Italy's Toscotec has agreed to rebuild the dryer section of Smurfit Kappa Papelsa's paper machine (PM) 1 located at Barbosa mill in Colombia. The dryer section rebuild is expected to improve efficiency as well as increase operating speeds ...
Nippon Paper Industries has signed an agreement with US based timber company Weyerhaeuser to acquire liquid packaging board business for $285m in cash. Under the terms of the deal, Nippon Paper will acquire Weyerhaeuser's mill located in ...
Tags: packaging board, Paper Industries
Xidian University in China has used pulsed metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to increase indium gallium nitride (InGaN) room-temperature channel mobility to 1681cm2/V-s, which is claimed to be a record [Yachao Zhang et al, ...
Cascades,a recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, has announced plans to build a new tissue converting plant in Scappoose, Oregon, US. The US$64 million investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines ...
Tags: green packaging, tissue products
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is set to launch a Common Footprint Quality (CFQ) standard for the UK’s fresh produce industry that will ensure safe and high performance corrugated packaging for fruit and vegetables. ...
Tags: CPI, CFQ, produce supply
McLaren Packaging, which operates from four sites across Scotland has completed a significant investment in its manufacturing capabilities. The company has just finalised a £350k investment in its Stirling-based operation Blue Box ...
Tags: McLaren Packaging, Blue Box Design
Sophia University in Japan has developed a technique for growing laser diodes on an indium phosphide (InP) layer bonded to silicon (Si) [Keiichi Matsumoto et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol9, p062701, 2016]. The researchers claim that this is ...
Tags: Laser Diodes, Si Substrates
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the key assets of its Suzhou Mill in China, including the land-use rights and buildings, to the local government of Suzhou National New & Hi-tech Industrial Development Area (SND). During its ...
Tags: Paper Mill, Stora Enso
India-based flexible packaging solutions provider Creative Polypack has purchased Comexi F2 MB flexographic press. Comexi, along with Reifenhauser India, has signed an agreement with Creative Polypack for the press at Drupa 2016. ...
Tags: flexible packaging, Polypack
The vast tracts of mangrove forest in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been almost erased by the immense construction of marine reclamation lands and industrial plants. The sharp decline of the mangroves and marine ...
Tags: mangrove, marine species
Evergreen Packaging has introduced new line of renewable cup stock with bio-based polyethylene. The new cup stock, which is claimed to the first its kind, has been developed for both hot and cold applications. The companies can convert ...
Tags: Evergreen Packaging, Renewable Cup
Sugar Bowl Bakery has introduced a new compostable packaging for its organic product line at the International-Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association show being held in Houston, Texas, US. The new compostable packaging has been designed for its ...
Paper-based packaging solutions provider Smurfit Kappa has signed a collaboration agreement with HP to digitize the corrugated post-print production. The collaboration, which is expected to innovate the way high-value boxes are produced, ...
KBA-Flexotecnica has demonstrated its new Neo XD LR Hybrid web press designed for all typical ink systemsFlexodruck with water-based inks at the Drupa 2016 held in Germany. The Neo XD LR Hybrid is the CI flexo press designed to print ...
Tags: CI system, dryer systems
Investment group Aurelius plans to acquire packaging solutions supplier Abelan Group’s businesses in Germany and the Netherlands, for undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the deal, Aurelius will acquire a paper mill in Viersen, ...