Packaging products manufacturer Starlinger has inaugurated the new headquarters of its recycling technology division in Austria. Located in Weissenbach, Lower Austria, the new facility will take over Starlinger’s recycling ...
Tags: Starlinger, Packaging
This weekend Stevenage played host to the Rubik’s Speedcubing UK Championship, housing over 240 competitors, each hopeful of making the cubing hall of fame. Competitors took part in the Championship across a number of disciplines ...
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Corning is exhibiting its Valor Glass technology for pharmaceutical manufacturers at this year’s CPhI Worldwide event in Germany. The event is being held between 24 and 26 October in Frankfurt. Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and ...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Glass
Bobst North America and APR (All Printing Resources) played host to the sizable group of American label and packaging converters who attended the narrow-web open house held in APR’s technical center in Glendale Heights, Illinois. ...
Tags: Bobst, Flexo Presses
LiquiGlide will showcasing its patented technology at the Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) conference, which will take place between 14 and 15 September at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, Illinois. The company will also ...
Tags: LiquiGlide, Coatings
Richmond Containers, a UK-based supplier of primary packaging to various industry segments, will unveil a new line-up of new products at this week’s Luxury Packaging Show in London. It will be the fourth year in a row that Richmond ...
Tags: Packaging Show, Packaging
The global light-emitting diode (LED) market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 18% during 2017-2021, rising from $18.51bn in 2016 to $24.67bn in 2012, forecasts market research firm Technavio. In ...
SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (an Orbotech company that manufactures etch, PVD and CVD wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LED, high-speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets) has won a ...
Private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has collaborated with management to purchase FlexXray, a provider of x-ray inspection services focused exclusively on food safety. FlexXray assists Fortune 100 food ...
Tags: FlexXray, food safety
Coca-Cola Great Britain launched the first-ever ad made out of 100-percent recyclable packaging, "Love Story". In the groundbreaking spot, two plastic bottles fall in love as they meet over and over again, thanks to recycling. It’s ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Packaged Materials
Mayka Tape first went viral on Indiegogo earlier this year, under the name Nimuno Loops. Zuru is joining forces with the UK’s LEGO fan convention, Bricklive, for the unveiling of the Mayka Toy Block Tape. Zuru has designed an ...
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Corrugated packaging firm Smurfit Kappa has held its eighth Innovation Event this year in Paris, France. Over 250 customers came to the “Packaging and Perspectives” event which took a look at how packaging will be affected by ...
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is planning to increase the use of recycled plastic in all of its bottles by 50%, as part of the UK’s new sustainable packaging strategy. The firm’s Great Britain (GB) business unit will work ...
Tags: Recycled Plastic Content, Bottles
Can manufacturer Ball said it will showcase new range of cans for the beverage industry at Dinrktec, to be held this September in Munich, Germany. The company will showcase its latest product range, interactive displays, samples and ...
Tags: cans, beverage industry
Schweiter Technologies AG has come to an agreement with the Swiss Rieter Group on the sale of all shares in the SSM Textile Machinery division and has executed the transaction simultaneously. SSM Textile Machinery (www.ssm.ch) is a ...
Tags: Schweiter, Textile Machinery