US Foods has agreed to acquire broadline distributors, The Thompson Company, Braunger Foods and Variety Foods, owned and operated by Toba. Toba entered food distribution in 1995 with the purchase of The Thompson Company in Grand Island, ...
Filling and packaging systems manufacturer KHS Group is offering the drive technology for its packaging plant technology in two different variants. Earlier, the company used hybrid system, which included programmable logic controller ...
Tags: packaging, Filling systems
Sonoco-Alcore said it will again raise prices for paper-based tubes and cores, effective from shipments starting on 24 July 2017. Karsten Kemmerling, Director of Sales and Marketing - Tubes and Cores, Europe, said: "Prices of coreboard ...
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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
Crystal Geyser Water Company, in a new partnership with Intelligent Blends, announces that the Tejava iced tea is now available in single serve pods. Tejava is a 100% all-natural, unsweetened black tea, made entirely from handpicked tea ...
Geloso Beverage Group's Clubtails brand has expanded its product offering by launching six of its cocktails in a can in 24-ounce cans. Previously, Clubtails was only available in 16-ounce cans and 11.2 oz. 6-pack glass. Clubtails was ...
Tags: Geloso Beverage, 24-Ounce Cans
Teasdale Latin Foods, which is majority owned by private equity firm Snow Phipps Group, has acquired Rudy's Tortillas, a provider of high quality tortillas and chips into the foodservice channel. Founded in 1945 and based in Carrollton, ...
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Yole Développement’s ‘RF Power Market and Technologies 2017: GaN, GaAs and LDMOS Report’ forecasts that, after shrinking in 2015 and 2016 as telecom operators invested less, the total RF power semiconductor market ...
Tags: Semiconductor, 4G networks
Groupe Renault and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (Sanef) have partnered to develop advanced solutions for autonomous vehicles. The cooperation will develop communications between self-driving ...
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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
Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has agreed to acquire South Africa-based Boxmore Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Based in Samrand of Johannesburg, Boxmore manufactures PET pre-forms, PET bottles and closures for the customers ...
Tags: Plastic packaging, packaging
PolyOne has acquired North American color and additive materials producer Mesa for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1990, Mesa manufactures both solid and liquid colorant technologies, which can be used in a range of end markets such as ...
Tags: PolyOne, additive materials
Budweiser has released a new summer packaging lineup of bottles and cans inspired by local breweries of the US. This new packaging style, as per the brand owned by Anheuser-Busch, was inspired by 12 local breweries. From now on 11 ...
Australian horticultural company Costa Group has agreed to acquire Lankester Avocado's orchards and packing operations in Queensland for an undisclosed price. The avocado business owned by the Lankester family cultivates the fruit in a ...
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Screen has launched two new game-changing digital label presses for high-end labels and food packaging. The company said it will debut new inkjet presses Labelexpo Europe 2017. The two new digital label presses Truepress Jet L350UV+ and ...