Scratches, abrasions, deformations and breakages of containers on packaging lines have negative consequences for line efficiency, cost efficiency and/or brand image. So Gebo has added two new options to its range of audits, “shocks ...
Tags: Solve Packaging, Packaging
Industrial, consumer and protective packaging provider Sonoco will be investing $11.8m in building a research and development facility for consumer packaging products in Hartsville. The company has already commenced the construction of ...
North America based plastic packaging designer and manufacturer Placon has launched the completely recyclable Selectables packaging range with a custom packaging look. The sustainable food packaging range also features inserts that ...
Tags: Placon, Recyclable Selectables Food Packaging, Food Packaging
Canada’s recycling rate of post-consumer plastic packaging has increased by 9% in a single year, according to the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA). The country reportedly collected over 311 million kilograms of ...
Tags: plastic packaging, used plastics, Packaging
US-based contract packaging company ActionPak has purchased a new Tunnel Tornado from Karville Development Group to respond to the increase in demand for short-run shrink sleeve labelling. The company has invested in the equipment to help ...
Tags: rework projects, Equipment, Packaging
Alessi is creating unique collections almost every day. Designers are creating fabulous designs and making beautiful and unique kitchen and dining accessories. Oil-vinegar cruet created by Peter Zumthor proposes a completely new ...
The company has been providing around €3m of packaging to the Irish market, serviced from the company’s three UK manufacturing sites. ICS Europaks will be run as a stand alone unit within the Rigid Containers Group, and expands ...
Tags: Irish market, ICS Europaks, Packaging
US-based environmentally conscious bottled-water company EARTH2O will use recycled material sourced from Orpet to create a closed-loop manufacturing system to infinitely reuse Oregon’s recycled goods. EARTH2O is considered to be ...
Tags: EARTH2O, water bottles, Packaging
Rigid plastic packaging manufacturer will be acquiring the APPE Packaging Division of La Seda de Barcelona Group for €360m. The amount includes a gross up of €65m of accounts payable that will be discounted from the bid which ...
Tags: Plastipak Packaging, Printing
IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines China’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on ...
Tags: paints, coatings, powder coating
Marine logistics company Oricon Enterprises (OEL), a flagship company of Parijat Enterprises, will be acquiring 70% stake in India-based Oriental Containers for $16.77m (INR105cr). OEL will buy the company from its Mauritius-based joint ...
Tags: OEL, water closures, Packaging
Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis has launched evercycle, a new portfolio of certified high-recycled content aluminum for specialty applications. The speciality of the new material is that it can produce products with a ...
Swedish company Finner dja with its Superfos’s SuperLock to package a new berry and fruit purée to help keep the products fresh for longer. The product Bara Br - meaning Simply Berries is a new product and required a ...
Tags: RPC, Swedish company, Packaging
Bosch Packaging Technology will be showcasing its new exterior washing machine RAN 3080 for vials, ampoules and cartridges at Achema 2015. The machines use a newly developed, high-pressure cleaning process for removing product residue ...
Tags: Bosch, washing machine, Packaging
Japan-based Mitsui has announced an agreement to acquire 15% stake in Turkey’s integrated packaging manufacturer Sarten Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret. In a statement, Mitsui said that it will acquire the stake after accepting a ...