The U.S. prepared meals market, one of the largest in the world and a leader in per capita consumption, is maintaining strong growth, resulting in increased opportunities for packaging solutions that satisfy consumer demands in terms of ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, Prepared Foods
Primary fresh food packaging company Linpac has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based Zultec Group to build a new PET thermoforming facility in Jeddah. The proposed facility will supply Linpac branded rigid and flexible packaging materials ...
Clondalkin Kirchberg has developed an aluminum-free PE-based foil for butter wraps. The butter foil comes in 10 different colors, and promises sturdy dead fold similar to aluminum. Clondalkin claims that its foil has same ...
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
UK-based supplier and contract slitter of flexible packaging materials Lean Flexibles has installed a X6 slitting machine from Universal Converting Equipment. The machine has helped the company to minimise job set up times, produce ...
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The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has provided funding for a consortium to improve recycling and the remanufacture of aluminum. LRS Consultancy will lead the recycling project in ...
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Pouch packaging is exciting. Designers are excited about it. Retailers are excited by it. The result of these two things is that the pouch packaging hitting the shelves now has some real star performers – eye catching, innovative and ...
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Specialty flexible packaging services provider Interflex Group has acquired Star Packaging from the US-based Azalea Capital. Azalea noted that the diverse product mix serves the pet food and treat, fresh produce, food and beverage, snack, ...
Saudi Arabia-based Alkhabeer Capital has acquired majority stake in UAE-based corrugated and flexible packaging products provider Express Publishing and Investment (EPIL). With the transaction, the Saudi firm expects to expand value of ...
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Germany-based press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) has expanded its presence in the flexible packaging segment with the acquisition of Italian press manufacturer Flexotecnica. Following the transaction, the integrated company ...
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KBA's majority takeover of Kammann Maschinenbau in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, sees the firm enter the directly decorating luxury glass packaging sector. Along with screen-printing systems, Kammann's flexible transport systems can also be ...
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As the name suggests, flexible packaging materials are extensively used for product protection and branding. These are offered in various materials and in different specifications, such as shapes & sizes. The entire range is highly popular ...
US-based Rollprint Packaging Products has introduced a new anticounterfeiting technology, Ghost, for composite flexible packaging materials, which are used by medical device and pharmaceutical firms. According to the company, the ...
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Heidelberg Druckmaschinen has signed an agreement with Gallus for management of its CSAT digital printing line's sales and customer support activities across the entire North American region. As part of the agreement, CSAT America's ...
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Flexible packaging materials producer Flexoplast has developed a new laminated film packaging solution for Lustucru’s 'Frites Fraiche' French fries product range. Lustucru is part of the Panzani Group. The triple laminated film ...