Green Bay Packaging has bought Midland Container and Great Lakes Packaging from Chicago-based Arbor Investments for an undisclosed amount. Both the companies that were owned by Midcon Holdings specialize in manufacturing custom point ...
The report shows Amcor has reduced green house gas emission intensity by 19%; waste to landfill intensity by 53%; and water use intensity by 16%, since the start of Amcor’s five year EnviroAction plan in 2010. Additionally, around ...
Tags: Green House Gas Emission, Amcor
The two companies will collaborate to resolve some of the authentication coding challenges created by the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (EU FMD) and the Delegated Acts, set for 2018. The EU FMD is calling for the serialisation of every ...
US-based engineered and applied products manufacturer TriMas has acquired India-based Lion Holdings for $27m in cash, expanding its packaging footprint. TriMas will include the newly acquired business in its packaging segment. TriMas ...
UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals Cook has selected Danish food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country. Cook has been in association with ...
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Cook, a UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals, has selected food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country. Cook has been in association with ...
A month ago, Tetra Pak began a campaign to force packaging companies to increase supply chain sustainability. Resource efficiency means looking at packaging's entire life cycle, the company emphasized. "You need to understand your supply ...
The China Packaging Tour is all about sightseeing – the kind of sightseeing that will pay you back in business contacts and new opportunities for business growth. China has the largest population in the world - around 1.35 billion ...
Driven by the fanfare over (and overestimation of) the LCD display market, the LED front-end equipment market experienced an unprecedented investment cycle in 2010-2011. The market surge was driven mostly by MOCVD reactor shipments to new ...
Tags: General Lighting, LED TV
The situation, mixed with the entry of several new players at the chip and device levels (mostly from Asia), created a climate of overcapacity, price pressure, and strong competition. As a consequence, packaged LED volumes were sharply ...
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Pouch packaging is exciting. Designers are excited about it. Retailers are excited by it. The result of these two things is that the pouch packaging hitting the shelves now has some real star performers – eye catching, innovative and ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Pouch packaging
The purchase expands the firm’s packaging platform to six separate operating companies. Using Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) technology, its machines use heat to convert plastic film into custom-formed cups that are filled then sealed within ...
Tags: Yogurt Packaging, Packaging
Packaging Options Direct (a new division of TricorBraun - company over 100 years old) has grown from a bold, entrepreneurial vision to the largest distributor of glass and plastic packaging in North America. Today, as they celebrate their ...
Barry-Wehmiller has acquired Arcil, a Paris-based supplier of packaging technology for the fresh dairy and food industry, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is said to be Barry-Wehmiller's first within France and is expected to ...
The study by KPMG found that the growth in total consumption illicit tobacco has risen from 11.8% in 2012 to 13.3% in the first half of 2013. It added that there has been an emergence of illicit 'white brands' that are not legally sold in ...