The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
Tags: Hershey, Amplify Snack
Canadian global automotive supplier Magna International has announced new management structure and financial reporting segments. The shift better aligns our global operations with our long-term strategy tied to the future of mobility. ...
Tags: automotive, roof systems, sealing systems
X-Rite’s eXact family of handheld spectrophotometers is now supporting new ISO standard for Spot Color Tone Value (SCTV). eXact allows printers and packaging converters to understand, control, manage, and communicate color through ...
Tags: ISO standard, spectrophotometers
XPENG Motors has completed three rounds of series A+ financing and scheduled to disclose series B round in early 2018. He Xiaopeng, Chairman of XPENG Motors, announces that the company has completed three rounds of series A+ financing and ...
Tags: XPENG Motors, Alibaba
Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive have signed a joint venture (JV) contract to manufacture and sell light commercial vehicles (LCV) in China in three segments with three brands. The new JV, which will be known as ...
Tags: Renault, Light Commercial Vehicles
Packaging origination and graphics management company Contact Originators has invested in Esko XPS Crystal technology for the corrugate business. The firm is claimed to be the first in the UK in corrugated for its investment in Esko XPS ...
Tags: corrugate business, CDI imaging
Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, was awarded with an E-TECH Digital Award 2017 for its Comexi Cloud technology. These awards, given biannually by the Associació d’Empreses de Noves ...
Tags: Comexi, flexible packaging
Packaging firm Schaumaplast has launched a product made from biomass-balanced Styropor from BASF. The firm produced the new Styropor packaging for ice cream from IceGuerilla.de, a start-up engaged in sending ice creams in Germany. ...
Tags: Packaging, Styropor packaging
Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
Tags: Berlin Packaging, plastic
Hybrid Software is set to exhibit the latest version of PACKZ, its professional PDF editor for the packaging and label markets, at Packaging Innovations 2018 event in the UK. The event will take place between 28 February and 1 March in ...
Tags: Hybrid Software, Packaging
Cybersecurity software and services provider BlackBerry has partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to develop and manufacture advanced automotive platforms for the next generation connected vehicles. Under a non-exclusive strategic ...
Tags: Blackberry, Qualcomm, Automotive
German pharma packaging firm August Faller is set to showcase its smart packaging solutions at Pharmapack event in Paris, France. The event will take place between 7 and 8 February. At the event, the company will exhibit three smart ...
Tags: Smart Packaging, pharma packaging
Comexi and QuadTech have joined forces in the investigation and development of new color control management technologies for the flexible packaging industry since 2016. After years of research, this close collaboration between the two ...
Tags: Comexi, Flexible Packaging
Oncap has acquired US-based IntraPac International from funds managed by CI Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Based in Mooresville, North Carolina, IntraPac designs and produces specialty rigid packaging solutions such as including ...
Tags: personal care, household products
ROHM of Kyoto, Japan is to provide full-SiC (silicon carbide) power modules to the VENTURI Formula E team during season 4 (2017–2018) of FIA Formula E (the world’s first formula racing championship for all-electric vehicles), ...
Tags: Power Modules, silicon carbide