Carton packaging and filling machine supplier SIG Combibloc’s Brazilian packaging plant has commenced operation of an extrusion line which laminates unprocessed cardboard for the company’s carton packs on-site. This is said ...
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Australia-based SunRice Group has agreed to acquire Blue Ribbon Rice Group's rice milling assets in Brandon in North Queensland’s Burdekin region. The transaction, which is subject to clearance by the Australian Competition and ...
US-based food establishment Bell & Evans has broken ground on its new chicken processing and packaging plant in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, in the state of Virginia. The company plans to invest around $44m in the construction and ...
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Unilever has signed an agreement to divest its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Mizkan Group for nearly $2.15bn. The annual turnover for Ragu and Bertolli brands is more than $600m. The sale ...
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Australia-based packaging company Amcor has signed an agreement to acquire Indonesia-based flexible packaging business Bella Prima Packaging for around A$27m ($25.1m). According to Amcor, the purchase price represents seven times CY2013 ...
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"The result for the first half of the financial year reflected solid growth in emerging markets, ongoing operating improvements and the benefits from recent acquisitions. Earnings per share, for the continuing operations, increased 22% to ...
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Flight Plastics has unveiled its new plastic packaging plant at Lower Hutt in New Zealand to produce food grade PET packaging from recycled PET (RPET) flake. The new plant is claimed to be the first in the country to offer plastic ...
Packaging services provider Sonoco has unveiled a new biomass facility at its Hartsville plant in South Carolina as part of a $100m investment in the Darlington County compound. According to the company, the new boiler can generate about ...
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Leading vacuum pump manufacturer Busch has supplied vacuum pump equipment to one of the UK’s top dairy and non-dairy ingredients specialists for a brand new cheese packaging facility. When Crewe based FayreField Foods decided to ...
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International Food Products has selected EPIC Systems to develop the process and packaging lines for its new $20m greenfield facility in St Louis, Missouri, US. The new plant, which will be leased from Panattoni Development, combines a ...
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Huhtamaki Oyj has announced plans to establish a new plant in Russia's Tatarstan Republic. The plant, which will come up in the Alabuga special economic zone, will produce paper, plastic packaging, and disposable tableware, ...
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Luxembourg-based food and beverage containers manufacturer Ardagh Group is all set to invest $93.5m to establish a metal packaging manufacturing operation in a 525,000ft2 facility in Roanoke County, Virginia, US. Virginia Governor Bob ...
Indian rigid plastic packaging products manufacturer Mold-Tek has announced plans to expand its operations overseas by setting up a plant in Dubai next fiscal, with an investment of about INR150m ($3m). According to the company, which ...
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Harvatek, LED packaging business from Taiwan, has announced to quit joint venture project with China-based TV brand TCL. Harvatek stated that both parties have had taken different attitudes towards some terms, and after careful ...
Global packaging company Sonoco has announced its intention to enter into consultation with the workforce regarding the closure of the Carrickmacross packaging plant in County Monaghan, Ireland, in November 2013. The plant, which ...
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