The global flexible packaging market size is expected to reach $293.03bn by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Growing demand for the product in the food and beverage sector is expected to stir up the growth of the ...
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St-Luc Labels & Packaging has purchased and installed a Comexi L20000 water-based laminator at its headquarters in Belgium. Employing more than 200 people, St- Luc prints and converts flexible packaging from its production sites located ...
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars expects to generate half of all sales annually from fully electric cars by 2025, with one third of all cars sold to be autonomous driving cars. The company said that half of its driverless cars will be ...
Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA – which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state light sources for the global illumination market – has expanded its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has succeeded in reducing the typical forward voltage by about 600mV to 2.6V (at a power density of 45A/cm2) in its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-based green direct-emitting LEDs. With ...
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Sacmi is set to showcase its beverage and closure solutions at this year’s Expo Pack Mexico event. The world's third biggest market for SACMI Closures&Containers solutions and a key sales area for the entire SACMI Beverage range, ...
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The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...
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Sonoco has reported net sales of $1.30bn for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 11.2%, compared to $1.17bn from the last year’s quarter. Gross profits for the period stood at $250.6m, an increase of 12.4%, compared to $223m ...
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The International Post Corporation (IPC), an organisation that represents postal operators from Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, used a variety of one way packaging solutions to transport postal E-commerce packages ...
European dairy giant Arla Foods has initiated an internal transformation program in an effort to realize more than €400m of savings by the end of 2020. The program, dubbed Calcium, seeks to strengthen the company's performance to the ...
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Confectionery giant Mondelēz International has opened a new $90m biscuit manufacturing plant in Bahrain. The new 250,000m2 plant will manufacture the confectionery and snacking firm’s power brands that include Oreo cookies and ...
TCGRx, a provider of pharmacy packaging and automation solutions, has acquired ARxIUM’s Panasonic FastPak EXP and FastPak 71 pouch packaging business line. The acquisition will help TCGRx to provide enhanced services to the hospital ...
ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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InkJet has partnered with NiceLabel to offer advanced labeling solutions that deliver ample “print productivity” benefits and improve return on investment for end users. NiceLabel is a global provider of label and marking ...
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Food processing firm Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is realigning business segments to further accelerate growth. The company announced the realignment of its business segments across four units – Carbohydrate Solutions, Nutrition, ...
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