Krones, the manufacturer of beverage filling and packaging technology, has said that its revenue increased 16.5% year-on-year, from €772.1m to €899.4m. This strong growth rate cannot be extrapolated to the whole year because ...
Moosehead Breweries, which is considered to be Canada's oldest independent beer firm, is celebrating its 150 years of family brewing. When Susannah Oland opened the Army and Navy Brewery in 1867, she hoped to create a business that could ...
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Ohio Pack is set to invest around $25m to develop a new manufacturing facility in Heath, Ohio, US. The new 135,000ft² facility will be constructed on a 20-acre site in the southern end of the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port ...
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KBA-MetalPrint and KBA-Digital & Web Solutions have jointly developed a new printing system for mass beverage can production. The new printing system, CS MetalCan, will be exhibited at Metpack trade show in Essen, Germany. Marketed ...
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Pro Mach is set to exhibit expanded line of capping solutions under Zalkin brand at this year’s Interpack event in Germany, which will take place from 4 to 10 May. Zalkin produces a range of capping machinery and cap sorting and ...
Holland America Line has introduced a new Elite Beverage Package for guests that features premium beverage selections. With this new package, guests may now also enjoy libations from Master Mixologist Dale DeGroff's collection of unique, ...
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Flexible packaging solutions provider Comexi is set to showcase a range of printing and converting solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Düsseldorf, Germany. The firm’s current printing and converting solutions ...
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Urban Chestnut Brewing has partnered with Ardagh Group to develop and release an on-premise only package for the city of St. Louis, available at local bars and restaurants. By packaging Urban Underdog, an American Lager, in Ardagh 16 oz. ...
Tags: Beverage Cans, package
A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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Constellium has installed a new recycling furnace at its Muscle Shoals, Alabama facility to expand recycling capabilities in North America. The now fully operational furnace is expected to increase the total recycling output by 170 ...
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Loews has agreed to acquire US-based rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Consolidated Container Company (CCC) from Bain Capital Private Equity for about $1.2bn. Based in Atlanta of Georgia, CCC offers packaging solutions to stable end ...
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Scholle IPN has opened a new advanced 6,000ft2 flexible packaging facility in Palghar, India, in a bid to provide better services for the customers. The 6,000ft² facility has been installed with 25 injection molding machines and ...
Resource Label Group has acquired US-based labeling and packaging identification solutions provider Gintzler International for an undisclosed sum. Gintzler offers labeling and packaging identification solutions to the pharmaceutical, ...
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Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac has collaborated with wine industry leaders on sustainability at Vinitaly 2017 wine exhibition. The company partnered with Italian wine producer Cielo e Terra and natural cork ...
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US-based rigid packaging supplier Silgan has completed the acquisition of WestRock Company’s specialty closures and dispensing systems business for $1.025bn. The business is engaged in supplying triggers, pumps, sprayers and ...