Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

27 Sep

East Coast Olive Oil grand opening

On Thursday, the East Coast Olive Oil Corporation celebrated its grand opening at Rome’s Griffiss Park. The company, originally based in Utica, is part of the number one private label olive oil supplier in the world. A new 185-square foot facility is home to more than 150 employees and that number is expected to increase. […]

26 Sep

Comvita completes Olive Products Australia takeover

New Zealand medicinal honey company Comvita has today completed its acquisition of Olive Products Australia (OPA). OPA is a complementary medicine grower, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer in Queensland. It has developed a system to grow and extract the active compounds from olive tree leaves for use in human and therapeutic products. Neil Craig, chairman of […]

25 Sep

Turning olive pits into energy

After you’ve enjoyed a tangy olive, don’t throw away the pit – it could soon be providing a clean, green answer to heat and electricity production, thanks to technology developed by Israeli start-up Genova, now setting up its first pilot plant. The company, which was founded in September 2004, is headquartered in the northern town […]

25 Sep

Pakistani Governement has planned to enhance olive oil production

The Federal Government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 district of Balochistan to bring 6000 acres of land for the cultivation of olive orchard. According to the ministry of food and agriculture sources during the five years, 675000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop […]

24 Sep

Four Sisters win top NZ Olive Oil Award

Four Sisters is thrilled to announce that their first time entry took out the top Olives New Zealand award, “Best in show” for 2007. These awards were presented at the annual Olives New Zealand dinner held in Wellington on Saturday 22 September. 4 Sisters winning olive oil came from the Single Varietal Class and was […]