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Tetra Pak to Build Factory in Canada
, sing and shipping areas, and the adces ,s 0 ff'ICe. dition of a meat . Inspector The Canadian Food Products Centre as built in 1977 and underwent an :arlier expansion in 1979. Opera.ted by the Manitoba Research CouncIl, the Centre offers a wide range of technical support, advice and assistance, product testing and evaluation, and problemsolving services to Manitoba food, beverage and animal feed industries. Continually increasing demands of the facility necessitated the expansion to avoid production inefficiencies. The Canadian Food Products Development Centre is designed to provide technical assistance and encouragement to existing food industries, as well as stimulating the creation of new food processin? opportunities in Cana~~. Working In a 1000 square meter faCility, a highly trained team of scientists and technicians offer expert product development services, product evaluation and testing and access to a fully operational pilot plant facility. This assistance is offered through fee-forservice contracts. Food Centre personnel share extensive experience with some of North America's major food companies, in the following areas: packaging, canning, thermal processing, drying techniques, ingredient mixing, meat, dairy and vegetable processing, sanitation, nutritional evaluation, quality control, quality assurance, seasonings, product development and acceptance, recipe development and shelf life studies, as well as chemical and microbiological analyses of raw materials and finished products. The CFPDC team works closely with other professionals, and some projects may involve the coordinated efforts of the Food Centre, universities, industry suppliers and other consultants. For projects requiring specialized engineering advice, assistance is available from the Industrial Technology Centre in Winnipeg, operated by the Manitoba Research Council. Close liaison with the National Reseach Council is maintained through direct support of personnel and federal granting programs.
Tetra Pak to Build Factory in Canada Tetra Pak Inc. has chosen Aurora, Ontario, as the site of its first major production venture in Canada. Development of the 17-acre site began in September, and completion of the first phase is scheduled for the spring of 1985. A member of the world-wide Tetra Can. Insl. Food Sci. Technol. 1. Vol. 16. No. 4. 1983
Pak organization that operates in more than 80 countries, Tetra Pak Inc. has supplied Canadian processors of liqUid foods with flexible aseptic packaging material and specialized packaging and distribution equipment since the mid-1950s. Milk, juice, yogurt drink, cooking oil, pudding, mineral water, wine and many other non-carbonated liquid foods can be packaged without additional preservatives and distributed unrefrigerated in shelf-stable Tetra Briks in sizes ranging from 125 millilitres to one litre. Recent converts to the Tetra Brik include McCain Foods; Canadian Canners (Del Monte): Libby, McNeill, Libby; Chateau Gai Wines; Dominion Dairies (Sealtest); and General Foods (Tang). These customers together with many other processors of juice and dairy products who are switching from cans, bottles and gable-top cartons to the aseptic, or germ-free, Tetra Brik, have made it possible to justify a major investment in domestic production. Milk, juice and other foods packaged in the opaque, air-free Tetra Briks retain their flavour and nutritional value for many months without refrigeration. The packages, which can be incinerated, are made of paper and very thin aluminum foil coated inside and out with plastic. Portion packages are usually equipped with a wrapped drinking straw and prepunched hole for convenient, hygenic consumption. The switch to Tetra Brik has been aided by many factors, including: • the discovery by scientists that light damages milk, juice and other liqUid foods in transparent bottles and pouches, and in translucent jugs and cartons; • the rising cost of refrigeration; • concern about the oxidation of nutrients because of air trapped in conventional packages; • the weight penalty associated with glass containers (two one-litre bottles of wine weigh approximately the same as three one-litre Tetra Brik cartons of wine). The Tetra Pac site is in Aurora, about 45 kilometres north of Toronto. The expansion of Tetra Pak in Canada is part of a global response to overwhelming acceptance of Tetra Pak packaging systems. Tetra Pak is investing $6.5 million to expand machine production facilities in Sweden. Machine production at Tetra Pak's factory in Modena, Italy, will grow by 50 per cent in 1984. In Denton, Texas, where Tetra Pak's first North American plant for producing packaging material will be
ready in March 1984, a part of the production hall will be used for the final assembly and testing of packaging machines. In addition to the Group's 23 existing packaging material factories around the world, others are designed and planned for the V.S., Kenya and Finland.
