Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to purchase all assets of Sacramento Container and acquire 100% membership interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets for $265m. As per the agreement, PCA will take over ...
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Sun Chemical has collaborated with Sappi North America to create a unique companion piece for its award winning “Innovative Solutions” book for brand owners and converters. The companion piece features 10 printed sample pages ...
Ivory Coast’s flexible packaging firm Socipack has installed a suite of Comexi printing and converting equipment as both the firms expand their partnership. Socipack installed Comexi F2 MB flexographic press, Comexi Dual laminator ...
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German printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer has reported a 2.7% decline in its revenue to €538.9m for the first half of this year, compared to €553.9m for the same period last year. The company's EBIT stood at €16.3m ...
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IMCD, a distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, has signed an exclusive agreement with Givaudan to distribute the latter's flavours range in the food and nutrition markets across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, ...
Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) says that, by the end of January 2018, it will acquire assets from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co Ltd (NSMAT) concerning the ...
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Mattel has enjoyed a spike in net sales in its second quarter 2017 financial results. The firm reported that net sales were up by two per cent as reported and up by three per cent in constant currency, versus the prior year's second ...
As both Toys R Us and Hasbro embrace the new medium, Marks & Clerk's Matthew Jefferies and Thomas Prock explore the pitfalls and opportunities the landscape presents the industry. 3D printing in the toy industry is on the march. Toys R ...
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UK-based commercial printing firm BCQ has invested in Duplo’s DC-746 integrated folding system (IFS), in a bid to enhance its production operations. The DC-746, which avoids the need for a separate paper folding machine, allows ...
Samuel Adams has collaborated with five different breweries across the US to brew a limited series of 12-pack, named Brewing the American Dream Collaboration Pack. From bartenders to chefs, the collaborative spirit of "craft" is stronger ...
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Vanguard Packaging has invested in a HP Scitex 15500 corrugated press as part of its efforts to expand the digital printing capacity. The company installed Scitex digital press at its underground facility in Kansas City of Missouri. ...
UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith is set to showcase e-commerce packaging solutions at Deliver #2 event in Germany. Deliver #2, which will take place on 27 and 28 June in Berlin, is an event that will bring together online ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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Claranor will exhibit its chemical free packaging sterilization solutions at this year’s Drinktec event in Germany. At the event, which will take place from 11 to 15 September in Munich, the company will exhibit Puls’Full Cap ...
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Brandtjen & Kluge and Kurz Transfer Products have partnered co-market the Kurz Digital Metal technology in the US and Canada. The partnership will combine Kurz's knowledge in the development and manufacturing of foil for the packaging and ...
Tags: Digital Metal Solution, labels