UK's not-for-profit company The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) has modified its guidance for plastic pots, tubs and trays and aluminium foil to indicate that the materials are now widely recycled by councils at the kerbside. Used across a ...
Tags: Foils, Plastic Trays
UK-based packaging firm RPC Group has signed an agreement to acquire Letica, a US-based manufacturer rigid plastic packaging and foodservice products, for $640m. Letica is engaged in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging and foodservice ...
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Corrugated and plastics packaging solutions provider DS Smith has developed new display solution for DermaPharm. The new display has been created for DermaPharm’s 10th anniversary, providing an opportunity to re-launch its product ...
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Green chemistry firm Carbios has developed a new technological solution for recycling of opaque polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics such as milk bottles. Since 2012, the company has been involved in developing an enzymatic recycling ...
Tags: Carbios, Opaque Plastics
Global high-barrier packaging film consumption was projected at 1.86 million tonnes in 2016 and is forecast to grow during 2016–2021 at an annual rate of 4.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, according to Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira’s ...
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has introduced film brands, as part of its efforts to provide better services for its customers. The company has launched Chemifilm high performance films and Norfilm performance coated solutions. ...
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CTI Industries, a manufacturer and marketer of foil balloons, vacuum sealing systems, latex balloons, printed and laminated films, and home organization products, will purchase two new foil balloon converting machines. The machines are on ...
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Canadian label and packaging maker CCL Industries has signed an agreement to acquire Innovia Group, a UK-based manufacturer of specialty co-extruded, bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films for C$1.13bn ($842m). Innovia Group, a ...
Tags: CCL Industries, polypropylene, BOPP films
Elif, the “Global Supplier” of the flexible packaging industry, has been named among the finalists of WorldStar 2017 with the hybrid printing technology ‘ElfHybr’, the latest ring of the chain of innovations made for ...
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Insiders say there's a silver lining to stagnant box office takes in 2016. Box office takes for China's film industry remained stagnant in 2016, but most industry insiders see it as a blessing in disguise. Last year's box-office total was ...
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US based labeling and packaging materials provider Avery Dennison has signed an agreement to acquire Hanita Coatings, an Israel-based pressure-sensitive materials manufacturer of specialty films and laminates, for $75m. The deal to ...
Tags: cold chain packaging, Coatings
US-based packaging firm Sonoco is planning to invest $20m in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell’s new North America battery packaging operations. The company said its Display and Packaging unit will be ...
Innovia Films has been supplying speciality Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films to the packaging industry for over 45 years under the trademark, Propafilm. The range includes films that offer specific properties for particular ...
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Innovia Films has been supplying Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films to the packaging industry under the trademark, Propafilm. The range includes films that offer specific properties for particular applications.Yorkshire Tea, ...
Tags: Propafilm Packaging, Packaging
Lexus and The Weinstein Company will be heading to Raindance Film Festival opening night on Sep 21st to premiere an exciting new film The Nation Holds Its Breath, created and directed by Kev Cahill, an award-winning writer and director. ...
Tags: Lexus, Raindance Film Festival