The US market research firm said in its report – titled ‘World Protective Packaging’, that growth will represent a significant improvement over the performance during the 2008-2013 period, when demand lagged in many of the ...
Tags: Protective Packaging, Packaging
TRX, the creator of Suspension Training and Rip Training equipment, has promoted Paul Zadoff to the role of president where he will head the TRX leadership team in charge of successfully driving the brand’s next chapter of expansion. ...
Tags: TRX, Paul Zadoff, Sporting Goods
PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...
Tags: PPG, Construction Coating
Europe is showing a steady recovery after several economically depressed years with growth in local currencies of 6.5% in 2013, up slightly from the 5.3% growth rate of the prior year to $23,597 million from $21,747 million. The European ...
Tags: Sports Goods, e-commerce
Ferro Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy-based Private Equity Funds' Management Company Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and two minority owners and founders Gianfranco Padovani and Sergio Zannoni to acquire Casola ...
Tags: Tile, Ferro Corporation, Coating
Axalta Coating Systems broke ground in Wuppertal, Germany, on construction to expand its capacity to produce waterborne coatings. The new facility will increase the footprint of what is already the largest of the company’s 35 ...
Tags: Axalta Coating, Decoration Coating
Poland-based plastic film producer Ergis group will launch a second PET film production line and acquire a new plastic packaging line in Southern Poland. The company will acquire the packaging line for its Plexergis subsidiary in Nowy ...
Trade fair will return for ninth year bearing a new name. Toys & Kids Russia will return for the ninth year in 2015, however it will now be known as Kids Russia. The show will run from March 11th to 13th, 2015 at the Crocus Expo ...
Tags: Toys&Kids Russia, Return, Toys
Weidenhammer Packaging, headquartered in Hockenheim, Germany, is one of Europe’s leading providers of composite cans, drums and luxury tubes with around £1,100 employees and operates numerous production facilities across Europe. ...
American packaging company Sonoco has agreed to acquire Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging for an amount of approximately $383m (€286m). Sonoco president and chief executive officer M Jack Sanders believes the acquisition will help ...
Danish brewer Carlsberg has announced that its annual profits may witness a slump as a result of decreasing consumption in eastern Europe. Consumption in both the countries has dropped due to sanctions and new drinking laws announced by ...
The European semiconductor distribution industry continues to deliver good news. According to DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists) semiconductor distribution sales in Q2/CY14 grew by ...
Tags: European, Growth, Electronics
A new study by the consultancy provider showed Europe’s flexible packaging market was down from 2.1% by value and 1.8% by volume in 2012. Declining demand in a number of national markets, principally France and Italy, and the ...
The total export value for Chinese metal office furniture from Jan. to Nov. in 2012 was about 0.4 billion USD, and increased 47.7% year on year. The major importers were USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia. Except Japan, all the ...
On June 24, 2014, Hemmelrath Lackfabrik GmbH founded the company's first Russian branch, Hemmelrath RUS, in Nizhny Novgorod. With the new location, Hemmelrath opens up the Russian OEM market for itself and lays the foundation for further ...
Tags: Hemmelrath, New location, Decoration