Packaging Corporation of America has signed an agreement to acquire independent corrugated products producer TimBar for $386m. As per the terms of the deal, PCA will acquire TimBar's five corrugated products plants, two fulfillment ...
Tags: corrugated products, Packaging
Researchers at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Rutgers University in the USA believe that charge polarization in III-nitride materials has not been adequately understood up to now [Cyrus E. Dreyer et al, Phys. Rev. X vol6, ...
Tags: semiconductors, Electronics
Flexible packaging provider Verso has introduced new GlazeTape water-activated and paint-masking tape base papers. The company has also expanded its GlazeWrap family of lightweight uncoated machine-glazed (MG) papers for food and medical ...
Tags: Paint-Masking Tape, Papers
The system of toy blocks encourages kids to make connections in order to control other toys, such as make a robot draw lines on paper, through the basics of coding. Google has joined the latest swathe of firms making headway in the fight ...
US-based Fluor has completed work on Stora Enso’s consumer board machine in Beihai Mill in Guangxi, China. As part of the deal signed earlier, Fluor provided procurement and construction management services for the board machine and ...
Seattle Chocolate Company is embracing the familiar adage "it's better to give than to receive" with its new Holiday 2016 collection of truffle bars, donating a serving of fresh food to local food banks between November 1 and December 31 ...
Poland based West-East Meat Group has purchased the 8-colour EF 340 multi-substrate flexo press from MPS, a provider of flexo and offset press solutions for label and flexible packaging printers. Established in 2010, West-East Meat offers ...
Jinhua Sancai Printing unveiled its new printing technology at the PrintTech 2016 trade show held in Thailand. With color management standardization, prepressing technology strength, accurate CIP3 pre-release ink, a TTS full automatic ...
Weitmann & Konrad presented current solutions including DigiCon remoistening system for digital printing at the Drupa 2016. Using the motto "Don`t play - work with precision" WEKO presented innovative solutions and concepts with great ...
Tags: remoistening system, digital printing, WEKO
American Packaging (APC), a flexible packaging converter in North America, is investing $50m in the first phase of a new satellite facility. Scheduled to be completed in 2017, Phase 1 of the gravure satellite project includes: 26.3 acres ...
Tags: APC, satellite facility, new jobs
Ever more Taiwanese hand tool makers have ventured into the development of digital tools to secure sustainable growth, thanks to the nudging by ITRI.Development of digital tools has been regarded as one of Taiwan's hand tool industry's ...
Mitsubishi Motors said that it will book a $480m charge this fiscal year to compensate customers who are affected by its fuel economy manipulation scandal. Chairman Osamu Masuko said that the company will pay a compensation of ¥100000 ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Motors, eK Wagon
Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has opened a new consumer board mill in Beihai, China. The new mill, which is expected to reach full production within two years, has been developed with an investment of €800m. ...
Self-adhesive label materials provider UPM Raflatac has unveiled a new range of label stock products for wine industry. The firm's new Ice and Ice Premium products are designed to meet the standards of the wine industry in the European ...
Tags: wine industry, UPM Raflatac
Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
Tags: chemical migration, ESBO