AR Packaging will invest €3m in the newly acquired plants at Krakow in Poland and Graz in Austria. With the investment at the two facilities, the German company is expecting to strengthen its foothold in the European packaging ...
Germany-based Optima Packaging Group has developed a new modular carton cans line that provides benefits in logistics. The new Inline Cans can be made, filled and closed in a single process, avoiding the transport of empty cartons to ...
Tags: Optima Packaging, Carton Can Line
UK-based Connect Packaging has invested more than £1.5m in purchasing equipments to enhance its potential in the shelf-ready packaging market. The company based in Essex has purchased new printing equipment including a ...
Tags: Connect Packaging, Packaging
Last week, Faerch Plast announced its arrival in Australia. This week it has announced its acquisition of Anson, a manufacturer of thermoformed packaging solutions. The acquisition takes place just a year after private equity fund EQT VI, ...
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US-based paper packaging company International Paper is said to be exploring a takeover bid of over €8.1bn for Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa. Sky News quoted a source as saying that International Paper was considering an ...
Germany’s Huber Packaging group has acquired the Crown’s chemical-technical tinplate packaging facilities in Switzerland (Aesch), Finland (Helsinki), Great Britain (Liverpool) and France (Rouen) for an undisclosed amount. ...
Belgium-based packaging company VPK Packaging group has made its first acquisition in Ireland with an agreement to acquire 100% shares of corrugated board box manufacturer ICS Europaks for an undisclosed amount. Based in Galvone ...
Saudi Arabia-based food producing firm Savola Group has agreed to sell its packaging unit Savola Packaging group to Takween for $242.46m (910m Saudi Riyals). The complete purchase price will be financed through a syndicate of Saudi banks, ...
Tags: plastic containers, barrels, bottles, covers, Agriculture
Ohringen based Huber Packaging Group is set to acquire the locations of Crown general line tinplate packaging in Switzerland, Finland, Great Britain and France. Financial details of the purchase remain undisclosed, with the acquisition ...
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Sweden-based Indutrade has acquired all of the shares in Verbeeck Packaging Group based in Wilrijk, Belgium which has annual sales of €5m. Verbeeck is made up of a number of companies that specialise in producing cosmetics, ...
Tags: cosmetics, pharmaceutical, industrial, Agriculture
rlc | packaging group, a specialised supplier of innovative folding carton solutions for branded goods and pharmaceutical industry, has developed a company specific CO2 calculator that calculates greenhouse gas emissions for specific ...
The two day show will focus on the latest trends and innovations in packaging materials, designs and concepts, with dedicated Ecopack and Contract Pack areas. Alison Church, event director for easyFairs’ UK packaging events, said: ...
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The Leicester-based company has been developing a solution to combat the very bacteria that has been at the heart of the current chicken packaging scare. The FSA said of the 70% of chicken, 18% of it was contaminated at the very highest ...
Tags: bacteria, contaminated chicken, Packaging
PET and plastic packaging supplier Petainer has been named as the reserve bidder for the purchase of APPE with a bid of approximately €300m. Petainer will be getting financial backing from Next Wave Partners and KKR Asset Management ...
McSorley brings more than 20 years of experience from leading World-Class businesses to the Americk Packaging Group and has led the Americk Webtech business for the past 5 years as managing director. Prior to joining Americk Webtech in ...
Tags: Chief Operating Officer, operational practices, Packaging