.

Quebec Lobster Has Arrived At Metro

May 7, 2013 Metro Inc.

Quebec lobster has arrived at Metro! Beginning today, Metro supermarket customers are invited to pick up a live lobster from the Gaspé at their local store. Since 2012, this lobster can be traced from the sea to the plate.

Ocean Choice International Receives Another MSC Certification

Ocean Choice International (OCI), as a member of the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), has received official notice that the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery has completed the certification process and been awarded the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for sustainably managed fisheries.

Wixon Wins 2013 BizTimes I.Q. Award

May 7, 2013 Wixon

Wixon, a manufacturer of seasonings, flavors, and technologies for the food and beverage industry, will receive a BizTimes I.Q. (Innovation Quotient) Award from BizTimes Media LLC for its Wix-Fresh™ Reduced Sodium System (RSS). The I.Q. Awards salute southeastern Wisconsin businesses for their innovations in products and services.

Five Companies Combining To Create Sixth-Largest Global Plastics Packaging Co.

May 7, 2013 Exopack Holdings Sarl

Five leading packaging companies in North America and Europe today announced they intend to combine in order to operate as one global leader under the banner of Exopack Holdings Sarl, a new Luxembourg company (“the Combined Company”).  The combined business will have 63 plants, 8,650 employees and aggregate revenues of more than US$2.5B, making it the sixth-largest plastics packaging company in the world.