Indian flexible packaging films producer Jindal Poly Films has announced the acquisition of the Global biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films business of the US-based ExxonMobil Chemical for about $235m. With the latest ...
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The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) in the Philippines has developed a biodegradable food packaging material that protects food and extends its shelf. ITDI Material Sciences ...
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A team of scientists at the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) in the Philippines has developed a biodegradable food packaging material that protects food and extends its shelf. ...
Innovia Films and Sappi Fine Paper Europe have collaborated to create new compostable packs in response to a new EU Packaging Directive set to come into effect in 2014. According to Innovia, the directive will place the responsibility for ...
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Toray Industries has announced a JPY3bn ($32m) investment in Asia to strengthen its vapor deposition capabilities for food packaging films. As part of the expansion plan, Toray Advanced Film (TAF) will introduce state-of-the-art vapor ...
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Toray Industries has announced a series of investments totaling about JPY3bn ($32m) to expand the production of food packaging films in Asia through some of its regional supervisory divisions. The core company of the group's film business ...
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Global producer of packaging films Klöckner Pentaplast has received the 'Certificate of Verification' from NSF International for its line of SmartCycle post-consumer recycled (PCR) content polyester films. The certificate verifies ...
A German design student Sabine Zits has joined forces with Innovia Films to create new crisp packs, in a bid to promote renewable packaging materials. Innovia Films helped Sabine Zits, an undergraduate at the FH Aachen University of ...
Belgium-based Lima Foods, part of Hain Celestial Group brand portfolio, has selected compostable NatureFlex from Innovia Films to wrap its latest range of rice cakes. Barrier film NatureFlex, which offers a long shelf life for dried foods ...
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SRF Limited reported Q3 results fiscal year 2013 -Q3 revenue at Rs. 889 crore, a fall of 6% year-on-year -Q3 PAT, a reduction of Rs. 21 crore year-on-year -Exchange Currency Fluctuation loss of Rs. 20 crore during Q3 -Board approved ...
Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group, a technology developer targeting a number of global markets including consumer and industrial displays, solar panels, eyewear and the electronics and adhesion markets, has announced a key addition to its ...
Despite the booming profits of TiO2 producers in Europe, they still want to diversify their portfolio into speciality pigments to ensure higher profit margins in the long-term. This switch into specialities is causing concern among ...
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Plastic packaging products manufacturer in the US, AEP Industries along with its Canadian subsidiary, AEP Canada has completed the previously announced acquisition of the films business from Transco Plastics Industries for about $5.3m. ...
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German producer of rigid films Kl ckner Pentaplast Group is all set to add to its global production capacity in Asia, the US and Europe with an investment of $51.8m. The expansion includes facilities in Suzhou, China; Cotia, Brazil; and ...
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Kl ckner Pentaplast has announced the extension of its PentaformSmartCycle film product line to include Pentaform SmartCycle PET films comprising 100% post-consumerrecycled (PCR) content. According to the German packaging films producer, ...