Flexible liquid packaging solutions manufacturer Liqui-Box has earned NSF/ANSI 18 certification for their QCD series connectors from global public health organization NSF International. The Liqui-Box QCD series connectors include the ...
Green packaging and tissue products producer Cascades will shut down its packaging facility in Maspeth, New York, US. The company has decided to close Maspeth packaging plant, as part of its efforts to modernize and optimize operations in ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan has agreed to sell its electric battery business to GSR Capital, a Chinese investment firm, for an undisclosed amount. As per the agreement, Nissan will be selling its battery subsidiary Automotive Energy Supply ...
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Swanline Paper and Board (SPB) has introduced two new folding boxboards – PankaLux and PankaBrite – for the luxury packaging and food packaging markets. PankaLux and PankaBrite provide brands and packers with quality solutions ...
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Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio company Novel Ingredients to specialty ingredients provider Innophos Holdings. Novel Ingredients, which was acquired by GenNx360 in March 2014, is ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended 1 July), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $149.4m (split about 50:50 between client-side/datacoms ...
Green packaging and tissue products manufacturer Cascades is investing $80m to build a new containerboard packaging facility in Piscataway, New Jersey, US. The new center, which is due to start operations in 2018, will produce corrugated ...
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Packaging materials developer Tekni-Plex is expanding its Tekni-Films operations in Italy via an acquisition. The company acquired the self-adhesive tape substrate operations of Alfatherm SpA of Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy. The ...
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Ampacet, a manufacturer of additive masterbatches for flexible packaging and rigid packaging, has opened a new masterbatch production facility in Dandenong, Australia, to extend its footprint in the region. The new facility manufactures ...
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WestRock has purchased Australian paperboard-packaging manufacturer Hannapack for A$75m ($59m) to expand its consumer packaging portfolio. Hannapack, which was established by Charles Hanna in 1967, provides folding cartons to a range of ...
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New Creation Labels and Packaging (NCLPS) has installed Colordyne Technologies’ aqueous retrofit solution, 3600 Series AQ – Retrofit, at its headquarters in Atlanta to meet the needs for shorter runs and customization from its ...
Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc (PIRT) of Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA - which designs and manufactures both shortwave-infrared cameras and one- and two-dimensional imaging arrays based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) - has announced ...
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Imperial Frozen Foods, a portfolio company of Kenex, has acquired 100% of the assets of Greystone Foods. Greystone is a Birmingham, AL based manufacturer of branded and private label frozen (IQF) vegetables. Greystone manufactures 30 ...
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UK-based private equity firm Mayfair Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in bakery company Promise Gluten Free. Based in Donegal, Ireland, Promise was founded in 2011 by Declan Gallagher, Tom Doyle and Ciaran Lally. Promise is ...
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US-based packaging firm Sonoco has completed its purchase of flexible and forming plastic packaging films manufacturer Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, operates manufacturing plants ...
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