Category Archive for "Awards & Reviews"

20Mar

Announcing The Top 100 Global Confectionery Companies

Chocolate! Caramel! Truffles! Chewy! Chances are the companies that create some of your favorite confection flavors and textures are on Candy Industry Magazine’s list of Top 100 Candy Companies in the World. Read the delicious article by Editor-in-chief Bernie Pacyniak...

18Jan

Hershey invites inventors to create temp control packaging

Are you a FIRST Robotics Alum? A creative packaging designer? Hershey is looking for innovative ideas so it can better ship chocolate in warm climates and summertime. Welcome to supply chain crowdsourcing style. Read about the contest in this ZDNet article by Larry Dignan....

16Jan

NCA identifies most popular trends in confectionery

Premium chocolate, fruit-nut infusions, chewy, and mint are trending in confectionery. Flavors and unique packaging helped deliver fun and smiles faster than 184 other categories in the store. Read NCA Identifies the Most Popular Confectionery Trends of 2015. Stay on top of trends and attend Sweets and Snacks Expo 2016....

09Jan

NCA announces YPN Leadership Program

Five young professionals have been tapped as the first participants in NCA’s Future Leadership Program, which aims to support, educate, and improve access and opportunities for young industry members looking to advance their careers. The 2016 class is: Sarah Atkinson, director of marketing for Atkinson Candy Co.; Elizabeth Clair, national...

26Oct

Congratulations to the 2015 Candy Hall of Fame Inductees

Congratulations to this year's inductees into NCSA's Candy Hall of Fame! Thank you all for your extraordinary contributions and lifetime achievements. Eric Atkinson, Kathy Corcoran, Nicholas DiRenzo, Carol Ghelarducci, Jim Greenberg, Roni Daniel, Rick Ross, Bryan Shade, Charlie Sigvardsen, and Libby Taylor. Two posthumous awards were awarded to: Henry Heide...

18Sep

NCA launches Future Leadership Program

Members of NCA’s Young Professionals Network are invited to apply for the 2016 class of the YPN Future Leadership Program. Info and application are available at this link. “A key element of NCA’s mission is to advance the confectionery industry, and the Future Leadership Program achieves that,” says NCA President...

04Aug

Allured Grants are available for confectionery training

There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this year to build your skills. Allured Fund for Confectionery Education need-based grants provide financial help for industry members who wish to expand their food-science knowledge or confectionery skills through continuing education courses. Due dates are on the 15th of each...