Rigid plastic producers Amcor Rigid Plastics will soon operate an on-site production facility within Method’s manufacturing facility in Chicago to produce 100% PCR polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Method produces ...
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C-Vale will use Zip-Pak Brazil’s flexible packaging solution for its Aurora Auroggets line to enhance the quality and freshness. Zip-Pak worked in collaboration with Plastrela which is the convertor and supplier of the resealable, ...
Tags: Zip-Pak Packaging, fasteners
Hain Celestial Group has reported strong fourth-quarter and fiscal-year sales and higher profits, mainly aided by distribution gains, new products and international acquisitions. Net sales for the fourth quarter ended 30 June totaled ...
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Dollar General Corporation announced the appointment of Paula A. Price, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, to its board of directors effective August 26, 2014. "We are delighted to welcome Paula to the Dollar General board of ...
Tags: Dollar, Apparel, Accessories
EdgeAX, a unit of Visionet Systems, Inc. and the partner of choice for leading global enterprises in the Apparel and Retail industries, has announced compatibility of its EdgeAX Apparel and Retail industry solution with the latest release ...
WhiteWave Foods, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that makes Silk, Horizon, International Delight and Earthbound Farm products, has announced green building certification of its beverage manufacturing facility in ...
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A month ago, Tetra Pak began a campaign to force packaging companies to increase supply chain sustainability. Resource efficiency means looking at packaging's entire life cycle, the company emphasized. "You need to understand your supply ...
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, announced the launch of the next generation of intelligent electronic article surveillance (EAS) solutions. The EVOLVE ...
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Grupo Bimbo has completed the acquisition of Canada Bread Company, the bakery products division of Maple Leaf Foods, in a $1.66bn deal. According to Grupo Bimbo, the integration of Canada Bread will be reflected in its consolidated second ...
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SunOpta, a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods, announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 5, 2014. All amounts are expressed in US dollars and results are reported in accordance with ...
Tags: specialty foods
Castle Harlan, the New York-based middle-market private equity firm, announced that Castle Harlan Partners V has agreed to sell Pretium Packaging to Genstar Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco. Pretium Packaging, ...
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Today, Clearwater announced plans to position the company for accelerated growth and profitability both organically and through future acquisitions. Over the past four years Clearwater has enjoyed strong momentum and sustained growth ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Maple Leaf Foods today announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership that will be effective upon completing the sale of its 90% ownership in Canada Bread Company, Inc. to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.V. de C.V., which is expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Private label products are helping some retailers in Western Europe Times are changing for Europe’s retail food market, and operators are consequently finding it increasingly difficult to boost sales, according to findings from ...
Sirona Biochem and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center announce the formalization of a license agreement of Cincinnati Children's patented synthetic vernix technology. Sirona Biochem plans to create an anti-aging skin care ...
Tags: Sirona Biochem, Neil Belenkie, anti-aging global market