Israel-based ingredients company Frutarom has acquired 50% stake in Algalo Industries to fortify its position in algae-based products segment. Frutarom has invested NIS10m ($2.6m) to acquire the stake. As part of its growth strategy, ...
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Medegen Medical Products, an Inteplast Group company and manufacturer and seller of patient-care, laboratory and medical products, has been awarded a five-year NOVAPLUS contract for specialty bags by Novation. Medegen Medical Products' ...
Thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique, scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs. In a paper in the U.S. journal Science this week, the researchers described using the ...
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ICV Partners (ICV) announced today that it has completed the sale of Stauber Performance Ingredients, a leading distributor of nutraceutical ingredients, to Hawkins, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWKN), for $157m. Founded in 1969, Stauber offers ...
A listed Chinese herbal medicine maker on Thursday said its compound flu formula has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical tests. The decision has paved the way for Chinese herbal medicine to ...
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Traditional Chinese medicine makers are expanding their presence in the global markets in a big way, as the government reiterated its support to further strengthen the sector. Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd, the ...
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Amcor was recognised in the 2016 WorldStar Awards for solutions which extend shelf life and reduce the environmental footprint of packaging. One of the winning entries was Dessiflex, a desiccant impregnated film used for medical and ...
Sorbent product manufacturer Multisorb Technologies has launched a low-profile desiccant card for managing moisture in pharmaceutical products. The PolySorb can be used in packaging of in-vitro diagnostic device kits, transdermal ...
Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
Linx Printing Technologies has expanded its portfolio of laser coders with the introduction of a new CO2 steered beam model. The Linx SLHP (Scribing Laser High Performance) produces superior quality codes at some of the fastest speeds ...
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British carton board packaging firm Glossop Cartons has acquired Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1992, Contact Print and Packaging employs 54 people at the Stockport site, which boasts three purpose-built ...
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Primary packaging products firm Gerresheimer is to present new glass and plastic pharmaceutical packaging products at Convention for Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) in India. The products to be presented at the event will include eye ...
British supplier of specialty plastic, fiber, foam and packaging components Essentra is investing in the expansion of its facility in Newport. As part of the expansion, the company will purchase a 225,000ft2 site adjacent to its existing ...
Valmet commissioned new OptiCoat Layer curtain coater with supply system and a new OptiCoat blade coater at board machine 3 (BM 3) at Mayr-Melnhof's facility in Kolicevo, Slovenia. The OptiCoat Layer is a multilayer curtain coater that ...
Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs) grown pseudomorphically (strained) on aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, says that its newest Optan product ...
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