Operating profit excluding special items was strong at $97m despite the third quarter being seasonally the weakest due to the summer holiday period in the northern hemisphere and the scheduling of annual maintenance work during the period. ...
Austrian aluminium producer Amag rolling has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade the drive technology on the four-high cold rolling stand at its facility in Ranshofen in a bid to increase availability. As part of the deal, ...
Tags: Ranshofen, AMAG, converters
Fujifilm North America’s graphic systems division has supplied Flenex FW water-washable plates and Flenex C-Touch 2530 water-wash flexo plate processor to Wisconsin-based Four Lakes Label. Four Lakes Label, which is a division of ...
British papermaker James Cropper is set to introduce new Tailor Made service at the y Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging exhibitions in Olympia, London. The Tailor Made service provides extensive variables, including individual ...
Husky Injection Molding Systems has introduced a latest generation of its HyCAP beverage closure molding machine for improved productivity. The fully integrated HyCAP4 high output system is designed to produce the high quality, light ...
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Innoviz Technologies, an Israeli startup developing advanced sensors and systems enabling fully autonomous vehicles, has raised $9m in Series A financing round. Investors include Mr. Zohar Zisapel, Vertex Venture Capital, Magma Venture ...
Tags: Innoviz Technologies, optimal sensing, LiDAR
Makers of vertical form/fill/seal machines have offered automatic set-up functionality for mechanical axes of motion for some time now. So when changeover to a new bag size requires an adjustment of the vacuum belts that pull the flexible ...
Tags: mechanical axes, Mike Krummey, continuous-motion machine
Ball reported second quarter 2016 net earnings attributable to the corporation of $369m, or $2.54 per diluted share on sales of $2bn, compared to $160m of net earnings attributable to the corporation, or $1.13 per diluted share, on sales of ...
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UK based packaging maker RPC Group has acquired packaging firm British Polythene Industries (BPI) for about £261m ($379m). BPI is focused on manufacturing and supplying of about 275,000t of polythene films annually for markets ...
Tags: retail food, waste polythene, RPC
Sun Chemical has agreed to acquire Flint Group’s European publication gravure ink business. Flint Group has decided to divest its European publication gravure business, as part of the long-term strategy to increase focus on its core ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (to 2 July, a 14 week quarter), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $125.2m, up 24% on $101.1m last ...
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AHEC collaborates with Alison Brooks Architects and Arup for 2016 London Design Festival The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, has announced its ...
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Mondi announced half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. Highlights Continued strong financial performance on all key metrics Underlying operating profit of €529 million, up 8% Underlying earnings of ...
Tags: metricsUnderlying, Uncoated Fine Paper, Fibre Packaging
CCL Industries, a specialty label and packaging solutions for global corporations, small businesses and consumers, reported 2016 second quarter results. Sales for the second quarter of 2016 increased 33.1% to $960.2 million, compared to ...
Frigoglass SAIC announces audited results for the quarter and six months ended 30 June 2016. Second Quarter 2016 Highlights Sustained recovery in West Europe (+27% y-o-y) driven by ICOOL’s penetration in Coca-Cola bottlersOngoing ...
Tags: Frigoglass SAIC, beer market, Glass business