WestRock has purchased Australian paperboard-packaging manufacturer Hannapack for A$75m ($59m) to expand its consumer packaging portfolio. Hannapack, which was established by Charles Hanna in 1967, provides folding cartons to a range of ...
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Vibrant Health Products has voluntarily recalled one lot of liveGfree Gluten Free Classic Soft White Hamburger Buns because of a packaging error. As a result, this product may contain undeclared egg. The precautionary recall was ...
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Graphic Packaging has reported a 8% drop in its net sales to $1.09bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $1.10bn reported in the prior year period. Though sales had fallen by 8%, the company stated that its net tons sold increased ...
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New figures have revealed that UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 66%. The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE ) UK said it was a 16-fold increase on 2006 levels ...
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British snacking company KP Snacks agreed to buy Butterkist, the popcorn business of Tangerine Confectionery for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will also include the manufacturing facility of Butterkist located in Pontefract, West ...
German manufacturer Gerresheimer said it will launch a new integrated, passive syringe safety solution to the pharma and healthcare sectors. The company acquired an exclusive license for the syringe safety solution from West ...
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ZEISS Group of Oberkochen, Germany is fueling its growth strategy by expanding into the process control market. Through its new Process Control Solutions (PCS) business unit - part of the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) ...
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Kulicke & Soffa said it will participate at SEMICON West trade show, which is being held in San Francisco, California. The company will give a video illustration of its lithography solution, developed for advanced packaging at the trade ...
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Tyson Foods will invest $59.7m to expand its distribution center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania which would create more jobs, improve efficiency and support its growth plans. The project, which will begin this summer, includes construction ...
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API's TA cold foil helped Olympus Print Group increase production speed and quality. The TA cold foil has been applied to gold and silver PP and PE substrates on the Olympus digital converting line, which helped to increase application ...
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Kite Packaging has acquired North London-based packaging distributor, Brooks Packaging, as part of its efforts to expand operations in the region. Established in 1967 by Jeffrey Horwood, Brooks Packaging supplies archive boxes to the ...
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Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has agreed to acquire Italian firm Propack for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002 and based in Ostellato, Propack manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate ...
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In stand #320 (hall A2) at Laser World of Photonics 2017 in Munich, Germany (26-29 June), optical and photonic optical component and subsystem maker Lumentum Holdings Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA is showcasing its latest products addressing the ...
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UK-based Kite Packaging has introduced new do not stack cones, offering a instantly recognizable way of finding where products cannot be stacked on top of one another. The cones have been developed to immediately recognize where products ...
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Quantum Print and Packaging has invested in Foliant equipment, in a bid to enhance its operations to meet the increasing demand from customers. The West Midlands firm has installed Foliant Vega 400A laminator, Foliant multi-functional ...
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