Dutch brewing company Lowlander Beer has expanded its distribution footprint to Hong Kong, marking its entry into Asia. Amsterdam based botanical brewer Lowlander Beer sets sail to open-up the minds (and palates) of like-minded explorers ...
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Global smartphone shipments fell by 2.4% year-on-year from 253.8 million units to 345.4 million units in first-quarter 2018, according to a report by the Strategy Analytics Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “The global ...
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Bobst, a Swiss company that provides machinery and services to the packaging industry, will open a new production site and Competence Center in Changzhou, China. The new site, a greenfield facility in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of ...
Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire Covance Food Solutions, the food testing and consulting business of global life sciences company LabCorp, for $670m. The global bioanalytical testing firm said that the acquisition will expand its ...
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Toyo Ink Group of Japan will exhibit a complete range of metal packaging manufacturing technologies with a focus on food safety and compliance at Cannex & Fillex Asia Pacific 2018 in Guangzhou, China. The event is due to take place for ...
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ABeam Consulting Thailand has established a mission-critical system for Thai manufacturing company Bangkok Glass. This system became fully operational at its 9 companies in Thailand, in March 2018. It will be implemented gradually across ...
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The International Post Corporation (IPC), an organisation that represents postal operators from Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, used a variety of one way packaging solutions to transport postal E-commerce packages ...
Confectionery giant Mondelēz International has opened a new $90m biscuit manufacturing plant in Bahrain. The new 250,000m2 plant will manufacture the confectionery and snacking firm’s power brands that include Oreo cookies and ...
A consortium of Ningbo Joyson Electronic (Joyson Electronics) and Asia-based private equity firm PAG have offered funding to Key Safety Systems (KSS) in acquiring the all of the global assets of Japan-based airbag-maker Takata. Takata's ...
Oliver Healthcare Packaging has opened a new 68,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, to expand its operations in the regions. The new Chinese facility will be used for pouch making, roll stock converting, including slitting and ...
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Electronics For Imaging (EFI) is exhibiting its corrugated packaging technologies at this year’s iCorrugated Asia Expo in Shanghai, China, which is being held between 21 March and 23 March. At the event, the company is showcasing ...
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ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Mercedes-Benz Cars is investing more than €100m in a battery factory in Thailand. With a strategic decision Mercedes-Benz Cars is enhancing the manufacturing footprint in South-East Asia addressing growing demand for electric ...
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Wang Jun-xian, the new chairman of Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (FCS), the largest plastic injection molding machine maker by output in Taiwan, has shown an ambition to further boost the company's business deployments ...
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Bobst Group, a Swiss-based supplier of equipment and services to the packaging and label industries, has reported consolidated sales of CHF1 529m ($1,629m) in 2017, an increase of CHF82m, or 5.7%, compared to 2016. The operating result ...
Tags: packaging, label industries