Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology fabricated on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has added GU24 base PAR20, PAR30 (short and long neck) and PAR38 LED lamps to its LED ...
US provider of protective packaging materials and systems, Pregis has purchased Easypack, paper-based protective packaging company in UK. The acquisition adds a complete line of paper void fill, cushioning and block / brace solutions, ...
Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is planning to consolidate its corrugated packaging manufacturing in Finland to its Lahti facility. The consolidation plan is part of the company’s plan to improve profitability ...
Tags: Stora Enso, consolidation, Lahti plant
Called Toy Hackers, the show will be hosted by video blogger Simone Giertz who has risen to online fame by building and testing various robots. GoldieBlox has launched a new YouTube series designed to teach kids how to customise their own ...
Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Company has selected Finnish firm Valmet to supply key process technology for the new BM 1 containerboard machine in Vietnam. The new machine is scheduled to be installed at the company's Ben Cat mill in Binh ...
Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
Tags: InGaN Laser diodes, cw, SINANO
Yellowstone Plastics, a flexible packaging producer and a member of Volm Companies, has purchased a new KBA-Flexotecnica EVO XG 10-color press for installation at its facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Purchased to meet the demands for extra ...
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Nippon Paper Industries has completed the acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s liquid packaging board business for $285m. Under the deal, which was first announced in June, Nippon acquired Weyerhaeuser’s mill situated in Longview of ...
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Arbor Investments has completed the acquisition of US-based Dunn Paper from Wingate Partners. Based in Port Huron of Michigan, Dunn Paper produces lightweight paper and tissue products for the food packaging and consumer product markets. ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has acquired all the assets of independent corrugated products provider TimBar for $386m. TimBar provides solutions to customers in the higher margin retail, industrial packaging, and display and ...
After a comprehensive rebuild supplied by Valmet the rebuilt paper machine PM6 at VPK Paper's Oudegem mill in Belgium has been successfully started. The rebuild in the forming, drying and reeling sections will lift up PM6's production ...
Tags: Valmet, PM6, VPK Paper's Oudegem mill
Pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is investing €6.6m in the corrugated packaging business in Sweden in a bid to increase competitiveness. The investment is also part of the company’s efforts to improve printing quality and ...
Mondi, the international packaging and paper Group, will exhibit its full range of packaging and paper solutions at this year’s FachPack, the European trade fair taking place 27–29 September 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. ...
Mac Papers named John Mark Russell as the new general manager for the Company’s Greenville branch. Russell has relocated from Charlotte, where he most recently served as a Mac Papers account manager, for the position. In his new ...
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QuadTech is set to exhibit its two new color technologies at Labelexpo Americas 2016, which will be held from 13 to 15 September. The company will showcase ColorTrack and Color Measurement with DeltaCam technologies at the event, which ...