The European Vending Association welcomes Simat, a Catalan company, specialised in the manufacture of soluble products for vending machines. Simat has been producing soluble products since 1979, and has continued to adapt its products to the most innovative technologies,...

Creating more moments of pleasure, Cadbury the UK’s number one confectionery manufacturer has invested £1.5m behind an advertising campaign for Cadbury Flake. The new advertising follows tradition for Flake; targeted at women and highly sensual in its nature. There...

Congratulations to Steve Collins, AVA Quality Coordinator, as he completes 10 years service with the AVA. Starting his career as a chef, Steve was quickly introduced to vending as his role widened. He became catering manager and took over...

The AVA are very sorry to announce that William Richie, a long standing member of the AVA, from Caledonian Vending and previously Sales Manager for GKN Sankey sadly passed away on Wednesday 11 November. He leaves his wife Maggie,...

With over 60 current European directives, either in discussion or nearing completion, likely to impact on the vending industry across Europe, the AVA has a key role to play in protecting its members’ interests and ensuring that the government...

The 2010 edition of the VENDING PARIS trade show will take place from 27 to 29 October in Paris at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre, in partnership with the French vending association Navsa (Chambre Syndicale Nationale de Vente...

Lavazza, Italy’s favourite coffee, has appointed Gary Sanders as Head of Technical Services for the OCS/Vending division. Gary has acquired vast knowledge with the Italian machine manufacturer N&W where he started work over 16 years ago when the company...

Tetra Pak announces that 75% of its cartons on sale in the UK and Ireland, around 1.5 billion units, will become Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified in the next year. In the US, the New York State government will...