Valmet has received a contract from undisclosed customer to supply board machine key technology and machine control systems for three new containerboard machines in China. Under the contract, Valmet will supply six new headboxes and three ...
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Clipper Teas, the ethical and organic tea brand owned by Wessanen UK, has partnered with like-minded chocolate producer, Seed and Bean, on a large scale on-pack promotion; available to all its retail partners nationwide. Over 300,000 ...
Packaging origination and graphics management company Contact Originators has invested in Esko XPS Crystal technology for the corrugate business. The firm is claimed to be the first in the UK in corrugated for its investment in Esko XPS ...
Tags: corrugate business, CDI imaging
UPM Raflatac is launching a new visual sample book to showcase its premium label materials for wine, spirits, and craft beverages. Designed in collaboration with a team from SGA Corporate & Packaging Design led by chief designer Giacomo ...
Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, was awarded with an E-TECH Digital Award 2017 for its Comexi Cloud technology. These awards, given biannually by the Associació d’Empreses de Noves ...
Tags: Comexi, flexible packaging
Xaar has collaborated with industrial printhead solution provider Meteor Inkjet to produce an inkjet development kit and commercial drive electronics set for the Xaar 1201 printhead. The specially developed ecosystem from Meteor enables ...
Tags: graphics printing, textiles market
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance for drug manufacturers to clarify when a gluten-containing ingredient has been used to make prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley ...
Flint Group has increased the prices of its packaging inks products due to incremental cost escalation forces. Further to announcements made in March 2017, it has become clear that the raw material markets for many components within Flint ...
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RPC Zeller Plastik Zell has developed a new closure for personal care and pharmaceutical applications. Part of the screw-on Classic range of polypropylene hinge tube closures, the new closure is available with a size of 25mm and matt ...
Packaging firm Schaumaplast has launched a product made from biomass-balanced Styropor from BASF. The firm produced the new Styropor packaging for ice cream from IceGuerilla.de, a start-up engaged in sending ice creams in Germany. ...
Tags: Packaging, Styropor packaging
Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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European Plastics Converters (EuPC), a European trade association, has surveyed plastics converters across Europe to look at the current and future use of recycled content as well as incentives and barriers to its use. With high targets ...
Hybrid Software is set to exhibit the latest version of PACKZ, its professional PDF editor for the packaging and label markets, at Packaging Innovations 2018 event in the UK. The event will take place between 28 February and 1 March in ...
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Puerto Rican firm PET Plastics has purchased a complete system from Sacmi capable of processing up to 2,000 caps per minute, with higher quality performance, lower costs and increased process efficiency. Fast, easy size changeovers, ...
Tags: PET Plastics, Plastics
Turkey-based Polinas Plastik Sanayii ve Ticareti has acquired flexible packaging solutions producer Propak. Polinas, which is owned by Ulker Group, has acquired Propak from Southeast Europe Equity Fund II (SEEF II) for an undisclosed sum. ...
Tags: Polinas, Flexible Packaging