European packaging firm DS Smith has opened a new specialty packaging plant in Kielce, Poland. The new 5,000m² facility has been developed to produce advanced corrugated cardboard packaging for the automotive industry. DS ...
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Consumer packaging firm Crown has agreed to acquire Signode Industrial Group Holdings (Bermuda) from Carlyle Group for $3.91bn. The transaction is expected to add strong franchise business to Crown's existing metal packaging business. ...
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Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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Capitol City Produce Company has agreed to acquire the distribution operations of Table Fresh Foods, effective 30 December 2017 for an undisclosed price. Darin Arceneaux, COO of Capitol City Produce, said: "Table Fresh has a tremendous ...
Oncap has acquired US-based IntraPac International from funds managed by CI Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Based in Mooresville, North Carolina, IntraPac designs and produces specialty rigid packaging solutions such as including ...
Tags: personal care, household products
Evonik has agreed to acquire 3M’s high-concentrates additive compounding business for an undisclosed sum. Evonik will include the acquired operations in its interface and performance business line, which produces and markets ...
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is planning to revise its ColorForward trend-watching platform, designed to help forecast colors for use in plastics products and packaging. In collaboration with its Masterbatches business unit, ...
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Hormel Foods has merged its specialty foods segment into its grocery products segment. It will continue to be led by Luis Marconi, group vice president, Grocery Products. The primary focus of the segment is on delivering a strong branded ...
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US-based specialty packaging and dispensing products manufacturer Comar has acquired Shore Plastic Technologies to expand its design and engineering capabilities to better serve its customers. Design and engineering firm Shore Plastic ...
Paper and packaging products supplier Sappi North America has invested $5.94m to upgrade Paper Machine 12 (PM12) at Cloquet mill in Minnesota, US. The investment was used to replace the headbox on PM12. It has added an advanced and ...
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Little Rapids, a US-based specialty paper manufacturer, has commissioned a new Voith Paper-built XcelLine VTM 3 tissue machine at its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. The new Voith machine been designed to replace the existing PM3 ...
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Frutarom Industries has signed an agreement with AB Biotics of Spain for the acquisition of the activity of AB-Fortis with its patent-protected micro-encapsulation technology that facilitates delivery of iron with increased biological ...
DuPont Teijin Films has introduced a new class of flame retardant PET polyester films to promises to help designers in the industrial, transportation, construction, electronics and label industries provide improved safety. The new ...
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Lighting firm Osram GmbH and automotive technology firm Continental AG in Germany are to establish a Munich-registered 50:50 joint venture Osram Continental GmbH combining lighting technology with electronics and software to develop, ...
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Packaging solutions provider Nosco has acquired assets of Knight Packaging Group, a US-based offset folding carton printer, for undisclosed amount. The acquisition is a part of Nosco’s strategy to add new products and capabilities ...