The flexible packaging market is rapidly growing, with recent research suggesting that its global value equated to £45bn in 2013. But what has been the catalyst for this growth? Why is rigid packaging being replaced with flexible? ...
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H.B. Fuller Company announced the opening of its new $10 million manufacturing facility to support the expansion of its business in the Andean Region of South America. The plant is located in Rionegro, approximately 36 kilometers east of ...
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The flexible packaging market is estimated to be worth $351bn by 2018, meaning that it is rapidly gaining market share from other sectors such as traditional rigid packaging. There have been many exciting new product developments which ...
The way in which consumers view and interact with packaged products is changing. With a growing focus on convenience and sustainability, traditional pack types are being replaced by innovative and flexible options designed to meet these ...
The market research report "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) - Global Trends & ...
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The U.S. stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50 percent in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each ...
Australian packaging company Amcor has announced an agreement to acquire the flexible packaging operations of China-based Jiangsu Shenda Group for CNY350m ($57m). Following the acquisition of the business, which has sales of about CNY440m ...
The acquired business has sales of approximately RMB440 million and two plants in the Jiangsu province in Eastern China. Two thirds of its sales are to the pharmaceutical, snacks and culinary end markets. According to Amcor, the acquired ...
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Adhesives provider HB Fuller has finalized the previously announced acquisition of Brazil-based chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins provider Plexbond Química for an undisclosed sum. HB Fuller president and CEO ...
GreenSoil Investments has made an investment in Israeli biodegradable and recyclable flexible packaging solutions company Tipa. Tipa co-founder and CEO Daphna Nissenbaum said, "We have been able to develop a flexible bio-degradable ...
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HB Fuller has entered into an agreement to purchase Brazil-based chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins provider Plexbond Quimica, for an undisclosed value. According to HB Fuller, the business generated nearly $20m in ...
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Plastic compounds and resins supplier in the US, A Schulman has opened its new plastics masterbatch manufacturing facility in Vadodara, India, which will manufacture products for flexible packaging market. The annual capacity of the plant ...
Flint Group has announced the launch of its new series of solvent flexo lamination whites, OmniLam PT for the North American flexible packaging market. The OmniLam PT series of lamination whites has good opacity, bond strength, and print ...
Nordson has agreed to acquire Constructiewerkhuizen G. Verbruggen, a company based in Belgium that produces flat dies and coextrusion equipment for makers of multilayer flexible packaging. Nordson did not say what it paid for Verbruggen, ...
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