Speciality packaging solutions provider Parkside has won a Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Award for its reclosable sharing crisp bag. The accolade acknowledges the company’s continued innovation within the packaging sector. ...
Flexible packaging products manufacturer Bemis is planning to close two manufacturing facilities and separately cut about 300 jobs as part of its measures to reduce cost structure. The company unveiled its restructuring and cost savings ...
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Swedish company Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Manor Farm, a chicken processor in Ireland, in a share-cum-cash deal. The deal values Manor Farm at an enterprise value of €94m. Under the deal terms, Scandi Standard will offer ...
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Dowa Holdings Co Ltd subsidiary Dowa Electronic Materials Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan has developed a deep ultraviolet LED chip with dimensions of 1mm × 1mm and what is claimed to be the industry’s highest output power of 75mW at a ...
Germany-based Heidelberger Druckmaschinen has acquired Fujifilm’s coatings and pressroom chemicals operations in the EMEA region. The acquisition allows the German firm to expand in the segment related to consumables. The ...
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Toray Plastics (America) is now offering its analytic testing of films, laminations, and finished printed structures to all consumer packaged goods companies and converters. Toray’s wide array of sophisticated lab equipment and ...
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India-based packaging solutions provider Uflex has achieved low ink GSM for rotogravure printing. The company has optimized cell structures of laser engraved rotogravure cylinders, which will result in around 20-25% less ink consumption ...
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Scottish spirits company Edrington has taken full ownership of its Americas Travel Retail operations after agreeing to buy out its joint venture (JV) partner for an undisclosed amount. The former JV, Edrington Webb Travel Retail Americas ...
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DS Smith has developed a new type of packaging solution for Spain-based Carbones Fergon, which supplies fire lighting and combustion solutions for barbecues and fireplaces. Carbones Fergon selected DS Smith to develop a sustainable ...
Amcor has received a gold award in the Technological Advancement and Responsible Packaging categories for its Vento coffee packaging, silver for the 20-ounce Vitaminwater bottle in the Responsible Packaging category and in partnership with ...
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Japan’s ROHM Semiconductor has developed 1200V 400A/600A-rated full-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules [BSM400D12P3G002/BSM600D12P3G001] - available in June (for samples and OEM quantities) - optimized for inverters and converters in ...
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Philip succeeds Basil L. Anderson, who has retired from his position on the Hasbro Board of Directors. Hasbro's board of directors has experienced a reshuffle as Edward M. Philip appointed as lead independent director. He succeeds Basil ...
Researchers in South Korea and the USA claim record 2190cm2/V-s effective mobility for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well (QW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) on 300mm-diameter (100) silicon ...
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Sealed Air has announced financial results for first quarter 2017, as well as outlook for the complete year. Commenting on these results, Jerome A. Peribere, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “2017 is a transformational ...
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BMW has introduced the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 in a plug-in hybrid drive, with an option to drive in purely electric mode. Characteristic MINI driving fun is now available in fascinating, sustainable form. The MINI Cooper S E ...
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