New Food Processing Research Centre A major food processing research centre has been approved for construction at St-Hyacinthe, Que. under the federal government's Special Recovery Projects Program, which significantly speeds up federal construction and procurement projects, in order to give immediate stimulus to the economy through the provision of key new facilities that are essential for future expansion in the private sector. The recovery program has made possible the $30 million funding that was holding up this project which was a top-priority for Agriculture Canada. As a national research centre, the Saint-Hyacinthe facility will be important not only to Quebec, but to the whole of Canada. Results achieved there will support the growth and product diversification of the food processing industry throughout the country. Over the past few decades, food processing has been a growth industry in Canada, but it has been weak on research and the new Quebec faCility will help fill this gap. Expanding research services is considered one of the more productive investments the federal government can make to ensure the continuing competitiveness of Canadian food companies. This is particularly important in the agri-food industry, which last year accounted for more than 10 per cent of Canada's total commodity exports. The Saint-Hyacinthe centre will be operated by Agriculture Canada's Research Branch, which does almost half of all food and agricultural research in Canada. Construction will start this fall or early winter on the six-hectare site in a research park. The building will be ready for occupancy in 1986 for the staff of 95 scientists and support staff. Location of the centre at Saint-Hyacinthe near Montreal puts it close to a large food-processing industrial area. Quebec accounts for about onequarter of all Canadian production of manufactured food and beverages in dollar terms. It is by far the most important manufacturing sector in Quebec, representing 18 per cent of all Institute Affairs / xxxi
Tetra Pak to Build Factory in Canada Tetra Pak Inc. has chosen Aurora, Ontario, as the site of its first major production venture in Canada. Development of the 17-acre site began in September, and completion of the first phase is scheduled for the spring of 1985. A member of the world-wide Tetra Can. Insl. Food Sci. Technol. 1. Vol. 16. No. 4. 1983
Pak organization that operates in more than 80 countries, Tetra Pak Inc. has supplied Canadian processors of liqUid foods with flexible aseptic packaging material and specialized packaging and distribution equipment since the mid-1950s. Milk, juice, yogurt drink, cooking oil, pudding, mineral water, wine and many other non-carbonated liquid foods can be packaged without additional preservatives and distributed unrefrigerated in shelf-stable Tetra Briks in sizes ranging from 125 millilitres to one litre. Recent converts to the Tetra Brik include McCain Foods; Canadian Canners (Del Monte): Libby, McNeill, Libby; Chateau Gai Wines; Dominion Dairies (Sealtest); and General Foods (Tang). These customers together with many other processors of juice and dairy products who are switching from cans, bottles and gable-top cartons to the aseptic, or germ-free, Tetra Brik, have made it possible to justify a major investment in domestic production. Milk, juice and other foods packaged in the opaque, air-free Tetra Briks retain their flavour and nutritional value for many months without refrigeration. The packages, which can be incinerated, are made of paper and very thin aluminum foil coated inside and out with plastic. Portion packages are usually equipped with a wrapped drinking straw and prepunched hole for convenient, hygenic consumption. The switch to Tetra Brik has been aided by many factors, including: • the discovery by scientists that light damages milk, juice and other liqUid foods in transparent bottles and pouches, and in translucent jugs and cartons; • the rising cost of refrigeration; • concern about the oxidation of nutrients because of air trapped in conventional packages; • the weight penalty associated with glass containers (two one-litre bottles of wine weigh approximately the same as three one-litre Tetra Brik cartons of wine). The Tetra Pac site is in Aurora, about 45 kilometres north of Toronto. The expansion of Tetra Pak in Canada is part of a global response to overwhelming acceptance of Tetra Pak packaging systems. Tetra Pak is investing $6.5 million to expand machine production facilities in Sweden. Machine production at Tetra Pak's factory in Modena, Italy, will grow by 50 per cent in 1984. In Denton, Texas, where Tetra Pak's first North American plant for producing packaging material will be
ready in March 1984, a part of the production hall will be used for the final assembly and testing of packaging machines. In addition to the Group's 23 existing packaging material factories around the world, others are designed and planned for the V.S., Kenya and Finland.
New Food Processing Research Centre A major food processing research centre has been approved for construction at St-Hyacinthe, Que. under the federal government's Special Recovery Projects Program, which significantly speeds up federal construction and procurement projects, in order to give immediate stimulus to the economy through the provision of key new facilities that are essential for future expansion in the private sector. The recovery program has made possible the $30 million funding that was holding up this project which was a top-priority for Agriculture Canada. As a national research centre, the Saint-Hyacinthe facility will be important not only to Quebec, but to the whole of Canada. Results achieved there will support the growth and product diversification of the food processing industry throughout the country. Over the past few decades, food processing has been a growth industry in Canada, but it has been weak on research and the new Quebec faCility will help fill this gap. Expanding research services is considered one of the more productive investments the federal government can make to ensure the continuing competitiveness of Canadian food companies. This is particularly important in the agri-food industry, which last year accounted for more than 10 per cent of Canada's total commodity exports. The Saint-Hyacinthe centre will be operated by Agriculture Canada's Research Branch, which does almost half of all food and agricultural research in Canada. Construction will start this fall or early winter on the six-hectare site in a research park. The building will be ready for occupancy in 1986 for the staff of 95 scientists and support staff. Location of the centre at Saint-Hyacinthe near Montreal puts it close to a large food-processing industrial area. Quebec accounts for about onequarter of all Canadian production of manufactured food and beverages in dollar terms. It is by far the most important manufacturing sector in Quebec, representing 18 per cent of all Institute Affairs / xxxi