Tetra Pak has introduced a new package which will enable dairy and juice drinks to be produced and distributed in small carton pouches at room temperature. They can also be turned into frozen products in shops or in a consumer’s ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Liquid Dairy Producers
Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to acquire Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG), a unit of Standard Candy Company, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. SFFG is a contract manufacturer of nutritional and ...
Tags: Hearthside Food, Functional Foods
Amcor Tobacco Packaging has installed two new long Rapida 106 systems from KBA-Sheetfed to boost its tobacco packaging production capabilities in Poland and Mexico. Designed to provide maximum production performance of 15,000 sheets per ...
Tags: Amcor, Tobacco Packaging
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen has introduced new Speedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter for the in-mould label market. The new rotary die-cutter, which is based on XL technology, can be used for the production of in-mould labels and other ...
Tags: Heidelberger, label market
Graphic Packaging will create a $6bn paper-based packaging firm by combining with International Paper’s (IP) North American consumer packaging business. IP has agreed to contribute its business for around $1.8bn, of which $660m will ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, packaging
DS Smith’s business unit Tecnicarton, along with Zumex, has developed a new packaging to improve the transport of parts for juicers. The solution protects parts and facilitates handling by operators. It has been designed to ...
Tags: Packaging, Juicer Crankcases
For third-quarter 2017, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €2.8m, up 145% on €1.1m a year ago. Revenue ...
Tags: Riber, molecular beam epitaxy
DS Smith’s business unit Worldwide Dispensers Europe has developed a new screw cap adapter for bag-in-box packaging with an external tamper evident ring. The new screw cap adapter has been developed to replace previous system with ...
Tags: Bag-in-Box Packaging, Packaging
Sacmi, along with CM-OPM, to exhibit a range of packaging solutions this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing event in Dubai. The event will take place between 31 October and 2 November. At the event, Sacmi will exhibit a range of ...
The Ferrero Group has agreed to acquire Illinois-based non-chocolate confectioner Ferrara Candy from private equity firm L Catterton for an undisclosed price to expand its US business. The transaction made by an affiliated company of ...
Germany-based Multivac Marking & Inspection has introduced a new generation of direct web printer, DP 230, for integration in compact thermoforming packaging machines. The new space-saving and hygienic direct web printer is designed for ...
Tags: web printer, packaging
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has opened its Optoelectronics Customer Innovation Lab, with ...
Tags: semiconductors, analog RF
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – is sampling its new ...
The LED lighting module market (including flexible LED strips) reached nearly $4bn in 2016 and is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.6% during 2017-2022 to $13.8bn, boosted by the emergence of innovative functions and the ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK has exhibited its new Epsilon machine at this year’s PPMA show in Birmingham, UK. Epsilon is a new mid-range multihead weighing machine specifically developed for the cost-effective weighing and packaging ...