Sustainable Story | Happy, Helping Hooves Weeds challenge farms of all sizes. When Melani Harding, Owner and Winemaker at Bon Niche Cellars, decided to stop using herbicides, weeds got out of hand and she looked for more sustainable control methods. She adopted Nigerian dwarf goats, who promptly began cleaning up the property. But since they’ll gladly eat budding and maturing grapes, they can only free-roam the vineyard between harvest and bud break. Babydoll sheep joined the crew next. They are the perfect height for removing excess vine leaves… which also means they can reach the fruit! They also must leave the vineyard at bud break and are welcome back with the goats after harvest. Melani wanted to achieve year-round weed control. After some research, she found the perfect solution: Kunekune pigs with short stature and a natural inclination for grazing. In 2021, Gilbert the Pig joined the farm and quickly became a local celebrity. Over the years, Melani has established

Building on its successful operations in Kenya and South Africa, Guala Closures is now investing in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and one of the fastest-growing markets. Lagos, April 23, 2025 – Guala Closures, a world leader in the production of closures for the spirits, wine, water, beer, non-alcoholic beverage, and edible oil markets, inaugurated yesterday its new greenfield manufacturing facility in West Africa, strategically located in the Lagos Free Zone. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ugo Boni, Consul General of Italy in Lagos, Adesuwa Ladoja, CEO of Lagos Free Zone, Andrea Lodetti, CEO of Guala Closures, and other executives of the Group. This expansion represents a key milestone in the company’s growth strategy, strengthening its commitment to the African market and enhancing its presence in one of the continent’s most dynamic economies. The Nigerian plant will serve West African markets and can supply anti-counterfeiting safe

A leading automation and bottling technologies group for the food and beverage industry creates a new High-Speed Beverage Division with a combined turnover of €280 million Omnia Technologies, a leading platform for automation and bottling technologies for the spirits, wine, beverage, dairy and pharma industries, launches a new high-speed beverage division focused on bottling-labelling-packaging technologies through the acquisitions of ACMI, SACMI Beverage and SACMI Labelling. Headquartered in Fornovo di Taro (Parma, Italy), ACMI is a global leading designer and producer of complete packaging and bottling lines, mostly for the food and beverage industry, where it is often the primary contractor and line integrator. Founded in 1984, the company has five production facilities across Northern Italy and four commercial branches in Mexico, Poland, the UK and the USA. Its product portfolio includes palletisers and depalletisers, cartoning machines, wrappers, han