Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has opened the 20th and final North American Printer of the Year Awards call for entries.c As with previous years, winners will be recognized for ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical has started operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, US. The unit will manufacture 1.5 million metric tons/3.3 billion lbs. a year at peak production. Last September, ...
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Wang Jun-xian, the new chairman of Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (FCS), the largest plastic injection molding machine maker by output in Taiwan, has shown an ambition to further boost the company's business deployments ...
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World Centric, a provider of certified compostable products for the foodservice industry, has introduced its new retail packaging and refreshed brand identity. The new and updated packaging will be introduced onto retail the shelves ...
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The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...
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American multinational toy and board game company Hasbro has decided to use bio-based plastic packaging material, as part of its sustainable packaging efforts. The company said that it will use plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate ...
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Mesirow Financial has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics on its sale to Golden West Packaging Group, a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg. Headquartered in City of Industry, CA, Fleetwood ...
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UPM Raflatac has launched new Premium Gloss UVI, the highest quality premium-gloss paper labelstock for UV ink-jet printing on the market. Ideal for multicolor labels requiring excellent print definition and fine details using UV ink-jet ...
Anjou Etiquettes has invested in digital printing by selecting the Xeikon CX3, the five-colour digital label press. The move will allow Anjou Etiquettes to better position itself in the market for high quality short label printing runs ...
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Sweden-based AR Packaging has introduced fully repulpable paper cups manufactured with industrial cup forming technology in Russia and the UK. The cups have been designed with major focus on sealing consistency, efficiency and barrier ...
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Irish packaging firm Smurfit Kappa has rejected €8.6bn ($10.6bn) takeover offer from the US-based International Paper. Smurfit Kappa said the unsolicited proposal from International Paper failed to reflect the company's strong growth ...
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Uflex is the first Indian company to manufacture glitter printing rotogravure cylinder on its state-of-the-art direct laser engraving line. Pigments of glitter inks are substantially bigger in size as compared to conventional gravure inks ...
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Saica, a corrugated cardboard paper manufacturer, has acquired French corrugated case material and corrugated packaging manufacturer Emin Leydier. The acquisition will allow Saica to expand its production capacity of recycled corrugated ...
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UPM Raflatac has launched digital printer recommendation tool, which promises to deliver a comprehensive database of paper and film materials suitable for a variety of digital printing technologies. UPM Raflatac offers the highest-quality ...
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Tulip’s subsidiary Dalehead Foods has launched a new paper board packaging for the fresh protein market. The recyclable packs with three new ready to eat turkey meats are available in Waitrose stores across the UK. Waitrose has ...
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